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#1
May 04, 2011, 10:04 AM
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To add up
As in his story adds up or doesn't add up. ¿no suma?
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May 04, 2011, 10:41 AM
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I'd say "no tiene sentido". It's the best translation that I can think of. 
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May 04, 2011, 11:20 AM
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No cuadra? no cuaja? no coagula?
Somehow it think that like English there is a mathematical term. Hay algo aquí que no cuaja cuadra
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May 04, 2011, 11:54 AM
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  "algo no cuadra" - "algo no me cuadra" We use "cuajar" (which is no mathematical term) other than the real sense "to curdle", when saying something comes together. We never use "coagula" in this context. 
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