Ch 45 · Lesson 10Spanish · Chapter 45 · Lesson 10 · Common mistake
éxito, salida or suceso?
Three words that look like English words they have nothing to do with.
The rule
is success, not exit. is the exit. suceso is an event or an incident (the crime-and-accidents page of a newspaper is sucesos). You will hear suceso for success in parts of Latin America, under English influence, but is the safe word everywhere. The three make a closed trap: an English speaker reaching for exit says , reaching for success says suceso, and is confidently wrong both times.
Pick the right one
0/6Pick the right one: éxito or salida or suceso.
Te deseo mucho en tu nuevo trabajo.
La está al fondo.
La policía investiga el de anoche.
Buscamos la del edificio.
El proyecto tuvo mucho .
El ocurrió a las diez de la noche.
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