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una emboscada
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ambush
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prohibir
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Prohibir is by far the most common verb used to mean "to prohibit," "to ban" or "to forbid."
•Prohibido fumar. Here the past participle is used. •Está prohibido fumar. This is a complete-sentence variation of the above using a form of estar. Es could also be used here with little change in meaning but is less common than está. •Se prohíbe fumar. This uses the reflexive form of prohibir, which is quite common when speaking of general prohibitions. Here are some straightforward examples of prohibir in use: •La legislación prohíbe nadar con delfines. The legislation bans swimming with dolphins. •Prohíben la venta de bombas y pistolas de agua. They are prohibiting the sale of water bombs and water guns. •Quieren prohibir las descargas de música. They want to prohibit music downloads. •Las autoridades prohibieron tener perros de tamaño grande en el centro de la ciuidad. The authorities banned having large dogs in the city center. If someone (or something) is being prohibited from something, the person being restricted can be indicated using the preposition a or an indirect-object pronoun: •Te prohibimos salir por tu propio bien. We're preventing you from leaving for your own good. •Los rebeldes prohíben a la Cruz Roja trabajar en Somalia. The rebels are preventing the Red Cross from working in Somalia. •¿Por qué mis padres me prohiben tener novio? Why are my parents keeping me from having a boyfriend? •Las leyes de Estados Unidos prohíben a la mayoría de las empresas estadounidenses hacer negocios con la isla comunista. U.S. laws prohibit most American businesses from doing business with the communist island. It is also possible to use prohibir with que followed by a verb in the subjunctive mood, although this isn't as common as use of the infinitive: •El estado prohíbe que los hijos de inmigrantes indocumentados vayan a la Universidad. The state is prohibiting the children of undocumented immigrants from going to the University. (The same thought could be expressed using the infinitive: El estado prohíbe los hijos del inmigrantes indocumentados ir a la Universidad.) •No prohibimos que viajen a Venezuela. We are not prohibiting them from traveling to Venezuela. We are not prohibiting them from traveling to Venezuela. •Apoyo el prohibir que fumen en las escuelas. I support banning people from smoking in the schools. Conjugation: Prohibir is conjugated regularly in terms of pronunciation. However, when the second syllable is stressed, an accent is placed on the í to indicate that vowel sound isn't merged into the preceding syllable. |
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permitir
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to permit or allow
The negation of permitir (to permit or allow) can be used in most situations in much the same way as prohibir can: •No permitido fumar. Smoking not allowed. •Los trabajadores rurales no permitieron el ingreso del funcionario del Ministerio de Trabajo. The rural workers prevented the entry of the Labor Ministry official. •La madre no permite que toquen a su hijo. The mother is not allowing them to touch her son. |
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Año Nuevo
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New Year
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