Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

was raging in my veins

Spanish translation:

me bullía en la sangre

Added to glossary by Ana Juliá
Aug 28, 2008 13:21
15 yrs ago
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English term

was raging in my veins

English to Spanish Art/Literary Religion
As a young missionary in Africa I visited a certain mission station. It was a very hot day and I was very thirsty. So I drank water from a well not knowing that the water was polluted. Shortly after that I became very sick, fever ***was raging in my veins*** day after day. In my delirium I had some hallucinations I saw something like a black blanket floating down descending on me, and I thought, this is death I am dying. But suddenly I heard a voice of somebody praying for me. It was the voice of a lady in my father’s church 8,000 kilometers away. There in North Germany she was pleading to God on my behalf to spare my life and that moment the fever broke.

Proposed translations

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me bullía en la sangre

No creo que se pueda traducir literalmente.
un saludo.
Peer comment(s):

agree Andres Pacheco
1 hr
Muchas gracias, Andrés
agree Carmen Valentin-Rodriguez
1 hr
Muchas gracias, Carmen
agree Javier Wasserzug : esta es la que me gusta
1 hr
Muchas gracias, Javier
agree J Celeita (X)
1 hr
Muchas gracias
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias a todos"
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4 mins

la fiebre devoraba mis entrañas

::)
Peer comment(s):

agree Ramon Somoza : También me parece correcto, aunque quizás algo más alejado del sentido literal.
1 hr
Gracias, Ramón:)
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3 mins

enfurecía en mis venas

una metáfora para decir que tenía fiebre muy alta

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O tal vez quede mejor "la fiebre incendiaba mis venas"...
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se propagaba por mis venas

En esta frase propagar es la acepción más adecuada.
Example sentence:

La fiebre se propagaba por mis venas.

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+1
30 mins

la fiebre ardía/hervía en mis venas/mis venas ardían de fiebre

:-)
Peer comment(s):

agree Sandra Rodriguez : ardía, queda claro...
8 hrs
¡Gracias Sandra!
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+1
3 hrs

me quemaba las venas

me hervia la sangre
Peer comment(s):

agree Silvia Serrano : Me gusta "me hervía la sangre"
14 hrs
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