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érase
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"Érase" is a lexicalized form of the verb "to be" and is commonly used at the beginning of fables and fairy tales in Spanish. For example, "érase una vez" can be translated as "once upon a time."
érase
A phrase is a group of words commonly used together (e.g., once upon a time).
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
"Érase un hombre a una nariz pegado" es el primer verso de un soneto de Francisco de Quevedo."Once there was a man stuck to a nose" is the first line of a sonnet by Spanish poet Francisco de Quevedo.
Érase una vez una niña que vivía en el bosque.Once upon a time there was a little girl who lived in the woods.
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