Jun 14, 2005 16:58
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Spanish term
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aguanta unas dos posturas más
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Esta camisa está sucia, pero todavía AGUANTA UNAS DOS POSTURAS MÁS. That's it, in a colloquial household language. Thanks to all in advance.
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Roberto Hall
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Spanish term (edited):
aguanta unas dos posturas m�s
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it will hold a couple of wearings
Nice and colloquial.
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Note added at 30 mins (2005-06-14 17:29:09 GMT)
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heavy fabrics tear to shreds after only a couple of
wearings...so you� want something thats easy to wash and
that will hold up under this kind of treatment.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/COMBAT-RAPIER/Rapier-Armor-...
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Note added at 30 mins (2005-06-14 17:29:09 GMT)
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heavy fabrics tear to shreds after only a couple of
wearings...so you� want something thats easy to wash and
that will hold up under this kind of treatment.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/COMBAT-RAPIER/Rapier-Armor-...
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George Rabel
: I guess "wearings" is the word that Gabo is looking for, so I will have to agree with you, although I prefer my own rendition of the phrase as a whole.
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Thanks George
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Cecilia Della Croce
: I like this, but I agree with George since I'm not sure the meaning is the same; esto me indica que la camisa va a durar (y después ya no será usable ni lavándola)...
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Gracias Cecilia. Coloquialmente y dentro del contexto me parece que queda claro que la camisa no está limpia pero tampoco tan sucia que no pueda usarse un par de veces más.
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Marina Soldati
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gracias Marina. Saludos
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Comment: "I liked your contribution very much. Thanks a lot. But tell me, please, is HOLD UP a phrasal verb? Greetings. "
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Cecilia Della Croce
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Spanish term (edited):
aguanta unas dos posturas m�s
it can be worn two more times
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George Rabel
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Spanish term (edited):
aguanta unas dos posturas m�s
it can be worn a couple of more times
But, if you wanted colloquial, then change the passive for
" I can wear it a couple of more times"
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Note added at 29 mins (2005-06-14 17:27:53 GMT)
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Gabo. not everything has a precise, word by word, translation, and in this case, if the word \"postura\" has an English equivalent as you use it here, well, I don´t know what it is.
Regarding \"aguantar\", you could use \"stand\" as in: \"It could stand to be worn a couple of more times\", but I would not use it. It would sound like, well, a word by word translation.
Un abrazo desde fuera de Medellín
" I can wear it a couple of more times"
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Gabo. not everything has a precise, word by word, translation, and in this case, if the word \"postura\" has an English equivalent as you use it here, well, I don´t know what it is.
Regarding \"aguantar\", you could use \"stand\" as in: \"It could stand to be worn a couple of more times\", but I would not use it. It would sound like, well, a word by word translation.
Un abrazo desde fuera de Medellín
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Rafa Lombardino
: "it can be worn" or "I can wear it", having the second suggestion as the most informal one :o)
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Gracias Rafaela
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Spanish term (edited):
aguanta unas dos posturas m�s
it will stand / hold off a couple of wears more...
Yo creo que "stand" or "hold off" te sirve bien para aguantar y
"wears" para posturas.
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Note added at 1 hr 17 mins (2005-06-14 18:15:34 GMT) Post-grading
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Oopss... no me dí cuenta que alguien ya había contestado y ya elegiste una respuesta. ;o)
"wears" para posturas.
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Note added at 1 hr 17 mins (2005-06-14 18:15:34 GMT) Post-grading
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Oopss... no me dí cuenta que alguien ya había contestado y ya elegiste una respuesta. ;o)
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Muriel Vasconcellos
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Spanish term (edited):
aguanta unas dos posturas m�s
it can stand a couple more wearings
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