Es un perro muy inteligente

English translation: He's a real smart dog

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Spanish term or phrase:Es un perro muy inteligente
English translation:He's a real smart dog
Entered by: Henry Hinds

22:00 Nov 17, 2004
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Spanish term or phrase: Es un perro muy inteligente
Es un perro muy inteligente
He's a real smart dog
Explanation:
Ya
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Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 02:45
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5 +3He's a real smart dog
Henry Hinds
4 +3It's a very smart dog
Sophie Raimondo
5 +1It's a very smart dog.
rronica
5He's a really smart dog.
KathyT


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
It's a very smart dog


Explanation:
or it's a very clever dog

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Note added at 4 mins (2004-11-17 22:04:38 GMT)
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or this is a very clever dog

Sophie Raimondo
United States
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ltemes
7 mins
  -> thank you

agree  Neil Phillipson: smart=American English, clever=British English
4 hrs
  -> thanks Neil

agree  Lillian van den Broeck
5 days
  -> Thank you :)
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
He's a real smart dog


Explanation:
Ya

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 02:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  George Rabel: I`d go with "he" too. No need to use the impersonal "it" in the case of domestic animals, in my opinion
8 mins
  -> Gracias, George.

agree  Michele Fauble
18 mins
  -> Gracias, Michele.

agree  Margaret Schroeder: Woof.
58 mins
  -> Gracias, Good.

disagree  KathyT: To nitpick, the adverb 'real' should be 'really', although many people incorrectly use the above, esp. in conversation.
5 hrs
  -> Oh, don't be such a nitpicker, Kathy! That's why I suggested it, because it's quite natural despite it's (shudder) lack of correctness.

agree  CMJ_Trans (X): I don't like "real" (really) but as a dog-owner I can assure you that one would never say 'it' of a dog!
9 hrs
  -> Gracias, CMJ, the dog owners I know would definitely agree!

agree  Fuseila
11 hrs
  -> Gracias, Fuseila.

disagree  Sophie Raimondo: I agree with Kathy. This is fine for everyday conversation, but I would not teach this, which is incorrect, to someone who is visibly learning English
20 hrs
  -> Depends on you point of view, I would agree that people should know the difference and also know how they are likely to hear it said. Why not learn it all?
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
It's a very smart dog.


Explanation:
Es can be translated as it/she/he but it would apply to all.

rronica
United States
Local time: 03:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  EHsiao
17 mins
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
He's a really smart dog.


Explanation:
For those of us grammatical nitpickers. (D'OH!)

KathyT
Australia
Local time: 19:45
Native speaker of: English
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