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ROBINDESBOIS
February 24, 2010, 04:08 PM
Cuando habla/escribe mete mucha paja (= mucha basura, no es importante, da muchas vueltas a un tema y no dice nada) In English?

Rusty
February 24, 2010, 04:24 PM
yakety yak
gobbeldygook
mumbojumbo / mumbo jumbo
gibberish (but usually applied to something unintelligible)

talking for talking's sake
talking just to hear one's (own) voice

Luz
February 24, 2010, 04:25 PM
puede ser : to pad out? en el sentido de meter mucha paja en una redacción pare rellenar folios.

Talvez los nativos ingleses puedan confirmarlo

ROBINDESBOIS
February 24, 2010, 04:37 PM
Thanks Rusty is that for writing too or only verbal?

Rusty
February 24, 2010, 04:44 PM
Both written and verbal speech can be filled with gobbeldygook.

Padding (out) (or waffling) also works. We also say that someone's words were all/mostly fluff.

Ambarina
February 25, 2010, 07:20 AM
The one I use most is waffle in this context.
Most of what he said/wrote was sheer waffle.