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Hey, I like the background music in the dialogue ;) Handel, right?

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Agreed about DVD packaging in China. Es absurdo!

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Es menos treinta y siete grados Celsius esta mañana. Es absurdo. Pero tengo que recordar que cuando dice la canción de Gilles Vignault: "Mon pays ce n’est pas un pays, c’est l’hiver" que significa que mi país no es un país, es el invierno.

It is minus 37° Celsius this morning. It’s absurd. But I have to remember that as Gilles Vignault’s song says: "Mon pays ce n’est pas un pays, c’est l’hiver" which means that my country is not a country, it’s winter.

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do anybody know when the japenesepod will start??

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Is absurdo the same as unbelievable?, does it have to be for negative things or can I use: Spanish Pod es muy bueno, es absurdo!

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spanishlearners

Absurd is more like unreasonable. The following came from Merriam Webster On Line

Pronunciation:

\əb-‘sərd’, -‘zərd\

Function:

adjective

Etymology:

Middle French absurde, from Latin absurdus, from ab- + surdus deaf, stupid

Date:

1557

1: ridiculously unreasonable, unsound, or incongruous absurd argument>2: having no rational or orderly relationship to human life : meaningless absurd universe> ; also : lacking order or value absurd existence>3: dealing with the absurd or with absurdism <absurd theater>

— ab·surd·ly adverb

— ab·surd·ness noun

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Stevestrv thanks a lot, that clarified the meaning, sorry but my first language is not english and that word is not used a lot around, bizzare was more used and i guess it is the same meaning.

The word looks more on the negative, sorry for asking again but what do you use for the positive in spanish, similar to marvelous or unbelievable -like the Ferrari that is out of the Budget- (you know the one with high eyebrow) I will be very gratefull as I don't want to use absurd for positive things as it does not fit there. Thank you for your help m8.

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spanishlearners:

Mi profesora de español siempre decía para expresar este sentido.

My Spanish professor always said "maravillosa" to express that meaning.

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Does "cuanto" change for gender? For example, are you supposed to say "cuanta cuesta" for feminine nouns? Also, how do you type the accents for vowels, etc.?

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Is there a big difference in the spanish language:

say Mexico versus Spain. Are most of the words

pronounced and spelled the same or what?

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Spanish, like english is the same language the world over. there are different accents and different street talk so if you are learning spanish for your job as an undercover policeman then it might be an issue but to the average student these subtleties are irrelevant.

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Dave

Cuanto is an adverb not an adjective, so it does not have gender.

BTW cuesta if a verb so even though it ends with an "a" when conjugated in your sentence if does not have gender either.

Only nouns, pronoun and adjectives have gender.

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Dave

If you are using MS Word, there are two ways. I usally use this method. http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000657.htm

But you can also switch your key board to Spanish.

http://faculty.weber.edu/tmathews/grammar/Compmark.html

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Although, you "can" use cuanto adjectivally in which case it is modified for gender and number . e.g. cuantas chicas, cuantos libros etc. (I wonder if dave is still with us?)

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Very good point thank you donperigo

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muy absurdo!