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    I MET HIM BY "CASUALTY"

    17/7/2017

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    I MET HIM BY "CASUALTY"

    Many Spanish people fall into this trap (trampa) when they think of the phrase "por casualidad". As usual, the main problem is the direct transation from Spanish which causes the mistake to happen.

    The problem, in this case, is that "casualty" in English means: a person who is killed or injured in an accident or war! So, as you can see, the direct Spanglish version is a problem. In fact, in the UK we have a very long running soap (telenovela) that is called: "CASUALTY" where the main idea is that every week someone gets hurt and needs to be taken to hospital. We even have a specific hospital department that is called a "casualty department".

    Hope that helps!


    6 Comments
    Alex
    2/8/2017 14:03:30

    Great!
    The right way would be "I run into him/her/them"?

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    Natalia
    3/8/2017 00:15:35

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    Patricia
    9/1/2018 10:20:13

    Sería "I bumped into someone"?

    Reply
    RAFA
    9/1/2018 10:32:34

    Cual sería la opción correcta pues?

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    Javier
    12/1/2018 09:34:17

    Exacto, como se debe decir?

    Reply
    Carlos
    9/1/2018 11:10:46

    En este contexto yo utilizaría ‘I met him by chance’

    Reply



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