Darse Cuenta...

Question

Hola a todos,

A lot of the explanations for darse cuenta here in the forum have been very helpful. Thanks! I have also come across the phrase "llevarse bien"- to get along. Very powerful tools once you understand how to use them. 2 questions.
First, is there a grammatical name for 'darse cuenta' and 'llevarse bien' type constructions and secondly is there a list of these around anyone has found as they are extremely useful.

Gracias por ayudarme. HD

Welcome to the Q&A forum. - rac1, Apr 1, 2015

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Answer 1

You might find this resource useful for modismos / idioms

Gracias,Kiwi. Sabía que alguien tendría un enlace. - Daniela2041, Apr 1, 2015

Great link. Acabo de agregarlo a mi lista de marcadores. ♥ - Daniela2041, Apr 1, 2015

Kiwi, I did one of the picture matching quizzes and got all the answers correct only to be told that my e-mail address is not correct! - FELIZ77, Apr 2, 2015

What a cheek ! Does the website not recognize English e-mail addresses ? - FELIZ77, Apr 2, 2015

After scoring 100% I was not impressed that they could not accept my e-mail address to send me my results! :( - FELIZ77, Apr 2, 2015

Thanks Daniela. Ah Feliz, bien hecho! Be happy with your result, don't let glitches get you down :). - Kiwi-Girl, Apr 2, 2015

Answer 2

Hola, Harleydog: Woof woof! ( I couldn't resist that)

These expressions you mentioned are called "modismos" in Spanish and "idioms" or "idiomatic expressions" in English. As far as a list is concerned I'm sure that someone around here will give you a link or two to a bunch of them.

OK?

Answer 3

RAE calls these kinds of expressions "adjective / verbal locutions" or just "coloquial expressions" depending on which one you talk about.

Answer 4

Another name comes to mind - "figure of speech." So "I'm going to die if they find out..." Is a figure of speech for "I'm going to be really upset if they find out."