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finally, "papers" is being acknowledged rather than "newspapers" for diarios. But I didn´t expect because in earlier lessons this was not the case.
Periodico means a periodical, which in English can be any such publication (newspapers, magazines, etc.) "Diario" literally means "daily" and that's what they call daily newspapers in Spanish.
Yes, but it is less commonly used for newspapers. Most are printed daily so we don't bother to say it, although we might say "the daily newspaper" we usually just say "the newspaper". I wonder if it would accept "the daily national newspapers", but as it would be uncommon, I doubt it.
¡Muchas gracias! I've been wondering what the difference between these two words was for the longest time!
There can be all sorts of papers, so the answer saying "Los diarios nacionales" means "the national papers" isn't quite correct. "the national papers" should be written "Los papeles nacionales"
But would ''los papeles nacionales'' be understood to mean the national NEWSpapers, they way it would be understood in English? I've never heard anyone use ''papeles'' for newspapers, but in English it would be understood to mean newspapers if you just said, ''the papers.''
"The national papers" doesn't make me think of newspapers. It makes me think of government documents.
I believe that it can, but in this case it wouldn't really make sense, unless you were referring to a specific newspaper that was called, "The National Journal.''
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I wanted to translate this as "the national daily newspapers" (as opposed to Sunday-only titles), but, knowing the caprices of Duolingo, I didn't dare for fear of losing a heart even though I feel that that is the most faithful and accurate translation.
Diario doesn't mean diary. It comes from dia (day) and means daily (as in a daily newspaper).
Diario doesn't mean diary. It comes from dia (day) and means daily (as in a daily newspaper).
I went with "The national press" but DL didn't like it. It's what we'd say in British English
I similarly used "the National News", meaning the set of papers with national readership, but i suspect Duolingo interpreted that as the set of news items, just as "the national press" could be interpreted as the people who make up the press corps.
Hmm maybe, but I've never heard "the national press" used to mean the people, always to mean the newspapers
Well, Seamus, I went for "national daily newspapers" ....... The owl didn't like it, though I think it is the clearest translation.
why dailies is wrong? newspaper or dailies is more acurate than papers. because paper can mean ordinary paper, or papel. ?
Though I suspected I would be caned for it, to find out, I tried "The national dailies" being common English usage. No such luck.
Not sure how it's said in British English, but it sounds odd to say national newspapers in the U.S. Our choices are international and domestic, not national. If the emphasis was on the fact that the newspaper had subscribers all over the U.S., then we might say nationwide.
