Aug 8, 2006 00:48
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Colombia
"Knowledge and quality"
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
"Palabras más, palabras menos"
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Me encontré con esta común expresión en español y no sé como expresarla correctamente en inglés. ¿Podrían decirme si existe expresión literal correspondiente en inglés? Es que no quiero irme con expresiones como "in short" etc.
Mil gracias de antemano.
Mil gracias de antemano.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | give or take a few words |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 +1 | in other words / to paraphrase |
Refugio
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| 4 -1 | In so many words,... |
Robert Forstag
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Proposed translations
+4
3 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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209
Selected
give or take a few words
posiblemente sea así
Mike :)
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-08-08 00:54:33 GMT)
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NASW Press Author Guidelines: Chapter 8If a sentence is more than 25-words long, give or take a few words, ... or The Social Work Dictionary (5th ed.) for terms not found in this list. ...
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NITZAVIM D’RASHGive or take a few words, it was probably the same speech he has given to ... Filling our heads, it would concretely define us instead of us using it to ...
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d2r: March 2004 Archivesthe definition of a hellish night. 2:30 AM: Go to sleep, or try to, ... this other post on a different weblog, give or take a few words (a few words which, ...
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[PDF] The copy editor and the dictionaryFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
—College-level dictionaries are about the same, give or take a few words and pictures. —The first definition is always the most correct. ...
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WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON..Instantly I realized that at -least- five different women over the last several years have told me exactly the same thing, give or take a few words. ...
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Mike :)
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-08-08 00:54:33 GMT)
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NASW Press Author Guidelines: Chapter 8If a sentence is more than 25-words long, give or take a few words, ... or The Social Work Dictionary (5th ed.) for terms not found in this list. ...
www.naswpress.org/resources/tools/01-write/guidelines_8.htm - 123k - Cached - Similar pages
karenika - september 2001That's what I wrote, give or take a few words. ... We say that it is rat-infested, even thought by definition one rat does not make an infestation. ...
www.karenika.com/month/2001_09_01_archives.html - 50k - Cached - Similar pages
I have a steady girlfriend and a very good group of friends and ...Seriously, give or take a few words, that little essay just sums up everything I feel about the genre at the current point in time. ...
www.heysuburbia.com/cgi-bin/m4/headline/02_10_24_19_49 - 39k - Cached - Similar pages
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-08-08 02:18:23 GMT)
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NITZAVIM D’RASHGive or take a few words, it was probably the same speech he has given to ... Filling our heads, it would concretely define us instead of us using it to ...
www.uscj.org/ncalif/sanfranbe/NITZAVIM05.htm - 23k - Cached - Similar pages
Random Thoughts » 2005 » July... Kissinger writes that during the meal, King Faisal leaned over to me, and in a calm tone said (give or take a few words as I write only from memory): ...
blog.absarshah.com/?m=200507 - 34k - Cached - Similar pages
d2r: March 2004 Archivesthe definition of a hellish night. 2:30 AM: Go to sleep, or try to, ... this other post on a different weblog, give or take a few words (a few words which, ...
www.dynamicobjects.com/d2r/archives/2004_03.html - 148k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] The copy editor and the dictionaryFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
—College-level dictionaries are about the same, give or take a few words and pictures. —The first definition is always the most correct. ...
www.luc.edu/faculty/owitte/copyedit/6Dictnry.pdf - Similar pages
WHEN THE LIGHT COMES ON..Instantly I realized that at -least- five different women over the last several years have told me exactly the same thing, give or take a few words. ...
www.lifegoeson.net/MonkeyShines/lighton.htm - 15k - Cached - Similar pages
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Esta expresión se adapta a lo que estaba buscando. Se que "in other words" también es correcto, pero para mi objetivo en particular me quedo con esta. Mil gracias a todos!"
-1
5 mins
Robert Forstag
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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318
In so many words,...
This would, I think, be the most idiomatic equivalent in English. The sense is that what follows is the essence or "gist" of what was communicated, but not a verbatim rendition.
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Suerte.
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Suerte.
Peer comment(s):
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Refugio
: However, "in so many words" does mean verbatim.
2 hrs
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I have heard it used in the sense that I've indicated rather than as meaning "verbatim". I'd be interested in what others have to say about this. Another possibility is that it is used in both senses....
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2 hrs
Spanish term (edited):
palabras más, palabras menos
in other words / to paraphrase
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