hacer los mandados
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hacer los mandados(
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mahn
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dohs
)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.).
1. (to buy groceries) (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
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. (colloquial) (figurative) (to be unimportant or inferior) (Colombia) (Mexico)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
Regionalism used in Colombia
Regionalism used in Mexico
a. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word 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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