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#1
January 28, 2011, 06:30 AM
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Estar al pairo
Can someone tell what it means?
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January 28, 2011, 08:19 AM
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According to the DRAE:
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January 28, 2011, 08:47 AM
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to be inactive or idle but ready to react promptly ... it's an image that came from sailing: a ship is waiting under sail for the wind to start blowing so it can weigh anchor.
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January 28, 2011, 10:42 AM
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Parece estar en centinela.
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January 28, 2011, 11:23 AM
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We say here many phrases carrying similar meanings: "estar/quedar en standby" (like the red light in appliances), "estar esperando la voz de á'hura (ya)" (everybody gathering and waiting for the signal start pulling a rope), "estar de guardia pasiva" (stand-by duty but not in location).
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January 28, 2011, 11:50 AM
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En Chile "estar al cateo de la laucha"
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January 28, 2011, 12:12 PM
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What is the term for :a doctor on call
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January 28, 2011, 12:25 PM
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Médico de guardia.
Para "al pairo" Moliner dice: Al pairo. 1 Mar. Aplicado a la manera de estar las naves, quieta, pero con las velas tendidas. 2 Con «estar, quedarse», etc., sin obrar o tomar una resolución, pero en disposición de tomar la que aconsejen las circunstancias. Þ *Esperar. Oxford, estar al pairo to lie to, to be hove to; ponerse al pairo to heave to
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January 28, 2011, 01:24 PM
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First time I´ve heard that, probably very espesialized language.
It sounds Portuguese to me.
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