スペイン語日記翻訳【163】

Well, with some prior preparation (hiding things) and acting calm even if they opened the closet, I managed to get through it somehow. But having someone to clean and cook for you is really nice, isn’t it?

Bueno, con un poco de preparación previa (escondiendo cosas) y manteniéndome tranquilo incluso cuando abrían el armario, logré sobrellevarlo de alguna manera. Pero que alguien limpie y cocine por ti es realmente agradable, ¿no?

解説

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# ⭐ **Sentence 1:**
**Bueno, con un poco de preparación previa (escondiendo cosas) y manteniéndome tranquilo incluso cuando abrían el armario, logré sobrellevarlo de alguna manera.**

## 🌐 Overall Meaning
“Well, with a bit of preparation beforehand (hiding things) and staying calm even when they opened the closet, I managed to get through it somehow.”

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## 🧩 Grammar Breakdown

### **Bueno,**
– Discourse marker meaning **“well,” “so,” “you know.”**
– Sets a conversational tone, often used before explaining something difficult or awkward.

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### **con un poco de preparación previa**
– **con** — preposition “with.”
– **un poco de** — “a bit of.”
– **preparación previa** — “prior preparation.”
– **previa** is an adjective meaning “previous / beforehand.”

→ “with a bit of prior preparation.”

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### **(escondiendo cosas)**
Parenthetical clarification.

– **escondiendo** — gerund of *esconder* (“hiding”).
– **cosas** — “things.”

Gerund expresses **simultaneous action** or **method**.

→ “(hiding things).”

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### **y manteniéndome tranquilo**
– **y** — “and.”
– **manteniéndome** — gerund of *mantenerse* (“to keep oneself”).
– Reflexive pronoun **me** attaches to the gerund.
– **tranquilo** — adjective meaning “calm.”

→ “and staying calm.”

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### **incluso cuando abrían el armario**
– **incluso** — “even.”
– **cuando** — “when.”
– **abrían** — imperfect tense of *abrir* (“they were opening / they opened repeatedly”).
– Imperfect → background, repeated, or ongoing action.
– **el armario** — “the closet.”

→ “even when they opened the closet.”

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### **logré sobrellevarlo de alguna manera**
– **logré** — preterite of *lograr* (“I managed / succeeded”).
– Perfective, completed action.
– **sobrellevarlo** — “to get through it / to endure it.”
– **lo** is a direct object pronoun (“it”).
– **de alguna manera** — idiom meaning “somehow / in some way.”

→ “I managed to get through it somehow.”