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"to have your own thing going"

Spanish translation: Tú sí que tienes onda

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English term or phrase:"to have your own thing going"
Spanish translation:Tú sí que tienes onda
Entered by: Alejandra Tolj

14:53 Jan 19, 2006
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: "to have your own thing going"
Hola!
Quisiera encontrar una buena traducción para este slang. El contexto es un par de chicos adolescentes hablando. La niña le dice al chico (que en realidad es una momia disfrazada de humano):
"Hola, Bob. You definitely have your own thing going"

Será algo como; Tienes tu propia onda o estilo?
Gracias!!
Claudia Gatta
"(Tu) sí que tienes onda/estilo"
Explanation:
"definitivamente tienes onda/estilo"

=:-)
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Alejandra Tolj
Local time: 11:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4"(Tu) sí que tienes onda/estilo"
Alejandra Tolj
4 +3Tienes tu propio estilo / onda
Marcela Russo (X)
5tienes tu propia vida
Jose Alvarez de la Puente


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
tienes tu propia vida


Explanation:
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Jose Alvarez de la Puente
United States
Local time: 10:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Tienes tu propio estilo / onda


Explanation:
Parece que es como vos decís,Claudia

do your own thing informal
to do exactly what you want without following what other people do or worrying about what they think
You have to give your children a certain amount of freedom to do their own thing.

(from Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms)


Marcela Russo (X)
Local time: 11:30
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  teju: Totalmente
3 mins
agree  Elena Sánchez-Pinto Hodgson
9 mins
agree  Egmont
27 mins
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
to have your own thing going
"(Tu) sí que tienes onda/estilo"


Explanation:
"definitivamente tienes onda/estilo"

=:-)

Alejandra Tolj
Local time: 11:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 10
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

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agree  Paola Giardina
4 mins
  -> Thanks, Paola!
agree  Chelin
6 mins
  -> Thanks, Chelin!
agree  Egmont: too!
16 mins
  -> Thanks, Avrvm!
agree  Pilar Esteban
47 mins
  -> Thanks, Pilar!
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