The KudoZ open glossary is a browsable glossary of terms translated via the KudoZ term help network.

Spanish to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Spanish term		English translation
chuparse - morderse los dedos		...so good you're gonna lick your fingers//..you mean I'll bite off YOUR fingers
chupuro cerrero		highland potato	Patricia Gutiérrez
Entered by: Patricia Gutiérrez
cibolero		Cibolero (Mexican buffalo hunters)
cierra tus sucnos, entra con tu cielo en mis ojos		close your dreams, and open your heaven into my eyes
cierto		true
claúsula relativa en español		relative clause
coño		shit, cunt, damn, what?, ouch, etc
cobro de documentos		debt collection
COJONUDO		one of a kind
colados		gatecrasher
colomitos		spas
coloniajes idiomáticos		linguistic colonialism	patinba
Entered by: patinba
color de alitas de esperanza nuestra		eyes bright with hope for our future
columna vertebral		backbone
comediantes de última batida		third-rate performers
comerse un pavo		made them blush / feel shame / turn red in the face
Como ayer contigo fui, hoy contigo también voy;		Just as yesterday I was by your side, today again I\'m with you
como consecuencia de lo que explica a la soledad		as a consequence of what he is explaining, GGM (1982) mentions solitude
como el motor de media vida		just like the middle-aged engine
como elemento decorativo o cuando nos deleitamos al observarlas		as decorative elements, or when we take pleasure in gazing at them
como ganado despavorido		like frightened livestock
Como la tila la encontraba en el campo y el agua manaba sola		As she/he found the lime blossom growing in the meadow and the water was flowing freely
como si tratase de dibujar con la luz de sus miradas		as if trying to draw with the light of his/her gaze	Steven Huddleston
Entered by: Steven Huddleston
Como toro le ha de quedar		The hell it is
como una negra pizarra escasamente agujereada por el brillo		like a black slate pierced here and there by the glimmer
como y sirve para medir		reflects his ego and how it is used to measure the ego of the other authors
compañero de aventuras		fellow adventurer / companion in exploits / partner in adventure
completar su plumaje		acquire their full plumage
con alma, vida y sombrero		and I was committed hook, line and sinker
con arcos y flechas se hace señor		with bow and arrow Love/Cupid conquers
con cariño		tenderly
con el condimento actual		with the current values/ingredients
con el peso		by the weight
con esmero y dedicación		with great care and dedication/ in a focused and meticulous manner
con gafas de pasta ajena		thick-rimmed or plastic-framed glasses, oblivious to... / with no idea of (lacking conscious awareness, unmindful)
con la lectura apasionada de cuanto material impreso encontraba a su alcance		with his/her impassioned reading of as much printed material as he had at hand (within his/her reach
con la lluvia anunciándose		with the threat of rain /threatening rain
con la que le paga al lector		with which he rewards the reader
con los ojos desorbitados		with their eyes standing out on stalks / goggle-eyed
con pelos y señales		in minute detail

• « Previous
• 1
• ...
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12
• 13
• ...
• 40
• Next »

« Prev Page 1 ... Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 ... Page 40 Next »