run (different definitions)
i know that traditionally, the word "run," as in the physical activity, is "correr." but how is "run" used with other meanings such as these:
-He's RUNNING for president.
-There's a RUN in your stocking.
-They are going to RUN out of food.
-In the long RUN, it'll all work out.
-That 12 year old is a RUNAWAY.
21 Answers
Natasha said:
Hay una carrera en el calcetín. (tu calcetín') --Referring to clothing always confuses me.
Like many other things, it depends: "Hay" is impersonal, so we are not referring to anyone in particular. If you say "el calcetín", you are assuming that the other person knows what "the sock" really means:
Situation 1
There are 10 people wearing socks, and one says:
-Hay una carrera en el calcetín.
-¿El calcetín? ¿Qué calcetín? [The other doesn't know which sock, because there is no explicit reference to it]
Situation 2
One girl is showing another one of her socks:
-¿Te gusta este calcetín?
-Hay una carrera en el calcetín.
-¿En serio? ¿Dónde? [it is clear to both what sock it is, because it has been introduced before]
Situation 3
-Tienes una carrera en el calcetín.
-¿En serio? ¿En cuál? [tienes = you have, so he is talking about of my socks, but I don't know which one]
The OED lists more that 80 uses (meanings) for "run". Surely you don't expect all of them to be represented by a single word in Spanish.
Hay una carrera en el calcetín. (tu calcetín') --Referring to clothing always confuses me.
The are going to run out of food. / Se les va a acabar la comida.
Rosa Maria said:
in your first sentence run mean postular
Esta postulando para presidente
That verb is used like that in Argentina, Cuba, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay, but it may not be understood everywhere else (not in Spain), where "Se presenta como presidente" would be used instead.
In English one word have several meanings. and we get it according to the context.
in your first sentence run mean postular
Esta postulando para presidente
