Spanish language
Provide a synomyn for HYPERBOLE
Exaggeration, hype
WHO was an Italian explorer and colonizer who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that opened the New World for conquest and permanent European colonization of the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
What's the capital of South Korea?
Seoul
Translate the sentence into Spanish:
Est quod mane legas, est et quod vespere
Hay aquí lecturas apropiadas para la mañana, y también para el atardecer
How many states are there in the USA?
50 states
Define: DEIXIS
DEIXIS refers to words and phrases, such as "me" or "here", which cannot be fully understood without additional contextual information—in this case, the identity of the speaker ("me") and the speaker's location ("here").
WHO was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister on eight occasions between 1870 and 1902—always in charge of the Liberal Party—as part of the turno pacifico, alternating with the Conservative leader Antonio Cánovas?
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
What country was formally known as Siam?
Thailand
Analyse morpholgically the word LAETIS
laetis: ablativo plural neutro del adjetivo laetus, -a, -um.
The capital city in the USA is...
Washington DC
Define: ELLIPSIS
ELLIPSIS is the omission from a clause of one or more words that are nevertheless understood in the context of the remaining elements.
WHO was Queen of Spain from 1833 until 1868, came to the throne as an infant, whose succession was disputed by the Carlists, whose refusal to recognize a female sovereign led to the Carlist Wars?
Queen Isabella II
What's the largest country in the world by surface area?
Russia
Name 2 works by Ovidio
Metamorfosis, El arte de amar, Amores, Heroidas, Remedia amoris, Cosméticos para el rostro femenino, Medea, Ibis, Tristes, Cartas del Ponto o Pónticas, Fastos
The first president in the USA was...
George Washington
What's the difference between a METAPHOR and a SIMILE?
Similes use the words like or as to compare things—“Life is like a box of chocolates.” In contrast, metaphors directly state a comparison—“Love is a battlefield.”
WHO was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936) and the last President of the Republic (1936–1939)?
Manuel Azaña
Zambia was previously known as...
Northern Rhodesia
Analyse morphologically: MISCUIMUS
miscuimus: primera persona del plural del pretérito perfecto de indicativo, voz activa, del verbo misceo, -es, -ere, -ui, mistum (o mixtum).
Which was the capital city of the USA for only 5 years until 1790?
New York
Name 3 functions of language
Referential, emotive, conative, phatic, metalingual, poetic
WHERE does the Congress of Deputies meet?
The Congress meets in the Palace of the Parliament, in Madrid.
In which country is the Great Sandy Desert?
Australia
Analyse morphologically: CARMINIS
carminis: genitivo singular del sustantivo neutro carmen, -inis.
Explain the reason why the American flag has 50 stars and 13 stripes.
The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and became the first states in the U.S.