Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
rular
English translation:
(this is) not working/going anywhere
Added to glossary by
Lydia De Jorge
Dec 30, 2008 19:14
15 yrs ago
Spanish term
United States
Small World Language Services
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 4 more.
rular
May offend
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
telenovela from Spain
- ¿Qué pasa, coño? What the hell is going on?
Bájate que esto no rula.
Menudo destornillador. It must be
one of those that costs too much money…
Prueba otra vez. Try it again.
Bájate que esto no rula.
Menudo destornillador. It must be
one of those that costs too much money…
Prueba otra vez. Try it again.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | (this is) not working/going anywhere |
Lydia De Jorge
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| 4 +1 | roll (up/down?) |
Andrea Quintana
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| 3 | this thing is busted / wasted / kaput / screwed (pun intended!) |
kironne
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Change log
Dec 31, 2008 13:31: Lydia De Jorge changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/77598">Kimberlee Thorne's</a> old entry - "rular"" to ""(this is) not working/going anywhere""
Proposed translations
+2
30 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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40
Selected
(this is) not working/going anywhere
.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks Lydia!"
+1
7 mins
Andrea Quintana
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Argentina
Sworn Translator, experience since 1994
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
roll (up/down?)
Or zip/unzip if it's a zipper.
rular: rodar (Diccionario de la Real Academia Española en línea)
rular: rodar (Diccionario de la Real Academia Española en línea)
2 hrs
this thing is busted / wasted / kaput / screwed (pun intended!)
If the conversation is a bit more informal, and since "rular" is so colloquial... just a few non-verb options.
Happy Holidays!
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