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que la bestia notaba su presencia,
que como una gran araña en la sombra
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Apr 20, 2022 14:15
2 yrs ago
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Spanish term

me aventó la madre

Non-PRO Spanish to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters PROFANITY
I am guessing he told me to "go fuck my mother" but is there another way to say this?

Please let me know if there are other ways to say this. Thanks!
References
la madre se arremetió contra mí.
a bit less profane: me mentó la madre / he or she cursed my mother

Discussion

AllegroTrans Apr 20, 2022:
"Closed without grading" Like 34 other questions. No response to requests for context. No points awarded for the chosen answer. Yolanda, please learn the site etiquette.
Taña Dalglish Apr 20, 2022:
Yolanda I agree 100% with others who have asked for additional context. What do you mean by, "Looking at the context, you hit the nail on the head. I am going to wait to see if more people will answer. ***For some reason, I can't just give it to you. *** The big question remains is that "mentir" and "aventar(se)", coupled with "la madre" mean different things. Are you even sure what little context you have provided is correct, or are you too guessing, and is perhaps a passing comment, or something you overheard? Regards.
AllegroTrans Apr 20, 2022:
Asker you have responded to Andres, could you please respond to the four of us who are asking you to provide proper context? The phrase on its own and without context will only result in guesses. Context is: who is saying it and to whom?/is it spoken or written?/what is the surrounding text (or other words spoken)?/what is the country of origin?...etc. etc.
Adam Dickinson Apr 20, 2022:
more context is needed as others have said, more context (a bit more of the dialogue and, at minimum, country of origin) are needed. there are many expressions that use "la madre" that have nothing to do with a mother.
AllegroTrans Apr 20, 2022:
Asker You are a native English speaker living in USA, so I don't really see your problem. But as Tana says, we need more context
Taña Dalglish Apr 20, 2022:
I think more context is needed, especially country of origin.
https://tureng.com/en/spanish-english/aventarse

https://tureng.com/tr/ispanyolca-ingilizce/aventarse (méxico...
aventarse (méxico/guatemala/honduras/el salvador/nicaragua/panamá)

Reference comments

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Reference:

la madre se arremetió contra mí.

9. prnl. Col., Hond. y Méx. arrojarse (‖ ir violentamente hacia alguien o algo). - https://dle.rae.es/aventar
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Reference:

a bit less profane: me mentó la madre / he or she cursed my mother

“Me mentó la madre” | El Popular
https://elpopular.pe › 2008-05-05-me-mento-la-madre
5 may. 2008 — “Me mentó la madre”. Mónica Cabrejos volvió a alborotar el ambiente al revelar que, al encontrarse con Johanna San Miguel, ésta la saludó ...


My mother curses me frequently & I try to treat her well, but ...
https://www.quora.com › My-mother-curses-me-frequentl...
15 feb. 2018 ·
I go through the same thing. My mother will flaunt about how she never was cursed by her parents but she'd curse me over things we could talk about.

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No rush. No worries.

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Note added at 1 day 2 hrs (2022-04-21 16:50:07 GMT)
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Glad to have been of help!
Note from asker:
Looking that the context you hit the nail on the head. I am going to wait to see if more people will answer. For some reason I can't just give it to you.
Andres, you hit the nail on the head. Thank you!
Peer comments on this reference comment:
neutral Adam Dickinson : honestly, without more context we don't know that "la madre" is a mother at all, it could be an expression like "me partió la madre", which is just "he beat the shit out of me"
14 mins
Plausible too!
agree Ruby La Cruz
4 hrs
neutral AllegroTrans : I don't know if this is correct but the Asker chose it and she should have awarded you the points
4 days
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