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Forum: Translations February 12, 2024, 12:39 PM
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Posted By Stu
Thankyou makes sense

Thankyou makes sense
Forum: Translations February 11, 2024, 08:03 PM
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Posted By Stu
Por cada

salíamos a una taberna por cada 175 individuos

Does this mean one of 175 taverns?
Is that a figurative or literal number?
Forum: Translations November 11, 2023, 12:08 AM
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Posted By Stu
Thanks Rusty Great

Thanks Rusty
Great
Forum: Translations November 10, 2023, 06:24 PM
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Posted By Stu
Paladinescas

Meaning in English?
Forum: Grammar December 21, 2022, 05:39 PM
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Posted By Stu
Thank you My mistake

Thank you

My mistake
Forum: Grammar December 20, 2022, 04:44 AM
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Views: 821
Posted By Stu
Tratara

A book I am reading contains

como si se tratara en un sueño

Should it be tratará
Could they mean future tense.
Doesn’t seem to fit

Why not just trata
Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 27, 2022, 04:36 AM
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Posted By Stu
Thank you Rusty Very clear

Thank you Rusty

Very clear
Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 20, 2022, 01:09 AM
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Posted By Stu
Las calles colapsadas de gente …

What does colapsadas mean in this context?
Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 11, 2022, 05:40 AM
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Posted By Stu
Thank you very much That’s great

Thank you very much
That’s great
Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 07, 2022, 06:46 AM
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Views: 2,429
Posted By Stu
The only sane one Would fit in context ...

The only sane one


Would fit in context


Something like
Are you crazy or am I the only sane one
Forum: Idioms & Sayings October 06, 2022, 04:17 AM
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Views: 2,429
Posted By Stu
La única cuerda

What does this mean?

¿ …. o era la única cuerda?

Could it be figuratively limited to a single musical note.
Forum: Vocabulary September 12, 2022, 07:13 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,424
Posted By Stu
Thank you for the replies. When I looked for...

Thank you for the replies.
When I looked for examples of use of despedido I was only shown dismiss,. So would this usage only apply in conjunction with salir.
Forum: Vocabulary September 03, 2022, 07:21 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,424
Posted By Stu
Thank you Poli that’s great

Thank you Poli that’s great
Forum: Vocabulary September 02, 2022, 06:34 AM
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Posted By Stu
Despedido

What does despedido mean in this extract from a novel.
The vehicle left the road and flew through the air landing in the water.
Is this a common usage?

“ estaba volando por los aires y salió...
Forum: Translations March 22, 2022, 12:28 AM
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Views: 2,535
Posted By Stu
Thank you

Thanks for responses
Makes perfect sense
Forum: Translations March 21, 2022, 04:46 AM
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Views: 2,535
Posted By Stu
“ así que pasaré a buscarte por aquí” Excerpt from Los ángeles también lloran.

When I check the translation of this it says
So I’ll pick you up here

That fits well the context of the story
but I struggle to get this from the words of the text.

Can some explain this?
Forum: Vocabulary February 17, 2020, 04:18 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,663
Posted By Stu
Thank you Rusty It seemed to me unlikely...

Thank you Rusty

It seemed to me unlikely that they threw something into his face so seems to me finding fault fits the situation better.
I often see literal translations that don't fit well but...
Forum: Vocabulary February 14, 2020, 07:44 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,663
Posted By Stu
Echaron en cara

Cuántas veces en los últimos años me echaron en cara las más distintas mujeres (sólo por no saber corresponder a sus sentimientos) que soy un engreído

Does this mean they have a look on their...
Forum: Culture February 13, 2020, 11:17 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,991
Posted By Stu
Thank you for the responses. I didn't get the...

Thank you for the responses.
I didn't get the impression of a wealthy neighborhood. It is set in Czechoslovakia in the communist period and the author is just commenting on the view from the cinema...
Forum: Culture February 12, 2020, 04:21 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,991
Posted By Stu
Las cabañas de las casas del pueblo

This seems to say cabins of the houses but that makes little sense. Does it suggest the houses are small cabins?
Forum: Idioms & Sayings January 20, 2020, 04:15 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,508
Posted By Stu
Ah! Very good Thank you

Ah! Very good
Thank you
Forum: Idioms & Sayings January 17, 2020, 03:37 PM
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Views: 2,508
Posted By Stu
con una sonrisa tirando a amarga

, con una sonrisa tirando a amarga

A search shows sonrisa amarga as a bitter or ironic smile, which makes sense but why " tirando a" . I assume amarga is an adjective so it just does not seem to...
Forum: Translations January 12, 2020, 12:13 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,523
Posted By Stu
Angelica, You are exactly correct, on checking...

Angelica,
You are exactly correct, on checking I had forgotten that the fellow had stabbed the other man but not mortally. So it is clear now.

Thanks
Forum: Translations January 11, 2020, 01:58 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,523
Posted By Stu
Thank you both for the responses, very useful,...

Thank you both for the responses,
very useful, I didn't notice anything in the text that suggested further clues but perhaps I need to check it again.

Thank you
Forum: Translations January 09, 2020, 06:38 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,523
Posted By Stu
¿Qué le cayó?

What does this mean?
It suggests. " What happened to him? " but I don't see how you get that and why would he think the other died, perhaps they usually only employ a new worker when the previous...
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