There's a law in my state regarding when one can renew their registration depending on the parity of their car's year of manufacture. The other day I was trying to tell someone they couldn't renew their registration for two years when they renewed next year, but they could the year after next. They seemed a bit confused when I tried saying "el proximo proximo año", but I ended up explaining by just directly saying which year they could renew their registration. Was "proximo proximo año" correct, but just confusing, or was there a better way to say this?

Hi guys. So I recently learned Spanish because I have always loved the language and I was thinking to get a tattoo of a Spanish phrase or word but haven't really give it a thought. However, today I got one on a whim, it was an impulsive decision so I didn't do a recheck (stupid, I know) and did one with the word "Libré". It turned out really nice but then I remember later wasn't it supposed to be "Libre" without the é accent?🤦🏻‍♀️ so I researched it and it says it's the verb of librar so still around the same meaning of free, being free, freed, etc. Can someone please help explain to me what's the difference? Is "Libré" completely wrong?

At school I’m doing Spanish directions, on the revision stuff she has put dobla, but on some of the work it is tuerce…

Also bonus points for the diffrence between:

Dobla Gira Tuerce

What is the difference between saying "la gente" versus "las personas"? When is one more appropriate than the other?

So I’ve taken a handful of Spanish classes over the years and I’ve always been told that you can add (otherwise unnecessary) reflexive pronouns to emphasize the meaning. Only recently have I begun to abandon textbooks and try to learn threw speaking with natives, and only now am I beginning to understand the emphatic reflexive pronoun, but I’d like to make sure that I’m correct.

“Comí las galletas” = “I ate the cookies”
“Me comí las galletas” = “I ate the cookies up”/“I devoured the cookies”

Is this a correct way to interpret this concept? Please give other examples!

According to my textbook, the past tense for “I had dinner” or “I took an aspirin” would be “Tomé cena” and “Tomé una aspirina” However, my friend said that’s not the right way to say it. How would you say something like “I had soup” or “Did you have a salad?”

Basically a situation when you transfer all the risk or labor to another party while you reap all the benefits. Is there a phrase that describes such mentality?

I am self-studying Spanish, so let me ask you Spanish speakers questions here. One of my new vocab today is *todo*. On the dictionary, I see some example sentences, and I assume that if the nouns after the word *todo* is countable, it is *todos*, and if it is uncountable, it is *todo*. Is what I am understanding correct?

E.g.

todos las mujeres

toda la noche

I just took a quiz on using qué vs cuál after having being taught that normally: qué = what / cuál = which, except when asking a form of "what is" and in these instances you need to decide if you're asking for a definition or an answer. ex. What is your name = cuál es tu nombre / what is a verb = qué es un verbo.

But I got the following questions marked as incorrect:

1. What is the decomposition of matter?
   I chose that you would use "qué" in this case, and was marked incorrect, that it should be "cuál." Except this is asking for a definition

and

30 Which student do you think is responsible for this?
I chose cuál for this but was marked incorrect, that it should be "qué"

Can anyone let me know if I'm understanding the rational wrong, or was the course wrong, or is the quiz wrong? Estoy perdido!