Pedir y Preguntar.

In English the verb to ask has a wider range of usage than the Spanish verb generally considered its equivalent, preguntar.

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If someone tells you: Tú me molestas (too meh moh-leh-stahs) don”t panic, you”re not about to be slapped with a lawsuit. The person doesn”t mean you molest me. In Spanish molestar is not as strong a word as molest in English.

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Familiar (fah-mee-lyahr) is one of those words that has a number of uses depending on the context. And, to boot, it is very similar (familiar?) to the English equivalent.

As already mentioned, Familiar can mean the same as familiar in English but also this:

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Learning the difference in when to use POR and when to use PARA is tricky at first. Both mean “for” or “by” but have
distinct uses. The following outlines the most common uses for both words:

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Ciento is 100 in Spanish. However, in some contexts you use the form cien.
How do you know when to say ciento and when to say cien?

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Actualmente y Realmente.

It would be so easy to substitute actualmente when trying to say “actually”. But it would be “oh, so wrong”.

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When learning Spanish it is easy to confuse these two words. Both ahora and hoy mean now. But there is a difference and can result in confusion if you tend to use both interchangeably.

Ahora means now, soon or very soon. If you want to emphasize “right now”, say ahora mismo.

Hoy also means now, but it refers to anytime during this particular day, as in today, or, more generally, nowadays, these days (hoy d