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tickles your funny bone

Spanish translation: despierta tu sentido del humor / las ganas de reír / te saca las risas de dentro

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English term or phrase:tickles your funny bone
Spanish translation:despierta tu sentido del humor / las ganas de reír / te saca las risas de dentro
Entered by: Alejandra Tolj

11:50 Jan 24, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: tickles your funny bone
It's in a book praise:

XX’s debut novel tickles your funny bone, tugs your heartstrings, and redefines the word ‘fortunate’ all at once

Thank you all in advance.
Alejandra Tolj
Local time: 13:01
despierta tu sentido del humor / las ganas de reír / te saca las risas de dentro
Explanation:
Un par de opciones... :-)
Selected response from:

Darío Giménez
Spain
Local time: 18:01
Grading comment
Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +14despierta tu sentido del humor / las ganas de reír / te saca las risas de dentro
Darío Giménez
4 +2te estimula el músculo de la risa
Rosa Sanz
5te hace gracia
David Russi
4 +1despierta la vena humorística
CarolinaGU
5le hace cosquillas a tu sentido del humor
Andrea Tutte


  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +14
despierta tu sentido del humor / las ganas de reír / te saca las risas de dentro


Explanation:
Un par de opciones... :-)

Darío Giménez
Spain
Local time: 18:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
PRO pts in category: 201
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  CarolinaGU: Emege, siempre andamos cerquita, eh? Casi casi pongo lo mismo que vos...
8 mins
  -> Eso voy viendo, sí, jejeje. Gracias. :-)
agree  moken: :O)
9 mins
  -> Gracias, Álvaro. :-)
agree  Claudia Pesce: Cualquiera de tus opciones son excelentes :D
11 mins
  -> ¡Caramba, Claudia, muchas gracias! :-)
agree  Maria Garcia
26 mins
  -> Gracias, María. :-)
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley
29 mins
  -> Gracias, Noni. :-)
agree  Nitza Ramos
35 mins
  -> Gracias, Nitza. :-)
agree  Egmont
47 mins
  -> Gracias, AVRVM. :-)
agree  Sergio Lahaye (X)
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Sergio. :-)
agree  Lydia De Jorge
3 hrs
  -> Gracias Lydia. :-)
agree  Matt Timm
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Matt. :-)
agree  Janine Libbey: Me gusta mucho "las ganas de reir"
4 hrs
  -> Y a mí... me encanta reír, jejeje. ¡Gracias! :-)
agree  Susie Miles (X): despierta tu sentido del humor
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, Susie. :-)
agree  Cecilia Welsh
6 hrs
  -> Gracias, Lady. :-)
agree  Maria Salud Herrero Calpena (X)
9 hrs
  -> Gracias, María Salud. :-)
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
te hace gracia


Explanation:
otra posibilidad

David Russi
United States
Local time: 10:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 174
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
despierta la vena humorística


Explanation:
O "tu" vena humorística, aunque no me convence tanto, me parece mejor dejarlo impersonal. Suerte :)

CarolinaGU
Local time: 13:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nitza Ramos
27 mins
  -> Gracias, Nitza.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
te estimula el músculo de la risa


Explanation:
Otra sugerencia.

Rosa Sanz
Spain
Local time: 18:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT: Me parece un enfoque interesante.
1 hr
  -> Gracias!
agree  Darío Giménez: A mí también me gusta éste, igual o más que los míos... :-)
1 hr
  -> Vaya, muchas gracias! :D
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
le hace cosquillas a tu sentido del humor


Explanation:
Todas las opciones son buenas, pero tal vez esta sirva para mantener las metáforas tactiles del original (hace cosquillas... pulsa las cuerdas de tu corazón.. etc).

Andrea Tutte
Paraguay
Local time: 12:01
Native speaker of: Spanish
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