Apr 12, 2007 20:32
17 yrs ago
Spanish term
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Guarani to Spanish
Algunos la creían una traga-hostias, una solterona amargada
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
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Traga-hostias. (Se refiere a una persona puritana en exeso, no en el contexto Español, sino más bien como lo utilizaríamos en Aca. del Sur.)
Proposed translations
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| 5 +7 | Some viewed her as a church-rat, a bitter old maid |
Anabel Granados
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| 4 +1 | Some thought of her as a religious hypocrite, an embittered old maid |
Refugio
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Proposed translations
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Anabel Granados
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Some viewed her as a church-rat, a bitter old maid
Así lo diría yo :0)
Peer comment(s):
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Claudia Aguero
: me gusta esta versión, para una "muerde quedita, mojigata".
8 mins
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Gracias
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psicutrinius
: Si, excepto (aunque podría ser más "British"), "spinster" en lugar de "old maid"
11 mins
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Gracias. Tambien me gusta la palabra spinster.
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Swatchka
25 mins
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Gracias
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ormiston
: de acuerdo, perso 'bitter' no suena muy bien con 'spinster'....
38 mins
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Gracias
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Lydia De Jorge
: very good!
38 mins
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Gracias
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patricia scott
: Agree, agree - church mouse maybe, instead of rat?
40 mins
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Gracias
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Henry Hinds
1 hr
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Gracias
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Gacela20
: yes and I also prefer church mouse to rat
1 hr
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Gracias
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Refugio
: I am entirely unfamiliar with the expression church-rat. What would it mean? Aah. Well, that is not quite the meaning of tragahostias as I understand it.
1 hr
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It means that the person pretty much spends all their time in church. I think church mouse means the same thing.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gracias mil!"
+1
1 hr
Some thought of her as a religious hypocrite, an embittered old maid
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-12 22:26:51 GMT)
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<<A religious hypocrite is someone who creates God in his or her image—not the other way around as God intended. A religious hypocrite manipulates religion in order to look respectable or even heroic. This is the basis for Jesus' story of the Pharisee and the tax collector in the Temple (Luke 18:9-14).
A religious hypocrite likes worshiping a comfortable, nonthreatening image of God rather than worshiping the totally honest and loving God we meet in the Bible. A Christian racist is, by definition, a hypocrite because he or she is trimming the Good News to include some people and exclude others. Jesus and biblical prophets like Amos, Micah, Isaiah and Jeremiah gave very strong indictments of religious hypocrisy. >>
--Ask a Franciscan
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-04-13 01:04:06 GMT)
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OR:
a sanctimonious prude?
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-04-12 22:26:51 GMT)
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<<A religious hypocrite is someone who creates God in his or her image—not the other way around as God intended. A religious hypocrite manipulates religion in order to look respectable or even heroic. This is the basis for Jesus' story of the Pharisee and the tax collector in the Temple (Luke 18:9-14).
A religious hypocrite likes worshiping a comfortable, nonthreatening image of God rather than worshiping the totally honest and loving God we meet in the Bible. A Christian racist is, by definition, a hypocrite because he or she is trimming the Good News to include some people and exclude others. Jesus and biblical prophets like Amos, Micah, Isaiah and Jeremiah gave very strong indictments of religious hypocrisy. >>
--Ask a Franciscan
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-04-13 01:04:06 GMT)
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OR:
a sanctimonious prude?
Peer comment(s):
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Beta Cummins
: Yep, sounds better than church-rat, no doubt.
1 day 4 hrs
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Thanks, Beta
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