Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
put the juke on him
Spanish translation:
le echó un conjuro
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Aug 2, 2009 08:35
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put the juke on him
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Hola,
el contexto es el siguiente:
He used to drink, but his wife had a voodoo queen put the juke on him. If he ever drinks again, he'll puke his guts out, literally.
Gracias.
el contexto es el siguiente:
He used to drink, but his wife had a voodoo queen put the juke on him. If he ever drinks again, he'll puke his guts out, literally.
Gracias.
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Aug 5, 2009 08:09: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/627420">Laura Gómez's</a> old entry - "put the juke on him"" to ""(su mujer) encargó un conjuro a una reina vudú / hizo que una reina vudú le echara un conjuro""
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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(su mujer) encargó un conjuro a una reina vudú / hizo que una reina vudú le echara un conjuro
;)
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pronunciar un hechizo
me parece que esto es lo que hicieron
pobre chico
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Ruth
pobre chico
;-)
Ruth
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lo conjuró
por el contexto
DRAE
conjuro.
1. m. Acción y efecto de conjurar (‖ decir exorcismos).
2. m. Fórmula mágica que se dice, recita o escribe para conseguir algo que se desea.
:)
DRAE
conjuro.
1. m. Acción y efecto de conjurar (‖ decir exorcismos).
2. m. Fórmula mágica que se dice, recita o escribe para conseguir algo que se desea.
:)
39 mins
le echó un maleficio
Juke
[Probably from Gullah juke, joog, disorderly, ***wicked***, of West African origin; akin to Wolof dzug, to live wickedly, and Bambara dzugu, wicked.]
Regional Note: Gullah, the English-based Creole language spoken by people of African ancestry off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina, retains a number of words from the West African languages brought over by slaves. One such word is juke, ***"bad, wicked***, disorderly," the probable source of the English word juke. Used originally in Florida and then chiefly in the Southeastern states, juke (also appearing in the compound juke joint) was an African-American word meaning a roadside drinking establishment that offers cheap drinks, food, and music for dancing and often doubles as a brothel. "To juke" is to dance, particularly at a juke joint or to the music of a jukebox whose name, no longer regional and having lost the connotation of sleaziness, contains the same word.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/juke
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Note added at 42 mins (2009-08-02 09:18:19 GMT)
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en contexto: "su mujer procuró que... le echase un maleficio"
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Note added at 48 mins (2009-08-02 09:24:31 GMT)
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se entiende que el maleficio no afectaría al chico a menos que vuelva a beber
[Probably from Gullah juke, joog, disorderly, ***wicked***, of West African origin; akin to Wolof dzug, to live wickedly, and Bambara dzugu, wicked.]
Regional Note: Gullah, the English-based Creole language spoken by people of African ancestry off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina, retains a number of words from the West African languages brought over by slaves. One such word is juke, ***"bad, wicked***, disorderly," the probable source of the English word juke. Used originally in Florida and then chiefly in the Southeastern states, juke (also appearing in the compound juke joint) was an African-American word meaning a roadside drinking establishment that offers cheap drinks, food, and music for dancing and often doubles as a brothel. "To juke" is to dance, particularly at a juke joint or to the music of a jukebox whose name, no longer regional and having lost the connotation of sleaziness, contains the same word.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/juke
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Note added at 42 mins (2009-08-02 09:18:19 GMT)
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en contexto: "su mujer procuró que... le echase un maleficio"
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Note added at 48 mins (2009-08-02 09:24:31 GMT)
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se entiende que el maleficio no afectaría al chico a menos que vuelva a beber
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