Spanish Word of the Day
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
verdad
verb: truth
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The basic meaning of la verdad is truth.
Les dije
la verdad . I told them the truth. -
Apart from that meaning, you can use verdad in statements and questions when asking someone to accept or corroborate what you’re saying.
Les dije
la verdad . I told them the truth.Hace mucho frió, ¿verdad ? It’s cold, isn’t it?No les gustó, ¿verdad? You didn’t like it, did you? -
As you can see from the examples above, verdad translates any kind of English ‘question tag’, such as isn’t it, did you, and so forth. Less commonly, you can put verdad at the beginning of the sentence:
Les dije
la verdad . I told them the truth.Hace mucho frió, ¿verdad ? It’s cold, isn’t it?No les gustó, ¿verdad? You didn’t like it, did you?¿Verdad que has sido tú? It was you, wasn’t it?¿Verdad que tengo razón? I’m right, aren’t I?
