Topic: Spanish

"That pig's head is very big."

Translation:La cabeza de ese cerdo es muy grande.

April 24, 2018

9 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MasterYods
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I got this wrong at first. But clearly 'esa carbeza del cerdo' means 'that head of the pig' which implies more than one head on one pig. I need to be more careful.

April 24, 2018
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LSadun
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  • 417

The English is ambiguous. It could mean "the head of that pig", or it could mean "that pig's-head". Having just been at a food market in Peru where multiple pigs' heads were on display, I took it to mean the latter and wrote "esa cabeza de cerdo". Is that wrong?

August 17, 2018
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Kitchendesigner
  • 22

I did the same. To me "the head of that pig" and "that pig's head" mean the same thing. "That head of the pig" does not necessarily imply that the pig has more than one head.

October 27, 2018
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/angel357986
  • 19

What is la tesla?

January 11, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/RobertKinzie
  • 4

an electric car

May 10, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/DABurnside
  • 1183

I think you misheard. La cabeza is "the head"

January 12, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/nick446420
  • 11

an electric car

June 1, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JulesDellaph
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  • 727

I thought porco was another word for pig, not accepted

June 22, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AnneHarvey6
  • 88

"That" is a demonstrative pronoun therefore why no "aquel cabeza de cerdo"? I agree the sentence is ambiguous.

August 17, 2019
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