How to write "They do not set the table" in spanish

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"They do not set the table" in spanish is.....No establecen la mesa.... - juancarlosabadr, May 23, 2013

Answer 1

They do not set the table.

They = ellos (You don't have to use ellos since it's built into the Spanish verb)

do not = no

set = ponen (plural present conjugation)

the table - la mesa.

Answer 2

"Como poner la mesa"--aquí: http://www.mis-recetas.org/trucos/mostrar/66-como-poner-una-mesa

Y aquí: "Como poner los cubiertos en la mesa"--http://muyfacilysimple.blogspot.com/2011/05/como-poner-los-cubiertos-en-la-mesa.html - EugenioCosta, May 23, 2013

Hace dos o tres años, oí a un colega mexicano decir "Necesito poner el cubierto" o algo como eso pero no me acuerdo exactamente. - EugenioCosta, May 23, 2013

Answer 3

"They do not set the table" in spanish is.....No establecen la mesa.... ahora bien estte connjunto de palabra...They do not set // en espa;ol tiene mucho significado como .... ::::no proclaman, no fijan todo depnde el uso y la situacion como te dije anteriormente -

Sí, los romanos establecieron las doce tablas de la ley en el foro. - EugenioCosta, May 23, 2013

"Las doce mesas de la ley"--interesante. - EugenioCosta, May 23, 2013

The ancient Greek for table is τράπεζα (trapeza) which is literally tetra (four) + peza (feet). The English word "trapeze" comes from a diminutive of τράπεζα, that meant "little table" in Greek. - EugenioCosta, May 23, 2013

Not to worry though, the modern Greek word Τράπεζα means "bank", but also still means table. So there is no need to learn the proper table setting for four-footed creatures like burros. - EugenioCosta, May 23, 2013

True story--the first time one saw Τράπεζα on a building, one thought it was a restaurant or tavern. One was sorely disappointed naturally. - EugenioCosta, May 23, 2013

Establecen mesa de negociación aquí: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjHzBHlnE-I - EugenioCosta, May 23, 2013

Answer 4

The following sentence might make for an amusing translation, aiming at some sort of Spanish analogue:

"Here we do not set the table, we lay it."

Answer 5

"disponer la mesa" también y "disponer los cubiertos"?

Incidentally, even in English there are variations. Some British, for example, "lay the table", though there are great arguments whether this usage is at times synedoche--meaning to place the cutlery to some, to set the whole table for others. Is this perhaps the case with "los cubiertos" or not?

"How to lay a table for dinner" (Reader's Digest Australia) - EugenioCosta, May 23, 2013

Answer 6

Ellos no preparan la mesa. They do not set the table.

this is puerto rican spanish 100% - chellapadua, May 23, 2013