Friday 20 January 2023

Difficult collocations (Adv + Adj) for Spanish Speakers

Let's see a number of collocations (with translations):
  • greatly mistaken profundamente equivocado, equivocado del todo
  • highly spiced / seasoned (comida) excesivamente condimentada / sazonada
  • highly amused entretenidísimo
  • mildly uncomfortable ligeramente incómodo
  • a mildly ironic tone un tono levemente irónico
  • perfectly smooth suavísimo
  • your arrival was perfectly timed llegaste en el momento justo
  • perfectly ridiculous absolutamente / totalmente ridículo
  • the house is pleasantly situated la casa está muy bien situada / en un lugar muy agradable
  • he’s profoundly deaf es totalmente sordo, tiene sordera total
  • seriously ill / injured / wounded gravemente enfermo / herido
  • these figures are seriously misleading estas cifras son muy engañosas
  • I'm not altogether (completely) sure
  • a comprehensively (completely) illustrated book
  • The plan was comprehensively (completely) rejected.
  • The survey was exhaustively documented.
  • I'm flat broke (= I have no money).
  • utterly devastated completamente arrasado
  • utterly bereft totalmente desconsolado
  • utter confusion / misery / chaos
  • utter nonsense / rubbish / drivel
Check many more collocations here
Next Monday the key to the ones in the picture above (List 1 - List 2)
... And if you still need more practice, (C1) click here (Check your answers clicking on ¡Terminado!, at the end of the activity) or (C2) do this test

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