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Spanish
Phrase
es que
- the thing is; the truth is; in fact; actually
2001, Ramon García Dominguez, Una piraña en mi bañera:¿Y no se salía por las junturas?
No, no, qué va; es que el maletín no se abría por la mitad como todos. Era un recipiente hermético que le habían fabricado ex profeso.- Wasn't it coming out of the joints?
Oh no, the thing is that the case didn't open in half like all the others. It was an airtight container they'd made for him ex profeso
- (in negative, followed by subjunctive) it's not that