hacer los mandados

hacer los mandados(
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An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
intransitive verb phrase
1. (to buy groceries)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
a. to go shopping
Mañana tenemos que hacer los mandados.We have to go shopping tomorrow.
b. to go grocery shopping
¿Cuándo haces los mandados?When do you go grocery shopping?
c. to do the shopping
Gaby fue a hacer los mandados, y yo voy a hacer la cena.Gaby went to do the shopping, and I'm going to make dinner.
a. to run errands
Paolo volverá después de hacer los mandados.Paolo will be back after running some errands.
3.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
(figurative)
(to be unimportant or inferior)
Regionalism used in Colombia
(Colombia)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
Este frío me hace los mandados. Hace mucho más frío donde yo vivo.I couldn't care less about this cold weather. It's a lot colder where I live.
Pepe, tú a mí me haces los mandados. Juego mucho mejor que tú.Pepe, you've got nothing on me. I play a lot better than you.
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