Oct 5, 2003 22:24
20 yrs ago
English term

was

Non-PRO English to Spanish Other
The cat was happy.

Proposed translations

+7
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era/estaba

Dependerá del resto.
Un saludo

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Note added at 2003-10-05 22:27:06 (GMT)
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o \"estaba contento\"
Peer comment(s):

agree Víctor Nine
30 mins
muchas gracias
agree verbis
1 hr
muchas gracias
agree Pamela Peralta
1 hr
muchas gracias Pamela
agree David Russi
3 hrs
muchísimas gracias
agree Sery
19 hrs
muchas gracias
agree maris253
3 days 3 hrs
muchas gracias
agree Elisa Arroyo
7 days
muchas gracias Elisa
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+6
1 min

era o estaba

El gato era feliz, si se refiere a que era un estado permanente.

El gato estaba feliz, si el estado era momentáneo.

Suerte.
Peer comment(s):

agree Víctor Nine
30 mins
Gracias, VRN
agree verbis
1 hr
Gracias, verbis
agree Pamela Peralta
1 hr
Gracias, L.Pamela
agree biskofski
1 hr
Muchas gracias, biskofski
agree David Russi
3 hrs
agree Julia Martínez
19 hrs
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+2
4 mins

era/estaba

era: it was a happy cat; talking about a cat with a happy nature

estaba: the cat was feeling happy (at the time)
Peer comment(s):

agree Víctor Nine
27 mins
agree David Russi
3 hrs
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1 hr

se quedó / parecía

el gato se quedó contento
el gato parecía feliz (contento).
This could be a cat´s opinion, maybe.
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