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Spanish to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Spanish term		English translation
éll es muy compañero		(he) is a wonderful companion	Edward Tully
Entered by: Edward Tully
épica ariostesca		Ariostesque epic
éxtima		extimate	Wendy Gosselin
Entered by: Wendy Gosselin
«ciña oh patria tus sienes de oliva»		oh my country, may your brow be wreathed with the olive branch
órdago		"órdago"= from the Basque "hor dago" (='here it is') ---> bet the entire game
último llamado		last orders
¿ A mi con cuentos?		Tell me another one
¿Cómo andás de guita?		How (are) you doing on/with money?	Marcelo González
Entered by: Marcelo González
¿En qué se basan?		what are they basing it on? / on what grounds are they basing their assumption?
“en río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores”		Fishermen make their day in troubled waters
“la diosa de los garzos”		The goddess with blue eyes / Athena blue eyed goddess
“Los fantasmas asustan más de lejos que de cerca”.		"Ghosts are more frightening from afar than close up."	Andrew Chestnutt
Entered by: Andrew Chestnutt
“organismo pagador” de los fondos europeos para el campo		European funding committee for the Countryside (Agency)
Bah		Bah
baile de san vito		St. Vitus\' dance
Bajando bramando		keeps roaring down
bajaran al circo		went down into the arena	patinba
Entered by: patinba
bajó de su comunidad		came down from her village
balde de agua fría		a slap in the face/a real downer/ a poke in the eye
banco facial		bank of facial expressions/ facial expressions database/face bank
Bandolero		highwayman	Clayton Causey
Entered by: Clayton Causey
barrio de los Inocentes		le quartier des Innocents
Basta tararear		All you have to do is hum / Just hum
bastó que le ayudara...		all I did was help her...
bóveda terrestre		terrestrial sphere
beatona		a very devout woman
beber a dentelladas		swallow the (or her, depending on the wider context) agony by the biteful
beber en demasía / embrutecer los sentidos		drinking to excess / dull my senses
beber hasta el agua de floreros		to drink oneself under the table/drink anything and everything, etc.	Kate Major Patience
Entered by: Kate Major Patience
bebeteca		Baby and toddler library
biblioteca de fondos especiales		library of special collections	Carlos Segura
Entered by: Carlos Segura
bichos		beasts / pests / critters
bie, de lo mas bien		Everything was fine, could not be better
bis cómico		a touch of humour / sense of humour / certain aspects of humour
Bitácora de Guerra		war journal/diary/log
bolsillos de plastón		patch pockets	Kate Major Patience
Entered by: Kate Major Patience
bondad distraída		he gave me a good-natured/kind, absent-minded/distracted look/glance	Edward Tully
Entered by: Edward Tully
boquerones		boquerones (anchovies)
botafumeiro		stoner	Kate Major Patience
Entered by: Kate Major Patience
botas de agua, zapatillas de goma, los zapatos		gumboots

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