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#1
October 09, 2009, 09:40 AM
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Ser parco en palabras
Can we say to be short of words ? if not, how can we say that?
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#2
October 09, 2009, 10:21 AM
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= laconic (Spartans, in Laconia, were famous for their brevity of speech)
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#3
October 09, 2009, 11:23 AM
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So, you say, I´m very laconic ? In spanish we say " ser laconico"
IS there a saying with words ?
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#4
October 09, 2009, 11:26 AM
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You can say laconic, only people with good vocabularies will understand you.
The common saying is: the cat's got you tongue.
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#5
October 09, 2009, 11:49 AM
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Yes but that is different. I mean when you don´t know what to say, because you lack words.
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#6
October 09, 2009, 11:58 AM
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Quote:
to be left speechless.
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#7
October 09, 2009, 12:31 PM
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also often heard: "words fail me.".
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#8
October 09, 2009, 12:34 PM
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Pero una persona puede ser "parco en palabras" siempre. Un hermano mío es parco en palabras, "le tienes que sacar las palabras con pinzas" (otra expresión
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#9
October 09, 2009, 12:37 PM
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I've looked it up: to be sparing with words
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#10
October 09, 2009, 12:56 PM
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Eso es ser parco en palabras. Porque pensaba yo que podría usar short of ....
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#11
October 09, 2009, 01:15 PM
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short of words
a person a few words taciturn laconic quiet all these usually describe if you are quiet by nature If you are temporarily quiet, then the saying is : the cat's got your tongue keeping mum
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#12
October 09, 2009, 01:45 PM
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So you can say I´m short of words, after all.
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#13
October 09, 2009, 01:55 PM
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Ser parco en palabras
To be a person of few words To not be very talkative To be quiet To be reserved Quote:
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#14
October 09, 2009, 03:04 PM
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I've heard "to be short of words" when one has an incapability to communicate with words what they want.
I'm short of words to tell you how scared I was. It was so beautiful, that I'm short of words to describe what it was like.  "Ser parco" is rather voluntary.
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#15
October 09, 2009, 03:23 PM
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Si pues más o menos eso. Gracias a todos.
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