{"id":4826,"date":"2012-05-08T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=4826"},"modified":"2014-07-15T13:49:12","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T17:49:12","slug":"la-apocope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/la-apocope\/","title":{"rendered":"La ap\u00f3cope"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three years ago I wrote about la ap\u00f3cope<\/em> in Spanish and today I’m going to review some rules and give you more examples.<\/p>\n

La ap\u00f3cope is when the last word or syllable of a word is lost, due to phonetic reasons. In Spanish the following words are apocopadas (shortened):<\/p>\n

1 – Some words that come before a singular masculine noun:<\/strong><\/p>\n

bueno –> buen<\/em>
\nbuen tiempo = good weather<\/p>\n

malo –> mal<\/em>
\nmal hombre = bad man<\/p>\n

alguno –> alg\u00fan<\/em>
\nalg\u00fan d\u00eda = some day<\/p>\n

ninguno –> ning\u00fan<\/strong><\/em>
\nning\u00fan sitio = no place<\/p>\n

primero –> primer<\/em>
\nprimer libro = first book<\/p>\n

tercero –> tercer<\/em>
\ntercer cap\u00edtulo = third chapter<\/p>\n

uno –> un<\/em>
\nun coche = a car<\/p>\n

santo –> san<\/em>
\nThe word santo<\/em> is only shortened before people’s names. Compare:<\/p>\n

santo hombre \/ hombre santo = holy man
\nSan Juan = St. John
\nSan Pedro = St. Peter<\/p>\n

Exceptions<\/em>: Santo Tom\u00e1s, Santo Tom\u00e9,Santo Toribio, Santo Domingo<\/p>\n

2. The following words are apocopadas before any noun:<\/strong><\/p>\n

cualquiera –> cualquier<\/em>
\nun ni\u00f1o cualquiera = cualquier ni\u00f1o [any boy]
\nuna ni\u00f1a cualquiera = cualquier ni\u00f1a [any girl]<\/p>\n

ciento –> cien<\/em>
\nciento tres = cien a\u00f1os (a hundred years), cien veces (a hundred times)<\/p>\n

grande –> gran (only in the singular)<\/em>
\ncirco grande = gran circo [big circus]<\/p>\n

3. The following words are apocopadas before an adjective or adverb:<\/strong><\/p>\n

tanto –> tan<\/em>
\n\u00a1Te quiero tanto! [I love you so much!] = Era tan bueno… [It was so good…]
\n\u00bfCu\u00e1nto tiempo? [How long?] = \u00a1Cu\u00e1n fuerte eres! [How strong you are!]<\/p>\n

Attention! Tanto<\/em> and como<\/em> do not shorten before these words:<\/p>\n

mejor [better] \/ peor [worse] = cuanto mejor, tanto peor, etc.
\nmayor [bigger] \/ menor [smaller] = cuanto mayor, cuanto menor, etc.
\nm\u00e1s [more] \/ menos [less] = cuanto m\u00e1s, cuanto menos, etc.
\nantes [before] \/ despu\u00e9s [after] = tanto antes, cuanto despu\u00e9s, etc.<\/p>\n

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Three years ago I wrote about la ap\u00f3cope in Spanish and today I’m going to review some rules and give you more examples. La ap\u00f3cope is when the last word or syllable of a word is lost, due to phonetic reasons. In Spanish the following words are apocopadas (shortened): 1 – Some words that come…<\/p>\n

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