Feb 16, 2018 02:17
6 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Ponte guapo
Spanish to English
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Hola, estoy traduciendo una invitación de boda que comienza con esta expresión: ¡Ponte guapo, nos vamos de boda!
No estoy muy segura de que expresión usar, ¿podrían darme ideas?
¡Gracias!
No estoy muy segura de que expresión usar, ¿podrían darme ideas?
¡Gracias!
Proposed translations
(English)
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Proposed translations
+6
1 hr
Selected
put on your glad rags
Una de las formas de interpretarlo
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Muriel Vasconcellos
: Nice!
31 mins
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Gracias Muriel, buena noche
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agree |
neilmac
: Classic, works for all "genders"...
5 hrs
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agree |
Ashlie
5 hrs
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agree |
Noni Gilbert Riley
5 hrs
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agree |
Susan Andrew
6 hrs
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agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
9 hrs
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disagree |
Susan Judges
: I'm sorry, who really ever says this? When we go out, my husband says to me, "Ponte guapa!" which to me means put your makeup on, get dressed up, get prettied up
12 hrs
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disagree |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
: Not at all appropriate for a wedding invitation., and doesn't mention anything about hair.
14 hrs
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agree |
Charles Davis
1 day 14 hrs
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agree |
AllegroTrans
: I assume the 2 "disagrees" come from a part of the world where this phrase is not current; we really need to know where the translated text is aimed at for an expression like this
4 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
1 hr
Get Pretty/Handsome
Its a way of saying get dressed up for an event
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Susan Judges
1 hr
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neutral |
Robert Forstag
: This does not seem to be a particularly “engaging” way of expressing the Spanish, let alone justify such a high CL.
4 hrs
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neutral |
Charles Davis
: This strikes me as quite unnatural. And are you going to put both "pretty" and "handsome"?
1 day 14 hrs
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neutral |
Yvonne Gallagher
: Really? not idiomatic at all
1 day 15 hrs
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neutral |
AllegroTrans
: Not idiomatic
4 days
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+2
5 hrs
Spanish term (edited):
¡Ponte guapo, nos vamos de boda!
Time to step out in your best. We’re having a wedding!
“Step out in your best” is used for men and women, and in reference to both clothes and shoes. It would seem to fit here.
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Or, perhaps better:
“Get ready to step out in your best. We’re having a wedding!
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Note added at 5 hrs (2018-02-16 07:40:26 GMT)
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Or, perhaps better:
“Get ready to step out in your best. We’re having a wedding!
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Charles Davis
1 day 11 hrs
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Thank you, Charles!
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agree |
Michele Fauble
3 days 10 hrs
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Thank you, Michele.
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neutral |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
: What about the hair, which is part of the overall appearance. Don't think you can be "guapo" if you hair's not done up nice.
4 days
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9 hrs
Smarten up
Get dressed nicely and make yourself pretty
Example sentence:
Smarten up, we've got a wedding to attend
Peer comment(s):
disagree |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
: This refers more to intellectual capabilities rather than appearance. "Look smart" would have been a more accurate expression for a US audience.
7 hrs
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agree |
Robert Forstag
: Irrespective of the merits of this suggestion, ““smarten up” does indeed - in UK English - have the meaning of “dress and groom yourself with special care.” . The “disagree” and comment above are, in my view, out of line.
1 day 4 hrs
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neutral |
Yvonne Gallagher
: disagree is unwarranted but the expression should be reflexive to have this meaning "smarten YOURSELF up/get yourself smartened up..."
1 day 7 hrs
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neutral |
AllegroTrans
: sounds a tad too much like a rebuke to someone who is scruffy
4 days
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57 mins
get gussied up
My stab at it.
And dress to the nines, as in dress in fancy/elegant cloths, and make sure you hair's fixed up nice.
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"Time to get all gussied up."
And dress to the nines, as in dress in fancy/elegant cloths, and make sure you hair's fixed up nice.
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"Time to get all gussied up."
4 days
best bib and tucker
dated expression maybe but I'm sure it's still in use somewhere on the planet
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Meaning of “your best bib and tucker” in the English Dictionary
English
"your best bib and tucker" in English
See all translations
your best bib and tucker mainly UK old-fashioned
your best clothes that you wear on special occasions
Home British & World English one's best bib and tucker
Definition of one's best bib and tucker in English:
one's best bib and tucker
phrase
informal
One's smartest clothes.
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someone's best bib and tucker (phrase) definition and synonyms ...
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/.../someone-s...
This is the British English definition of someone's best bib and tucker. View American English definition of someone's best bib and tucker. Change your default dictionary to American English. See also main entry: bib. mPulse. BuzzWord. youthquake. a significant political or social change caused by the actions of young ...
Bib and tucker definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bib-and...
bib and tucker in American. Informal. an outfit of clothes; esp., best bib and tucker best, or most formal, clothes. Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
best bib and tucker - Dictionary of American idioms - Academic ...
idioms.enacademic.com/27772
or[Sunday best] or[Sunday go to meeting clothes] {n. phr.}, {informal} Best clothes or outfit of clothing. * /The cowboy got all dressed up in his best bib and tucker to go to the dance./ * /Mary went to the party in her Sunday best and made a…
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Note added at 4 days (2018-02-21 00:29:01 GMT)
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Meaning of “your best bib and tucker” in the English Dictionary
English
"your best bib and tucker" in English
See all translations
your best bib and tucker mainly UK old-fashioned
your best clothes that you wear on special occasions
Home British & World English one's best bib and tucker
Definition of one's best bib and tucker in English:
one's best bib and tucker
phrase
informal
One's smartest clothes.
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Note added at 4 days (2018-02-21 00:31:32 GMT)
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someone's best bib and tucker (phrase) definition and synonyms ...
https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/.../someone-s...
This is the British English definition of someone's best bib and tucker. View American English definition of someone's best bib and tucker. Change your default dictionary to American English. See also main entry: bib. mPulse. BuzzWord. youthquake. a significant political or social change caused by the actions of young ...
Bib and tucker definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/bib-and...
bib and tucker in American. Informal. an outfit of clothes; esp., best bib and tucker best, or most formal, clothes. Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
best bib and tucker - Dictionary of American idioms - Academic ...
idioms.enacademic.com/27772
or[Sunday best] or[Sunday go to meeting clothes] {n. phr.}, {informal} Best clothes or outfit of clothing. * /The cowboy got all dressed up in his best bib and tucker to go to the dance./ * /Mary went to the party in her Sunday best and made a…
Peer comment(s):
neutral |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
: Too dated in this day and age and if the people getting married are Millennials, like most people who get married are.
9 mins
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I have admiited it's dated. Everything depends on where in the EN-spkg world (which greatly exceeds USA) it's being used
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