Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
me tiraste la cuatrifecta
English translation:
you tipped me the first four
Added to glossary by
Wendy Gosselin
Jan 11, 2021 15:10
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Spanish term
Argentina
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, Canadian) 
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me tiraste la cuatrifecta
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This is from a script by an Argentine filmmaker. It involves horse racing and a conflict between a jockey and the horse owner:
JOSÉ (CONT'D) Cuando venía para acá, les contaba a los muchachos de ese día milagroso que me tiraste la cuatrifecta.
Era algo imposible
de acertar.
Pagó más que ninguna otra jugada que haya hecho en mi vida.
Pasaron treinta años y parece que fue ayer.
Tito era el datero estrella.
Más que datero era un brujo.
Cuatrifecta is a medicine for horses, but I don't get the metaphorical usage here
JOSÉ (CONT'D) Cuando venía para acá, les contaba a los muchachos de ese día milagroso que me tiraste la cuatrifecta.
Era algo imposible
de acertar.
Pagó más que ninguna otra jugada que haya hecho en mi vida.
Pasaron treinta años y parece que fue ayer.
Tito era el datero estrella.
Más que datero era un brujo.
Cuatrifecta is a medicine for horses, but I don't get the metaphorical usage here
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | you tipped me the first four |
patinba
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| 4 | you told me the quartet |
candelaszn
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References
| Quadrifecta (Quadfecta) |
Taña Dalglish
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Proposed translations
+3
16 mins
Selected
you tipped me the first four
In this case, cuatrifecta is a bet, not a medicine.
Cuatrifecta: Consiste en elegir los caballos que finalicen primero, segundo, tercero y cuarto, en orden exacto en una carrera.
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tip
noun [ C ]
UK /tɪp/ US /tɪp/
tip noun [C] (INFORMATION)
B1
a useful piece of information, especially about how to do something or about the likely winner of a race or competition:
I've got a hot tip for you (= I can tell you about a particular likely winner of a race or competition, or give you a valuable piece of information).
Cuatrifecta: Consiste en elegir los caballos que finalicen primero, segundo, tercero y cuarto, en orden exacto en una carrera.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2021-01-11 17:12:01 GMT)
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tip
noun [ C ]
UK /tɪp/ US /tɪp/
tip noun [C] (INFORMATION)
B1
a useful piece of information, especially about how to do something or about the likely winner of a race or competition:
I've got a hot tip for you (= I can tell you about a particular likely winner of a race or competition, or give you a valuable piece of information).
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Comment: "thanks!!"
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you told me the quartet
"Cuatrifecta" is the type of bet in which you choose the first four horses of a race. The equivalent in English would be "quartet": https://www.selangorturfclub.com/betting/beginners-guide/
https://www.singaporepools.com.sg/en/HorseRacing/BetGuide/Pa...
Also, in Spanish from Argentina, "tirar" a piece of information means "to give" or "to tell" something. That is what the passage is about, the person says that it was something impossible to guess and still he guessed it because he was some kind of "wizard".
https://www.singaporepools.com.sg/en/HorseRacing/BetGuide/Pa...
Also, in Spanish from Argentina, "tirar" a piece of information means "to give" or "to tell" something. That is what the passage is about, the person says that it was something impossible to guess and still he guessed it because he was some kind of "wizard".
Peer comment(s):
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AllegroTrans
: Wrong idiom
1 day 2 hrs
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| agree |
Tomasso
: told, picked, seems equally correct to me, EEUU you picked the first four.
1 day 12 hrs
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Reference comments
13 mins
Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Jamaica
Native in English
Jamaica
Translating the Ideas Behind the Words
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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24
Reference:
Quadrifecta (Quadfecta)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfecta
Superfecta
The superfecta is a type of wager in USA and Canada parimutuel betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence. This is even more unlikely than a successful wager in the trifecta, which requires correctly picking the first three finishers in order, and as such will have a correspondingly higher payoff.
Most exotic wagers in horseracing are a 1 dollar minimum. Due to the difficulty of the superfecta, some racetracks have lowered the minimum on the superfecta to 10 cents. This 10 cent bet is very popular with the fans as it permits a bettor with a small bankroll to cover many combinations and still have a chance for a large payoff.
Due to the imprecise nature of the name (as opposed to other bets such as the trifecta), superfecta bets can sometimes require selecting more than four horses. For instance, the New South Wales TAB in Australia previously offered a superfecta bet on selected races requiring bettors to pick the first six finishers in the correct order, rather than four. The bet requiring the selection of four finishers in order is instead referred to by most Australian totalisators as a First Four bet (or in Western Australia as a Quartet[1]). Although the first-six superfecta bet is still theoretically allowed by New South Wales regulations,[2] the First Four bet has all but replaced it there.
****This type of wager is called quadrifecta in Brazil and cuatrifecta in Argentina and Uruguay ("quad-fecta").***
Quadfecta Meaning | Best 2 Definitions of Quadfectawww.yourdictionary.com › quadfecta
(gambling, horse racing) A bet in which the bettor must select the winners of the first four places (i.e., first, second, third, and fourth) of a race in the correct order.
Superfecta
The superfecta is a type of wager in USA and Canada parimutuel betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence. This is even more unlikely than a successful wager in the trifecta, which requires correctly picking the first three finishers in order, and as such will have a correspondingly higher payoff.
Most exotic wagers in horseracing are a 1 dollar minimum. Due to the difficulty of the superfecta, some racetracks have lowered the minimum on the superfecta to 10 cents. This 10 cent bet is very popular with the fans as it permits a bettor with a small bankroll to cover many combinations and still have a chance for a large payoff.
Due to the imprecise nature of the name (as opposed to other bets such as the trifecta), superfecta bets can sometimes require selecting more than four horses. For instance, the New South Wales TAB in Australia previously offered a superfecta bet on selected races requiring bettors to pick the first six finishers in the correct order, rather than four. The bet requiring the selection of four finishers in order is instead referred to by most Australian totalisators as a First Four bet (or in Western Australia as a Quartet[1]). Although the first-six superfecta bet is still theoretically allowed by New South Wales regulations,[2] the First Four bet has all but replaced it there.
****This type of wager is called quadrifecta in Brazil and cuatrifecta in Argentina and Uruguay ("quad-fecta").***
Quadfecta Meaning | Best 2 Definitions of Quadfectawww.yourdictionary.com › quadfecta
(gambling, horse racing) A bet in which the bettor must select the winners of the first four places (i.e., first, second, third, and fourth) of a race in the correct order.
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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neilmac
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Thank you Neil. Continue to be safe!
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AllegroTrans
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Christian [email protected]
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