Apr 7, 2002 22:43
22 yrs ago
Catalan term
Erica
casa de cites
Non-PRO
Catalan to English
Other
From an article from 'Avui', referring to a brothel in Barcelona (Els veins estan pressionant per impedir la posada en marxa de la casa de cites)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +4 | brothel |
Paul Roige (X)
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| 5 +3 | brothel |
Veronica Lambert Hall
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| 3 +1 | house of assignation / maison de rendezvous |
Heathcliff
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Proposed translations
+4
8 mins
Selected
brothel
you knew that! :-)
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Note added at 2002-04-07 22:55:20 (GMT)
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Visca el Poble Sec lliure! :-)
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Note added at 2002-04-08 08:33:20 (GMT)
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This is an euphemism for \"brothel\" and it does offer \"female\" services. A venue for couples would be what here we call \"meublés\". There are meublés (apartments hired to one-night-stand couples of any kind) in Paral.lel but it\'s casas de cites people don\'t want there because...they\'re brothels, it\'s trouble, they sell sex, and don\'t tell that the granny next door. This case have been all over the news for some days. The area (Paral.lel) was for decades a small version of the Soho, with nightclubs, theatres, music-halls (ae, even there was a Molino Rojo and a Studio 54), bars and grottos of all kinds. A lot of it is gone and neighbours quite happy too...until news broke about the brothel. I believe the Council has revoked the license. Cheers :-)
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Note added at 2002-04-07 22:55:20 (GMT)
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Visca el Poble Sec lliure! :-)
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Note added at 2002-04-08 08:33:20 (GMT)
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This is an euphemism for \"brothel\" and it does offer \"female\" services. A venue for couples would be what here we call \"meublés\". There are meublés (apartments hired to one-night-stand couples of any kind) in Paral.lel but it\'s casas de cites people don\'t want there because...they\'re brothels, it\'s trouble, they sell sex, and don\'t tell that the granny next door. This case have been all over the news for some days. The area (Paral.lel) was for decades a small version of the Soho, with nightclubs, theatres, music-halls (ae, even there was a Molino Rojo and a Studio 54), bars and grottos of all kinds. A lot of it is gone and neighbours quite happy too...until news broke about the brothel. I believe the Council has revoked the license. Cheers :-)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gracies! :)"
+3
8 mins
Veronica Lambert Hall
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
Social Sciences and the Arts
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Catalan to English, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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34
brothel
It's a polite name for a brothel!!!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Aïda Garcia Pons
50 mins
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| agree |
AnneM (X)
: Still on for powwow? :-)
1 hr
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| agree |
Annette Flear (X)
8 hrs
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+1
7 hrs
Heathcliff
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Law, medicine, technology: prompt & pro
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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113
house of assignation / maison de rendezvous
Just an alternative suggestion, based on a literal rendering of "casa de cites," subject to confirmation according to the contents of the rest of your article.
The difference between a brothel and the latter establishments is that a house of assignation/maison de rendezvous does not offer personal services, but rather provides a romantic venue for couples who (often being married to other individuals) have no other trysting-place -- a quite civilized term, not at all like the roughly equivalent U.S. English phrase ("hot-pillow motel").
Cheers,
HC
The difference between a brothel and the latter establishments is that a house of assignation/maison de rendezvous does not offer personal services, but rather provides a romantic venue for couples who (often being married to other individuals) have no other trysting-place -- a quite civilized term, not at all like the roughly equivalent U.S. English phrase ("hot-pillow motel").
Cheers,
HC
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