Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
de buena nos salvamos
English translation:
Phew! That was close!
Added to glossary by
Chelin
Jul 28, 2009 14:15
14 yrs ago
1 viewer *
Spanish term
de buena nos salvamos
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Corrieron a toda velocidad y lograron saltar el muro justo a tiempo.
-De buena nos salvamos!
-De buena nos salvamos!
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+1
3 hrs
Selected
Phew! That was close!
Not literal, but that's what I'd say getting over a wall just in time :-)
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 horas (2009-07-28 17:42:48 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
You can use other expletives instead of 'Phew', be they religious or otherwise!
Newsgroups: uk.railway
From: Paul Harley <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:19:46 +0100
Local: Tues 28 July 2009 15:19
Subject: ***Phew! That was close!***
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released a report
into a near miss at Llanbadarn L.C. (on the approach to Aberystwyth)
on 21 October 2008.
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.railway/browse_thread/th...
**Phew, That Was Close...***
By Jon
Ice climbers survive as massive roof collapse sends tons of ice spinning past them.
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/news/article/mps/uan/5607
***THAT WAS CLOSE!***
From the Swindon Advertiser, first published Thursday 21st Dec 2000.
Customers dived for cover after two cars ploughed into a newsagents' shop in Swindon.
Staff and shoppers were in Barrett Stores on the corner of Bridge Street and Harding Street when the accident happened.
They and the occupants of the cars, including a mother and baby, escaped injury.
http://archive.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/2000/12/21/229213.html
***Shit, That Was Close!***
The real, actual, true story of Bravo Two Zero
BY CONRAD SCUD
The real story of the SAS patrol group inserted into enemy territory during the Gulf War. For the first time you can read the true life account of someone who was actually there, watching all the TV news broadcasts in his front room in Aldershot. Oh, it was terrible, with the bombs and the guns and tanks and the missiles, already...
http://www.bleeding-obvious.co.uk/archive2/books/index.php
Other examples of usage:
http://www.potters.org/subject106279.htm
http://www.british-cars.net/triumph-tr6-bbs/phewthat-was-clo...
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 horas (2009-07-28 17:42:48 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
You can use other expletives instead of 'Phew', be they religious or otherwise!
Newsgroups: uk.railway
From: Paul Harley <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:19:46 +0100
Local: Tues 28 July 2009 15:19
Subject: ***Phew! That was close!***
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has released a report
into a near miss at Llanbadarn L.C. (on the approach to Aberystwyth)
on 21 October 2008.
http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.railway/browse_thread/th...
**Phew, That Was Close...***
By Jon
Ice climbers survive as massive roof collapse sends tons of ice spinning past them.
http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/news/article/mps/uan/5607
***THAT WAS CLOSE!***
From the Swindon Advertiser, first published Thursday 21st Dec 2000.
Customers dived for cover after two cars ploughed into a newsagents' shop in Swindon.
Staff and shoppers were in Barrett Stores on the corner of Bridge Street and Harding Street when the accident happened.
They and the occupants of the cars, including a mother and baby, escaped injury.
http://archive.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/2000/12/21/229213.html
***Shit, That Was Close!***
The real, actual, true story of Bravo Two Zero
BY CONRAD SCUD
The real story of the SAS patrol group inserted into enemy territory during the Gulf War. For the first time you can read the true life account of someone who was actually there, watching all the TV news broadcasts in his front room in Aldershot. Oh, it was terrible, with the bombs and the guns and tanks and the missiles, already...
http://www.bleeding-obvious.co.uk/archive2/books/index.php
Other examples of usage:
http://www.potters.org/subject106279.htm
http://www.british-cars.net/triumph-tr6-bbs/phewthat-was-clo...
Note from asker:
Thanks, Lisa! This is precisely what I was looking for! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "As I said before, this answer was the best for the context with which I was working - thanks again, Lisa! "
4 mins
Fortunately we were saved
Ya
+2
6 mins
we barely made it!
not literal - but I think it sounds more natural
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Paula Pereyra
4 mins
|
Gracias, Paula!
|
|
agree |
María T. Vargas
42 mins
|
Gracias, Maja! Un abrazo!
|
+1
7 mins
we are lucky we got out of it!/ I can't believe we made it!/
options!
+2
10 mins
That was a lucky escape!
An option!
Good luck!
Good luck!
11 mins
we escaped by the skin of our teeth
How about this?
12 mins
It was a lucky escape.
Another variation to consider.
13 hrs
...thank God, we got away!
Particularly if they were running away from the farmer!?
Something went wrong...