Haber que infinitive is used more in a wide range of genres promoting a desubjectivizing-deontic meaning. As for the sex/gender of the participants, men more frequently use tener que infinitive, whereas women tend to employ haber que infinitive. The latter feature was also...
Tener queis the phrase for "statements of necessity" that is usually learned first by students of Spanish because it is very common and doesn't require the knowledge of any verb conjugation beyond the forms oftener. Translated as "to have to," it is followed by aninfinitive. Tengo que pagar...
Links to quizzes, tests, etc. are to the left. An idiom is an expression that cannot be immediately understood by analyzing its literal meaning. A few examples of idioms in English are: to be “on the go” to “play the field” to “jump the gun” Spanish also has many idiomatic e...