{"id":97,"date":"2008-09-19T15:06:26","date_gmt":"2008-09-19T19:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=97"},"modified":"2008-09-19T15:06:26","modified_gmt":"2008-09-19T19:06:26","slug":"by-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/by-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"By the way&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The expressions \u201cby the way\u201d and \u201cincidentally\u201d are called afterthoughts or offhand remarks, and in Spanish there two ways of saying them: <strong>a prop\u00f3sito<\/strong> and <strong>por cierto<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Examples:<br \/>\n&#8211; <em>Por cierto, \u00bfno est\u00e1s estudiando para la prueba? <\/em>(By the way, aren&#8217;t you studying for the test?)<br \/>\n&#8211; <em>Tienen que entregarme el resumen del libro para el viernes. Por cierto, el libro tiene s\u00f3lo 40 p\u00e1ginas.<\/em> (You have to hand in the book summary by Friday. By the way, the book is only 40 pages long.)<\/p>\n<p><em>A prop\u00f3sito<\/em> also means \u201con purpose\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mam\u00e1, \u00e9l sab\u00eda que yo quer\u00eda ver la tele y escondi\u00f3 el mando a prop\u00f3sito.<\/em> (Mom, he knew I wanted to watch TV and hid the remote on purpose.)<\/p>\n<p><em>A prop\u00f3sito<\/em> <em>de<\/em> can also mean \u201cwith respect to\u201d, \u201cregarding\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><em>A prop\u00f3sito de la reuni\u00f3n, tengo que notificarle que ha sido cancelada. <\/em>(Regarding the meeting, I have to notify you that it has been canceled.)<\/p>\n<p>See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The expressions \u201cby the way\u201d and \u201cincidentally\u201d are called afterthoughts or offhand remarks, and in Spanish there two ways of saying them: a prop\u00f3sito and por cierto. Examples: &#8211; Por cierto, \u00bfno est\u00e1s estudiando para la prueba? 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