| 19.5 Seasons |
| Expressions of time and date can also refer to seasons |
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En
otoño las hojas de los árboles
se caen. |
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En verano voy a nadar. = In summer I go swimming. |
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Hasta el invierno
todo tendrá que estar terminado. = Until winter it has to be finished. |
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A partir de otoño
no tendremos dinero. = From autumn on, we do not have money. |
In connection with prepositions the logic is - once
again - the same as in English.
preposition (+ article) + season
The article can be used but it's no must.
| The four seasons |
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el otoño = autumn | el invierno = winter | la primavera = spring | el verano = summer |
| Examples |
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En
otoño comienza a hacer frío. = In (the) autumn it starts to get cold. |
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Hasta el invierno tenemos
que terminar. = Until the winter we have to be finished. |
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La mejor época
para ponerse la vacuna contra la gripe es
a comienzos del otoño. = The best period to get a vaccination against the flue is the beginning of the autumn. |
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La caza esta permitida
por lo general desde el otoño hasta
el invierno. = In general hunting is allowed from autumn to winter. |
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De Robien confirma
que la privatización de Air France
será a partir del verano o del otoño. = De Robien confirms that the privatisation of Air France will be from summer or autumn on. |
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Esto cambió a
partir del verano del 2000. = This changed from the summer 2000 on. |
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