It makes a difference.

Question

Hola todo!

Cómo se dice ´It makes a difference´ ?

Hace una diferencia ?

Se hace una diferencia ?

Funcione para el sentido figurativo Y el sentido literal?

Gracias por ayudarme. ( Lo necesito mucho y con frecuencia cuando escribo para mi clase. Ahorita estoy preparándome para la próxima composición )

Adios, y otra vez, gracias!

Good question Rog! I'll let the heavy hitters weigh in on this one. - Noetol, Nov 28, 2012

Answer 1

While learning new phrases, te recomiendo que uses esta página.

Linguee

Then you can cross reference with natives and such. Using Linguee.com you can see different ways to express the same idea.

Of course, you have to check with the native speakers of the languages to know what's more common to hear... and then it will depend on the country oft times.

Hope this post isn't a downer to purest. - QFour, Nov 28, 2012

very interesting site. I will check it out. Thanks. - rogspax, Nov 28, 2012

Answer 2

Marcar una diferencia

Lograr un cambio

Causar un cambio

Can I simply say ´causa una diferencia´ or ´causa un cambio´ ? - rogspax, Nov 28, 2012

Thanks. I read all three of those over, and causar looks the best fitting. I want to talk about changing something ´making a difference´ in the sense of ´causing a different result´, but want to to sound like everyday speech, not technical jargon - rogspax, Nov 28, 2012

Causa is the conjugated version of causar. So you are right. None of these phrases is technical. They are pretty much common jargon. Marca una diferencia is my preferred choice. - francobollo, Nov 28, 2012