"robusteces"
This may be funny.
My girlfriend (who does not spell/write/type well) wrote this.
"tu robastes mi corazon"
I looked up "robastes" and that didn't turn up a normal word. So I tried alternate spellings to see what she was trying to stay. I came upon the verb "robustecer" which is "to strengthen" or a more direct english translation might be to make more robust.
So I sent an email back asking if she ment "robusteces". I then type this into the translator on this web site and it returns "big buttocks, fatty."... I thought I might be in trouble....
But when I try the new verb conjugator for robustecer. Robusteces appears to be the correct conjugation for You strengthen. So the translation for the original phrase would be... "You strengthen my heart".
Actually when I typed in the original world she wrote, "robastes". That also turned up the "big buttocks, fatty" definition. This must be slang. Both translations only turned up in one of the five dictionaries the site searches...
Any comments? Fortunately she is pretty skinny so I don't think I'm calling her fat.
9 Answers
Pretty much perfect, except that the second one isn't a question. Well done!
And what in the heck is conversionation?
I know machine translation is convenient, but I would recommend against using it. You will get into lots of trouble that way, since computers are too stupid to handle human language.
Oh, that looked like a cut and paste... and you already corrected it.
Gracias.
Very close indeed, actually: exact!!
Yes, She is Columbian living in Costa Rica. Thanks. I'll have to keep that in mind.
Let me see if I get the translation right. If i put that into the translator I get garbage but the conversionation goes.
did you see that movie?
No, but you recommended it to me last month?
Then why didn't you go see it?
Is that close'
Yes, of course, DAvid, sorry, in this case, MY misspelling.
I agree, added an S at the ending of past tense verbs, is just a very bad habit that dragged many hispanics.
David,
This isn't really a misspelling, so much as a way of speech. In Latin America, it is extremely common to add an S to the preterito of verb forms conjugated for tú. In fact, when I listen to people speak, it is far more common to hear this than to hear the correct form.
- ¿Vistes esa película?
- No, pero tú me la recomendastes el mes pasado.
- Entonces ¿por qué no fuistes a verla'
Thanks. Even dictionaries get it wrong. steel should probably be steal
Funny question, DAvid, and very easy to answer:
robastes (wrong spelling): robaste (past simple)
robar : rob, steal
so, you stole her heart!
