venir de largo
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venir de largo(
beh
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neer
deh
lahr
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goh
)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. (general)
a. to go back a long way
Esta situación viene de largo y, por mucho que queramos, no va a cambiar del día a la mañana.This situation goes back a long way, and no matter how much we wish, it's not going to change overnight.
b. to start way back
Los problemas en su matrimonio vienen de largo, aunque hasta ahora no se habían planteado el divorcio.The problems in their marriage started way back, although they hadn't considered divorce until now.
c. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
La tradición de que el padre lleve a la novia al altar viene de largo.It's a long-standing tradition that the father takes the bride to the altar.
Con su teoría, el físico intentó responder a una cuestión que venía de largo, la de la atracción de los cuerpos.With his theory, the physicist tried to answer a long-standing question, that of the attraction of bodies.
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