Habits and vices
A healthy routine is a habit (el hábito), while a bad habit is a vice (el vicio).
| Walking every day is a very healthy habit. | Caminar todos los días es un hábito muy saludable. |
| Before I used to drink a lot and had bad vices, but now I have good habits. | Antes bebía mucho y tenía malos vicios, pero ahora tengo buenos hábitos. |
Expressing duration of absence
To state how long you have gone without doing an action, use a conjugated form of llevar, an amount of time, sin, and an infinitive.
| My grandmother has gone a year without smoking. | Mi abuela lleva un año sin fumar. |
Diets and weight
You might need to go on a diet (hacer dieta) if you gain weight (engordar). The opposite is losing weight (adelgazar).
| My brother has gained five kilos; he needs to go on a diet. | Mi hermano ha engordado cinco kilos; necesita hacer dieta. |
| You have gone two months without eating meat to lose weight. | Llevas dos meses sin comer carne para adelgazar. |
Calories and fat
A doctor might recommend that you reduce (reducir) your calories (las calorías) or eliminate (eliminar) fat (la grasa).
| You have to reduce calories if you want to lose weight. | Tienes que reducir las calorías si quieres adelgazar. |
| The doctor says that it is important to eliminate fat. | La médica dice que es importante eliminar la grasa. |
| We have gone twenty days without having any sugar. | Llevamos veinte días sin tomar nada de azúcar. |
| The patient has gone a month without drinking beer to lose weight. | El paciente lleva un mes sin beber cerveza para adelgazar. |
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