La palabra del día: "inclusive"
inclusive ( eehn-kloo-see-veh )
(adverb) including, even
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Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game to help with using a new vocabulary word! Have fun experimenting with Spanish.
Examples:
1. Durante nuestro viaje a Ciudad del Cabo comimos de todo, inclusive gusanos.
We ate all kinds of things during our trip to Cape Town, even worms.
2. Los mudadores que empleé fueron de lo mejor. Inclusive me desmontaron y volvieron a montar uno de los muebles.
The movers I hired were the best. They even disassembled and reassembled one of the pieces of furniture.
I am sorry this is late. I have had too many irons in the fire today.
12 Answers
Difference between the use of "Inclusive" and "Incluso".
"Inclusive" is used with a very specific use: to include the last object named in the sentence. For example: Let's suppose that you have a bill to pay. You have to pay that bill between the days of September 5th and September 15th. So, that is when you use the word "inclusive". If you have any doubt if you can still pay your bill on the 15th, then in Spanish you will see/say something like this: "Usted puede pagar su cuenta entre el 5 y el 15 de Septiembre, inclusive." Meaning that you can pay even on the last day (including the 15th) Another example: "Tienes que escoger un número, del 1 al 10, ambos inclusive". Meaning that you can choose a number between 1 and 10, even/including both.
Now, "Incluso" is also an adverb, but it is more common and it means "hasta", "aun", "también", "así mismo", "incluyendo".
So far, in the two examples given in the original question, and the two posts from zhmelissa and Jubilado have used "inclusive" when in fact "incluso" is the correct word for those sentences.
I hope you can all understand my English.
Estoy preocupada sobre la situación que existe en La Linea de la Concepción , que es la frontera entre Gibraltar y España. Al parecer hay muchas demoras porque la guardia aduanal está revisando minuciosamente todo lo que pasa por ahí; hasta a los turistas e incluso sus coches y equipaje.
I'm worried about the situation in La Linea de la Concepción, the border between Gibraltar and Spain. Apparently there are long delays because the border police are doing so many checks , even checking tourists including their cars and luggage.
Yo cociné la cena de esta noche.
El menú incluyó incluia judias verdes ejotes que crecin yo mismo planté en mi jardin.
I cooked dinner tonight.
The menu included green beans that I picked from my garden.
Compré algunas persianas en una tienda local. La dependienta era
fue muy amable conmigo
e incluso me dieron dio un descuento.
I bought some blinds at a local store, the sales girl was very friendly
even gave me a discount.
Tenemos corredores de todas edades, incluso niños. Este fin de semana tuvimos once 11.
We have racers of all ages, even children. This last weekend, 11.
I liked the movie made in the 1980's called "Batteries Not Included". Me gustó la película hecha en los años ochentas llamada 'Baterías/Pilas no incluídas.
Esta pregunta mía es tan difícil, nadie puede contestarme, inclusive mi profesor.
This question of mine is too difficult, no one can answer me, even my professor.
Meanwhile I have a question, can I use hasta to replace inclusive here? Thanks.
Habrá treinta personas a la fiesta inclusive los niños de mis hermanos incluyendo mis sobrinos. (looks like this is not a Word of the Day sentence, sorry, friends) This it moot! I read the rest of the postings.
There will be thirty people at the party including my nieces and nephews. (By the way for those learning English I always say it in this order "nieces and nephews" to me it just flows better)
Cientos de personas fueron evacuados después del terremoto, incluso su familia.
Hundreds of persons were evacuated after the earthquake, including his family.
The receptionist told me that there were appointments available from the 12th to the 30th.
La recepcionista me dijo que habían citas disponibles desde el 12 hasta el 30, inclusive.
En inglés la palabra "inclusive" a veces significa que no se excluya a nadie, pero pienso que el cognado en español "inclusive" no es igual en significado. Por ejemplo si una religión está abierta a todas las maneras de vida, sería descrito como un "inclusive religion" en inglés. ¿Se describe en español con la palabra "inclusive"?
In English the word "inclusive" sometimes means that no one is excluded, but I think that the cognate in Spanish "inclusive" doesn't have the same meaning. For example if a religion is open to all life styles, it would be described as an "inclusive" religion. Would this be described in Spanish with the word "inclusive"?
No, según nuestra maestra es religión inclusiva (no inclusive - es similar pero no iqual).
No according to our teacher it's "religión inclusiva" (not "inclusive" - it's similar but not equal).
Como cualquiera cosa cubierta con chocolate, inclusive incluso los insectos.
I will eat anything covered with chocolate, even insects.
