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colibri1

Mar 12, 2015, 10:12 PM

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how do you say someone is going blind in Spanish?

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Just what the title says...por favor

esperanza

Mar 13, 2015, 3:45 AM

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Re: [colibri1] how do you say someone is going blind in Spanish?

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The phrase is 'quedarse ciego'.

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Maesonna

Mar 13, 2015, 9:34 AM

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I would have interpreted “quedarse ciego” as “to have become blind”. How would you distinguish “He is going blind [losing his sight]” from “He has gone blind”? I would equate “Se quedó ciego” with the latter but not the former.

La Isla

Mar 13, 2015, 9:36 AM

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Re: [Maesonna] how do you say someone is going blind in Spanish?

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How about se está quedando ciego?

Maesonna

Mar 13, 2015, 9:47 AM

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That sounds right to me. Thanks!

La Isla

Mar 13, 2015, 10:05 AM

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Re: [Maesonna] how do you say someone is going blind in Spanish?

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You're welcome!

rvgringo

Mar 13, 2015, 10:18 AM

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Re: [La Isla] how do you say someone is going blind in Spanish?

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‘Perder vision‘ is also an option, I would think.

cbviajero

Mar 13, 2015, 11:10 AM

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Re: [colibri1] how do you say someone is going blind in Spanish?

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A more polite way to say it might be, (esta perdiendo la vista),
And a more polite way to say ciego is (invidente).

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esperanza

Mar 14, 2015, 7:21 AM

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Re: [cbviajero] how do you say someone is going blind in Spanish?

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I posted the infinitive form, believing that folks who speak Spanish can conjugate what they need.

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arbon

Mar 14, 2015, 8:33 AM

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I posted the infinitive form, believing that folks who speak Spanish can conjugate what they need.

Now that I am going blind I have to be very careful when trying to conjugate with someone.
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Lilmsmaggie

Mar 17, 2015, 12:48 PM

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Re: [colibri1] how do you say someone is going blind in Spanish?

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Maybe:

Él está quedando ciego, or Ha quedado ciego.
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zaragemca

Apr 10, 2015, 1:00 PM

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Re: [Lilmsmaggie] how do you say someone is going blind in Spanish?

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Bienvenidos a todos. La expression. 'quedarse ciego', means- (esta ciego), which denote it already happen. Going blind means a process of different levels of vision, but (not final). Depending on the Spanish Heritage the expressions would be. 1- se esta quedando ciego. 2- esta perdiendo la vista. 3- no puede ver bien. Remember, the English ( ing) in Spanish is, ( endo - ando), which is grammatically called in Spanish, 'presente continuado'. The three different expressions depending on the country, or Spanish Heritage Gerry Zaragemca
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Angeliina1

May 12, 2015, 9:56 PM

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Re: [colibri1] how do you say someone is going blind in Spanish?

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Invidente means blind. Quedándose ciego means gong blind.

[typo fixed by TB]

(This post was edited by tonyburton on May 13, 2015, 8:01 AM)