Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
la acostaban en una cama de paja,
English translation:
they put her to bed in a nest of straw
Spanish term
United States
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Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 6 more.
la acostaban en una cama de paja,
This is from the story about The hen that laid the golden eggs of Aesop and Félix María de Samaniego
Here is the full paragraph:
La llevaban todos los días hasta la hierba verde que crecía ¡unto al estanque del pueblo, y todas las noches la acostaban en una cama de paja, en un rincón caliente de la cocina. No pasaba mañana sin que apareciera un huevo de oro.
| 4 +2 | they put her to bed in a nest of straw |
neilmac
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| 3 | they tucked her up for the night in a bed of straw |
Domini Lucas
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| A golden egg in a [straw] nest |
Toni Castano
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Oct 2, 2021 10:38: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Toni Castano, Adrian MM., Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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Proposed translations
they put her to bed in a nest of straw
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Note added at 23 mins (2021-10-02 09:10:17 GMT)
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Options: "they laid her down in a nest of straw / they placed her in a straw nest"...
She was so exhausted they put her to bed
| Thanks Neilmac. |
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Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Greek to English
they tucked her up for the night in a bed of straw
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Note added at 1 hr (2021-10-02 09:54:46 GMT)
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I'm tempted to say on a bed of straw, except that we usually say tuck up IN bed.
tucked her up for the night in her straw nest also works for me if that's preferred, though bed is what's usually associated with tucking up.
| Thanks for your help Domini. |
Reference comments
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: German to Spanish, Spanish to German, English to Spanish, and 5 more.
A golden egg in a [straw] nest
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-a-golden-egg-in-a-nest-189...
By "cama", they probably meant "straw nest". As for acostarse, well, that´s easy too...
| Thanks for your help Toni. |
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