Lloriquear

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

El alumno vino a lloriquearle/chillarle al maestro para que le pusiera una calificación más alta.
The student came whining to the teacher so he would get a higher grade.

Ah thanx for answering a question I thought of ealier but forgot to ask..! (Can you read minds? ) I.e. if it would also be used to express 'whining' ..

So would ''loriquear' be used more/predominantly for little children, or just basically for all people acting childish as in 'wimpering' and 'whining'?

Also, 'pisar muy fuertamente el suelo' :
'Would this be like to stamp with your feet on the floor' ? I.e. as in throwing a (temper) tantrum? Or would that be translated differently?

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica

Ah thanx for answering a question I thought of ealier but forgot to ask..! (Can you read minds? ) I.e. if it would also be used to express 'whining' ..

So would ''loriquear' be used more/predominantly for little children, or just basically for all people acting childish as in 'wimpering' and 'whining'?

yo también querría saber

Also, 'pisar muy fuertamente el suelo' :
'Would this be like to stamp with your feet on the floor' ? I.e. as in throwing a (temper) tantrum? Or would that be translated differently?

Stomp the floor es una buena traducción

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by bobjenkins

Stomp the floor es una buena traducción

Ah yes I think I've heard 'stomp' before, thanks for reminding me of it!

So.. how about 'throwing a tantrum', how would that best be translated?

[laepelba]

FYI ... a very close friend who is British tells me that they use the word "whinge" instead of "whine". She will write a "whiney" e-mail to me, and will apologize for being "whingey". The first time I had NO IDEA what she was talking about. We had lots of laughs about that.

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by laepelba

FYI ... a very close friend who is British tells me that they use the word "whinge" instead of "whine". She will write a "whiney" e-mail to me, and will apologize for being "whingey". The first time I had NO IDEA what she was talking about. We had lots of laughs about that.

Yes..

I think I have heard my British friends use it also.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica

Yes..

I think I have heard my British friends use it also.

La única vez que escucho inglés británico es al mirar TopGear, y siempre Clarkson dice, 'Oh, stop sulking James!'

Aquí también to sulk tiene el mismo significado

[irmamar]

We don't say "chillar" with this sense, here. Chillar means "to shout".

Si uno va llorando al profesor para pedir que le suba la nota, va de forma sumisa.

Si uno va chillando al profesor, va exigiendo.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by irmamar

We don't say "chillar" with this sense, here. Chillar means "to shout".

Si uno va llorando al profesor para pedir que le suba la nota, va de forma sumisa.

Si uno va chillando al profesor, va exigiendo.

¿Qué la diferencia entre gritar y chillar? ¿O son sinónimos ?

[EmpanadaRica]

Originally Posted by irmamar

We don't say "chillar" with this sense, here. Chillar means "to shout".

Si uno va llorando al profesor para pedir que le suba la nota, va de forma sumisa.

Si uno va chillando al profesor, va exigiendo.

¡Interesante, esta distinción!

Creo que se trata de estos sentidos del verbo:

1. 1. [persona] to shout, yell (colloq);
      (de dolor, miedo) to scream;
      ~le a algn to yell o shout at sb
   2. [bebé/niño] (llorar) to scream

   http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/t...p?spen=chillar

[Elaina]

Originally Posted by EmpanadaRica

Ah yes I think I've heard 'stomp' before, thanks for reminding me of it!

So.. how about 'throwing a tantrum', how would that best be translated?

Well, for "throwing a tantrum" I would say "echar berrinche". I was told that this is what children do when they don't get their way. OR.... I really hate this..... when they throw themselves in aisles of the store because they want something the parents don't want to give them....

When they are just whimpering, to me, would be "lloriquear"

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