Oct 16, 2007 16:13
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a pies juntillas
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I can't put my finger on how to render this in English. It's part of an argument about who to believe.
"Entonces, ¿por qué creerles **a pies juntillas**, cuando hay otros hechos que son indicios poderosos de que la historia fue otra?"
"Entonces, ¿por qué creerles **a pies juntillas**, cuando hay otros hechos que son indicios poderosos de que la historia fue otra?"
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blindly
One idea. Sure there'll be others.
Andy
Andy
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This was definitely the best suggestion in the context in which it fell. Thank you so much!"
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Terry Burgess
Mexico
Mexico
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Mexico
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Works in: Spanish to English, English
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stubbornly
My opinion:-)
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Note added at 3 mins (2007-10-16 16:16:46 GMT)
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i.e., because there's proof to the contrary.
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Note added at 3 mins (2007-10-16 16:16:46 GMT)
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i.e., because there's proof to the contrary.
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Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Mexico
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Mexico
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Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 5 more.
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to the letter
he is following his bosses' instructions TO THE LETTER.
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Elizabeth Medina
: I agree. Another option: "So why take their word for it, when other facts exist that are powerful indicators that the story was different?
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Adriana Penco
Native in Spanish
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A seasoned translator, writer, editor.
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Rioplatense)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 3 more.
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with no doubt / without doubting
María Moliner:
A pie[s] juntillas [o, no frec., a pie juntillo]. (...) 2 (con «creer») Sin ninguna sombra de duda: ‘Se ha creído a pie juntillas que te habías marchado’.
A pie[s] juntillas [o, no frec., a pie juntillo]. (...) 2 (con «creer») Sin ninguna sombra de duda: ‘Se ha creído a pie juntillas que te habías marchado’.
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Enrique Huber (X)
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Gracias, Enrique.
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Bubo Coroman (X)
: I would use the same idiom in English as in the dictionary definition: "without a shadow of a doubt"
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Thanks, Deborah. It's a very good choice.
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teresa quimper
: firmly, without doubt, (believe) Glosario de Marina Orellana
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Gracias, Teresa.
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Marsha Wilkie
: Yo diría: without any doubt. Me suena mejor any que no.
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Gracias, Marsha.
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Nora Bellettieri
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so why do you completely/totally trust ...
From Oxford
se cree a pies juntillas todo lo que le dicen he blindly believes every
word he’s told;
se cree a pies juntillas todo lo que le dicen he blindly believes every
word he’s told;
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Robert Forstag
United States
United States
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United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
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Works in: Spanish to English, English
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[so] unquestioningly
Since the issue is one of *belief*, this option seems to fit much better than any of the others suggested thus far.
Suerte.
Suerte.
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laycock
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Thank you, Lay.
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Andy Watkinson
: More than apt, yet perhaps the notion of blindness is not so far removed from beliefs in general......
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Thank you, Andy. I just think that "unquestioningly believe" works better semantically and euphonically, than "blindly believe." Best regards.
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without hesitation
Another idea
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reliablewriters
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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so implicitly
Concise
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