Topic: Spanish

"El eje"

Translation:The axis

March 2, 2013

18 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Mijke

    You give three translations: axis, axle and core. I use core and you say that that is wrong!. I think that the context of a sentence should decide the correct translation.

    March 5, 2013
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/SaulM
    Plus

      I've found this a lot with duolingo. With other sentences, you can argue because of the context, but in a sentence as short as this, it really should accept core as well.

      April 18, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Pinnie

        ditto

        March 7, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/cdntinpusher

          Ditto.

          March 22, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/carlbogdan
          • 8

          yup it´s weird as hell

          April 8, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/shard

            In the 1000 most used words in Spanish I doubt this appears

            March 2, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/rocko2012
            • 156

            In the top 50,000 most frequent Spanish words in movies subtitles "eje" is ranked 11452.

            March 2, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/rach3008

              It would be nice if could learn the 11,000 more common words first. I think Duolingo is trying to teach me about cars - so far I have had the words petrol, petroleum, axle, machine, mechanism.

              March 13, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Mischel

                hear hear

                March 15, 2013
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/TilEulenspiegel

                  Yeah, I wonder why the word for "axis" is really so important that it needs to be introduced at this stage.

                  March 27, 2013
                  https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Trudles.marshall

                    I have lived in Latin America for 7 months now, and have never needed to use this word!

                    March 28, 2013
                    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/miKel14

                      Ahhh,.... but when you DO need to use it....

                      March 30, 2013
                      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Roger_Burke

                        I don't often speak Spanish, but when I do, I ask for tres ejes!

                        May 8, 2013
                        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jhendrick103

                          Hilarious, Roger. You are the most interesting man in the world

                          May 21, 2013
                          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Roger_Burke

                            Cuando yo hablo en Castillano, el Rey, Juan Carlos, se inclina hacia a mi.

                            May 21, 2013
                            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jfGor

                              jeje

                              June 5, 2013
                              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Talca

                                Too obscure to be introduced at Level 10

                                April 9, 2013
                                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/rmcgwn

                                  M husband is a mechanic so now I can show off my knowledge in spanish.

                                  June 1, 2013
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