Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
con un grano en la nariz
English translation:
squashed tomatoes and stew
Added to glossary by
Alejandra Tolj
Feb 8, 2008 12:52
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Broad experience in SUB and DUB
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
con un grano en la nariz
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
¡Que los cumpla feliz! ¡Que los cumpla feliz…! ¡Que los cumplas Lucas... con un grano en la nariz!
That's it.
Thanks.
That's it.
Thanks.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | squashed tomatoes and stew |
Rebecca Hendry
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| 5 | you belong to the zoo |
Ana Brause
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| 4 | a spot on your nose |
Lisa McCarthy
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| 4 | with a pimple on your nose |
Elizabeth Medina
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| 2 | see note below |
Robert Copeland
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Proposed translations
+5
19 mins
Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
MSc MITI MCIL Chartered Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
:
28
Selected
squashed tomatoes and stew
We have the following birthday song alternative in English:
Happy Birthday to you,
Squashed tomatoes and stew,
You look like a monkey,
And you live in a zoo!.
or
Happy Birthday to you,
Squashed tomatoes and stew,
You look like a monkey,
And you act like one too!
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Note added at 20 mins (2008-02-08 13:13:22 GMT)
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I've just found another version!
Happy birthday to you!
Squashed tomatoes and stew,
Bread and butter in the gutter,
Happy birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you,
Squashed tomatoes and stew,
You look like a monkey,
And you live in a zoo!.
or
Happy Birthday to you,
Squashed tomatoes and stew,
You look like a monkey,
And you act like one too!
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Note added at 20 mins (2008-02-08 13:13:22 GMT)
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I've just found another version!
Happy birthday to you!
Squashed tomatoes and stew,
Bread and butter in the gutter,
Happy birthday to you!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
: agree+agree+agree : "huggies til you turn blue"
4 mins
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Thanks, Óscar!
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| agree |
DonM
: These are all good.
12 mins
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| agree |
Ana Brause
: Wow I used to sing "You belong to the zoo" didn't know about squashed tomatoes and stew.. I will post it as another option cheers =o)
26 mins
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| agree |
Michael Kincaid
: "You look like a monkey, and you smell like one too" was our favorite :). Nice work!
1 hr
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| agree |
Carol Gullidge
: excellent!
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This is exactly what I needed!!!! Thank you a lot!!!! "
13 mins
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Especialista de marketing
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
:
104
a spot on your nose
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17 mins
Elizabeth Medina
Native in English
Works in field
DipTransIoLET Sp>En
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English to Tagalog, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
12
with a pimple on your nose
"Grano" means pimple, or more colloquially: "zit".
26 mins
Robert Copeland
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
Organized, Deadline-Oriented, Reliable
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
16
see note below
My understanding is that you are wanting an alternative version to the Happy Birthday song..... There are many of these in English, for example:
Happy Birthday to you, you live in a zoo, you look like a monkey, and smell like one too......
Happy Birthday, now your one year older. Happy Birthday, your life still isn't over. Happy Birthday, you did not accomplish much.
But you didn't die this year i guess that's good enough.
So lets drink to your fading health, and hope you don't remind yourself your chance of finding fame and wealth decrease with every year.
Dose it feel like your doing laps, and eating food and taking naps, and hoping that some day, perhaps, your life will hold some cheer.
Happy Birthday, what have you done that matters?
Happy Birthday, your starting to get fatter.
Happy Birthday, it's downhill from now on.
Try not to remind yourself your best years are all gone.
If cryogenics were all free then you could live like Walt Disney and live for all eternity inside a block of ice.
But instead your time is set this is the only life you get,
and though it hasen't ended yet some times you wish it MIGHT!
Happy Birthday, you wish you had more money.
Happy Birthday, your lifes so sad it's funny.
Happy Birthday, how much more can you take?
But your friends are hungry so just cut the stupid cake.
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Dear.....
Happy Birthday to you, you live in a zoo, you look like a monkey, and smell like one too......
Happy Birthday, now your one year older. Happy Birthday, your life still isn't over. Happy Birthday, you did not accomplish much.
But you didn't die this year i guess that's good enough.
So lets drink to your fading health, and hope you don't remind yourself your chance of finding fame and wealth decrease with every year.
Dose it feel like your doing laps, and eating food and taking naps, and hoping that some day, perhaps, your life will hold some cheer.
Happy Birthday, what have you done that matters?
Happy Birthday, your starting to get fatter.
Happy Birthday, it's downhill from now on.
Try not to remind yourself your best years are all gone.
If cryogenics were all free then you could live like Walt Disney and live for all eternity inside a block of ice.
But instead your time is set this is the only life you get,
and though it hasen't ended yet some times you wish it MIGHT!
Happy Birthday, you wish you had more money.
Happy Birthday, your lifes so sad it's funny.
Happy Birthday, how much more can you take?
But your friends are hungry so just cut the stupid cake.
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Dear.....
Note from asker:
| Thank you very, very much! |
50 mins
Ana Brause
Native in Spanish
Civil Law Notary Public - trained jurist
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
you belong to the zoo
Hola, llegué tarde pero igual ingreso esta opción, también puede ser útil, así cantábamos en el cole cuando era chiquita.
Happy birthday to you
you belong to the zoo
with the tigers and lions
and the monkeys like you
Puede ir un poco más en línea con lo del grano (por ser un poquito más despectivo... pobres monos!)
http://www.planetadeletras.com/index.php?m=s&lid=109368
Parece ser que hay un libro infantil también (no lo leí)
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780688165451/Happy_Birth...
Saludos y suerte
Ana
Happy birthday to you
you belong to the zoo
with the tigers and lions
and the monkeys like you
Puede ir un poco más en línea con lo del grano (por ser un poquito más despectivo... pobres monos!)
http://www.planetadeletras.com/index.php?m=s&lid=109368
Parece ser que hay un libro infantil también (no lo leí)
http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780688165451/Happy_Birth...
Saludos y suerte
Ana
Discussion
In Spanish there's one that goes: "...y que cumplas para atrás" or "... un enano haciendo pis"
Something like that is what I need.
Thanks.