Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

is called to

Spanish translation:

está / se ve abocada a

Added to glossary by Ana Juliá
Aug 30, 2005 15:15
18 yrs ago
English term

called to

English to Spanish Art/Literary Poetry & Literature 19th century book about Christian mothers
A mother, not long since, under similar circumstances, not being able to persuade her child to take the medicine, and not having sufficient resolution to compel it, threw the medicine away. [...] The mother, when informed that her child must die, was in an agony, and confessed what she had done. But it was too late. The child died. And do you think that mother gazed upon its pale corpse with any common emotions of anguish? Do you think the idea never entered her mind that she was the destroyer of her child? Physicians will tell you that many children have been thus lost. Unaccustomed to obedience when well, they were still more averse to it when sick. The efforts which are made to induce a stubborn child to take medicine, often produce such an excitement as entirely to counteract the effect of the prescription; and thus is a mother often ***called to*** weep over the grave of her child, simply because she has not taught that child to obey.
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Sep 5, 2005 12:13: Javier Herrera (X) changed "Field (specific)" from "Religion" to "Poetry & Literature"

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está abocada

...está/se ve abocada al llanto...
No es una fruta.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias a todos"
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se ve obligada

en sentido literal sería "convocar", pero le daría un giro: "y, así, una madre se ve obligada a llorar sobre la tumba de su hijo.."
Peer comment(s):

agree mar52 : Sip.
3 mins
gracias, Mar :)
agree Sebastian Lopez : Si, eso es
5 mins
gracias, Sebastián :)
agree Clare Macnamara : ¡Hola Anabel!
8 mins
hola, Clare, gracias y buenas tardes! :)
agree Ana Torres
9 mins
gracias, Ana :)
agree Marcelo González
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gracias, Marcelo :)
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9 mins

se ve obligada a llorar sobre la tumba de su hijo/lo único que puede hacer es llorar sobre...

Espero que sirva de ayuda
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verse obligada a

Una opción, seguro que hay varias.
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destinada a

"Call to" tiene relación también con que el destino ha intervenido en algo.

... y así, a menudo una madre está destinada a llorar sobre la tumba de su hijo...
Peer comment(s):

agree Elena Sánchez-Pinto Hodgson : Me gusta esta opción
1 min
Gracias, Elena!
agree claudia bagnardi : a mí también.
1 hr
Gracias, Claudia!
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termina llorando sobre la tumba

the context indicates an eventuality, not an obligation
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