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Old January 26, 2009, 02:15 PM
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Lo and behold!
En inglés, esto se usa más en poemas, no tanto ahora, pero el traductor(a) se lo encuentra todavía...

Se me ocurre que puede traducirse:
Lo!
He aquí...!

, en el bosque sin la menor idea de como decir esto en español.

¿Alguna sugerencia?
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Old January 26, 2009, 02:28 PM
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He aquí es suficiente. Otras sugerencias, según el sentido:
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hete aquí

En inglés, es más común decir look, look at this/that and what do you know.

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Lo and behold means a couple to things to me. 1)What a surprize! 2)what
a coincidence!
Entonces es puede decir ¡Qué coincidencia! íQue sorpresa!
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