Gestionar tu presupuesto

Vocabulario

• receiptrecibo / ticket
• refundreembolso
• exchangecambio / intercambio
• customer serviceservicio al cliente
• complaintqueja / reclamación
• warrantygarantía
• faultydefectuoso
• checkoutcaja
• expensegasto
• savingsahorros
• incomeingreso / renta
• affordableasequible
• debtdeuda
• receiptrecibo / comprobante

Expresiones

• If I save more, I'll travel moreCondicional 1 para una resolución de presupuesto
• If I cut expenses, I'll save moreCondicional 1: reducir gastos
• I can't afford it right nowExpresar una restricción presupuestaria
• I need to stick to my budgetHablar de disciplina financiera
• I'm spending more than I earnDescribir un desequilibrio financiero
• To make ends meetEs difícil llegar a fin de mes.
• To cut back onHemos reducido gastos de ocio.
• To save up forEstoy ahorrando para unas vacaciones.

Errores frecuentes

• ✗She said she wants a refund
  ✓She said she wanted a refund

  En estilo indirecto, el presente (wants) retrocede al pasado simple (wanted).

• ✗He told that the product was broken
  ✓He said / He told me that the product was broken

  "Tell" requiere un objeto indirecto (me, him, her). "Say" se usa sin objeto: he said that...

• ✗She asked what time is the shop open
  ✓She asked what time the shop was open

  En una pregunta indirecta, se usa el orden normal sujeto-verbo (sin inversión) y el tiempo retrocede.

• ✗I complained about the product is faulty
  ✓I complained that the product was faulty

  Después de "complain", se usa "that + oración", no "about + oración completa".

• ✗I don't have enough money for pay
  ✓I don't have enough money to pay

  'Enough' + sustantivo + 'to' + infinitivo.

• ✗I spend too much in clothes
  ✓I spend too much on clothes

  'Spend money on' y no 'in'.

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