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A media pierna

English translation: with his pants half down

01:02 Oct 11, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: A media pierna
Ustedes me podrían a traducir la frase "El se pusó la faja del pantalón con este ya a media pierna".

Hace referencia a que cuando se fue a poner la faja ya el pantalón le estaba llegando a media pierna.

Muchas gracias
José Pablo Corrales
Costa Rica
English translation:with his pants half down
Explanation:
might be this but without more context...

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-10-11 02:27:57 GMT)
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"faja" might be "cummerbund"

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cummerbund

a sash worn around the waist, especially as part of a man's formal evening suit.
cummerbund
/ˈkʌməbʌnd/
Cómo se pronuncia
noun
a sash worn around the waist, especially as part of a man's formal evening suit.










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or: with his pants round his knees

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si no tenemos más contexto es una adivinanza...
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David Hollywood
Local time: 01:07
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4with his pants half down
David Hollywood
5Knee length
Graciela Silvia Parma
4down to his calf
Barbara Cochran, MFA


Discussion entries: 4





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Knee length


Explanation:
Imagedictionary.cambridge.org › es-LA
KNEE-LENGTH | significado, definición en el Cambridge ...
23 sep. 2020 — A gentleman with cerebral palsy needs a pull cord affixed to a knee-length dressing gown for ...

Example sentence(s):
  • Dictionary.cambridge.org
Graciela Silvia Parma
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Robert Carter: I don't think that's the idea at all.
3 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
down to his calf


Explanation:
https://www.linguee.com/spanish-english/translation/a media ...

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 00:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
with his pants half down


Explanation:
might be this but without more context...

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-10-11 02:27:57 GMT)
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"faja" might be "cummerbund"

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-10-11 02:31:12 GMT)
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cummerbund

a sash worn around the waist, especially as part of a man's formal evening suit.
cummerbund
/ˈkʌməbʌnd/
Cómo se pronuncia
noun
a sash worn around the waist, especially as part of a man's formal evening suit.










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Note added at 1 hr (2020-10-11 02:38:23 GMT)
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or: with his pants round his knees

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-10-11 04:05:28 GMT)
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si no tenemos más contexto es una adivinanza...

David Hollywood
Local time: 01:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 186
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Carter: "With his pants round his knees" sounds about right.
1 hr
  -> thanks Robert and failing more context...
neutral  philgoddard: I'm not sure about this. Isn't it just that he's undone his belt and it's hanging down to his knees?
5 hrs
  -> could be Phil but as I say, it's a bit of a guess
agree  Manuel Aburto: Agree with Robert!
14 hrs
  -> gracias Manuel
agree  Antonella Perazzoni
1 day 12 hrs
  -> gracias Antonella
agree  Michele Fauble
8 days
  -> thanks Michele
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