Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
entrando al derecho
English translation:
entering the home stretch
Added to glossary by
Patricia Gutierrez
Feb 29, 2008 23:26
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Technical, medical, legal translations
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Peruvian) 
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
entrando al derecho
Spanish to English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
..........“EL TREN DE LA CARRERA ES MUY FUERTE, .........APURA POR FUERA EL JINETE DE CHOCOTITO Y SE VA COLOCANDO EN EL CUARTO LUGAR , INGRESAN A LOS SEISCIENTOS METROS PARA LA META.....PRIMERO EL MOLINO UN CUERPO DE VENTAJA SOBRE EL LOTE SEGUIDO POR PARSING....VAN ENTRANDO AL DERECHO..... ES LA RECTA FINAL...FALTAN TRESCIENTOS METROS.... EN PRIMER LUGAR SE MANTIENE EL MOLINO, ......POR DENTRO HACE SU APARICION BIOGRAFO, SE COLOCA A CUERPO Y MEDIO DEL PUNTERO EL MOLINO, FALTAN DOSCIENTOS PARA LA META, ........ATROPELLA POR FUERA LA YEGUA PAMPLONA, REACCIONA PARSING POR LOS PALOS,.. SE PONE A UN CUERPO, .....A MEDIO CUERPO, FALTAN CIEN, EL MOLINO SE DEFIENDE SACA MEDIO CUERPO”
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | entering the home stretch |
Cinnamon Nolan
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| 5 +1 | Coming into the home stretch |
kategold
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| 4 | saliendo de la curva |
Enrique Huber (X)
|
| 2 +1 | coming up on the right |
Nikolaj Widenmann
|
Proposed translations
17 mins
Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
Quality- Professionalism - Experience
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British, US, US South)
Works in: Spanish to English
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entering the home stretch
The race was ono to warm the blood of the cross-country enthusiasts who braved ... the lead as he skimmed the corner on the jump entering the home stretch. ...
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F2081EFB3A5F157A93C3A8178BD95F438185F9
... shoulder of long-time leader Hard Spun entering the home stretch streaked clear. ... Street Sense's winning margin in America's most celebrated race was ...
news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/6621855.stm
Those odds are meaningless once the race starts. Third, they probably would not bother betting on a race that was neck-and-neck entering the home stretch. ...
www.jrbolsa.com/cartas.htm
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Note added at 20 mins (2008-02-29 23:46:36 GMT)
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I couldn't find a bilingual dictionary to back this up, but look at this entry in Spanish:
detrás del puntero Cinema Paradiso que corrió muy bien, ya ***en el derecho**** Bastian domina a Cinema Paradiso y se separa pero al final aparece ...
http://blogs.rpp.com.pe/rppdeportes/?s=derecho
And then I remembered that it was the final straight stretch before crossing the finish line (in many races, not just horse races or car races).
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F2081EFB3A5F157A93C3A8178BD95F438185F9
... shoulder of long-time leader Hard Spun entering the home stretch streaked clear. ... Street Sense's winning margin in America's most celebrated race was ...
news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/6621855.stm
Those odds are meaningless once the race starts. Third, they probably would not bother betting on a race that was neck-and-neck entering the home stretch. ...
www.jrbolsa.com/cartas.htm
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Note added at 20 mins (2008-02-29 23:46:36 GMT)
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I couldn't find a bilingual dictionary to back this up, but look at this entry in Spanish:
detrás del puntero Cinema Paradiso que corrió muy bien, ya ***en el derecho**** Bastian domina a Cinema Paradiso y se separa pero al final aparece ...
http://blogs.rpp.com.pe/rppdeportes/?s=derecho
And then I remembered that it was the final straight stretch before crossing the finish line (in many races, not just horse races or car races).
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "gracias!"
11 mins
saliendo de la curva
así se dice en México, supongo debe ser lo mismo acá.
+1
16 mins
Nikolaj Widenmann
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Legalese and business speak, translated.
Native in: Danish 
, English
Works in: Danish to English, Norwegian to English, English to Danish, and 4 more.
coming up on the right
This is not exactly my specialty, but I think it would go something like this.
+1
45 mins
Coming into the home stretch
This is a pretty well-known part of most broadcasts of horse (or other) racing. Here "derecho" refers to the straight part of the course after they come out of the final curve rather than the right-hand side.
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