May 27, 2003 13:46
20 yrs ago
2 viewers *
Spanish term
United Kingdom
polvo
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
film script
One 20-year-old bloke looks at the photo of a friend with her parents and says:
La madre tiene un polvo.
I think this means she has a good/great body....???
Thanks for your help
La madre tiene un polvo.
I think this means she has a good/great body....???
Thanks for your help
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+7
4 mins
Fausto Navarro de Vicente-Gella
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
&
English
Spain
Fausto Navarro de Vicente-Gella
Fast, reliable, technical, honest.
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
43
Selected
I would...
Ok, sorry about the profanity, but this means:
I could screw the mother.
I wouldn't mind screwing the mother.
It does imply that she has a good body, and goes further... if you know what I mean.
Oxford:
(fam) (acto sexual) fuck (vulg), screw (vulg); echar(se) un polvo to screw (vulg), to ball (AmE sl), to
have it off (BrE colloq)
HTH
I could screw the mother.
I wouldn't mind screwing the mother.
It does imply that she has a good body, and goes further... if you know what I mean.
Oxford:
(fam) (acto sexual) fuck (vulg), screw (vulg); echar(se) un polvo to screw (vulg), to ball (AmE sl), to
have it off (BrE colloq)
HTH
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Very difficult decision here, and a big Thank You to everyone who's taken part. I've eventually put:
I wouldn’t mind giving her mother one (he does actually, towards the end of the film)
which is a mixture of Fausto's and Lucy's answers. If I could split the points, I would. I also really liked the hot stuff, shag, etc., ideas. Again, thanks everyone for your help."
+3
5 mins
Along those lines...
You could say she's 'sex on legs', or for a vulgar-lite version 'She's really hot!'.
Suerte,
Sara.
Suerte,
Sara.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Maria Rosich Andreu
3 mins
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Gracias Maria.
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| agree |
tazdog (X)
: she's hot or hot stuff
4 mins
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Certainly. Thank you, Cindy. :-)
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| agree |
Mijo Schyllert
5 hrs
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Thank you, Mijo. :-)
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-1
8 mins
Joseph Brazauskas
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
When You Want It Done Right
Native in: English (Variant: British) , Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: Latin to English, English to Latin, Greek (Ancient) to English, and 23 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
24
makeup
'Polvo' properly means 'powder, dust', but here it seems to me to mean the cosmetic powder women use on their faces.
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Note added at 2003-05-27 13:56:23 (GMT)
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I guess not!
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Note added at 2003-05-27 13:56:23 (GMT)
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I guess not!
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Sara Noss
: I like your added comment. It appears you're too much of a gentleman Joseph! ;-).
16 mins
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If so, it's probably because it's beginning to snow on the roof...
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| disagree |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: idiomatic expression: echar un polvo
2 hrs
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'Echar un polvo' is not the expression under discussion, but thanks for the input.
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+1
9 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
12685
The mother would make a good f -ck
+
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Note added at 2003-05-27 13:56:37 (GMT)
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Oxford Spanish-English Dictionary - Superlex
2 (fam) (acto sexual) fuck (vulg), screw (vulg); echar(se) un polvo to screw (vulg), to ball
(AmE sl), to have it off (BrE colloq)
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Note added at 2003-05-27 13:56:37 (GMT)
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Oxford Spanish-English Dictionary - Superlex
2 (fam) (acto sexual) fuck (vulg), screw (vulg); echar(se) un polvo to screw (vulg), to ball
(AmE sl), to have it off (BrE colloq)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ino66 (X)
2 hrs
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thanks, Ino66 :)
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+3
16 mins
Roser Bosch Casademont
Ireland
Ireland
Native in Spanish
Ireland
Business & Finance, sworn ENES
Native in: Spanish , Catalan
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
23
she's a right shag
Letters July 31 1997
... are brilliant too, and the men/boys are very sexy, especially the lad who airbrushed
my back last Saturday at Superock--you're a right shag (another popular ...
www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/ 1997/073197/letters.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
SkinMarvins Website - marvins vcr - porn vids 1
... sucking there cocks. CUT - The director (a right shag) comes on and
tells us that the police came so the had to stop filming! We move ...
www.skinmarvin.co.uk/video_marvins1.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
... are brilliant too, and the men/boys are very sexy, especially the lad who airbrushed
my back last Saturday at Superock--you're a right shag (another popular ...
www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/ 1997/073197/letters.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
SkinMarvins Website - marvins vcr - porn vids 1
... sucking there cocks. CUT - The director (a right shag) comes on and
tells us that the police came so the had to stop filming! We move ...
www.skinmarvin.co.uk/video_marvins1.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: I like this one: echar un polvo: to get it on [to make it]
2 hrs
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| agree |
Joseph Brazauskas
: I like it too, but the asker requested an English translation of 'tiene un polvo', not a synonymous Spanish expression for it.
2 hrs
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| agree |
Ino66 (X)
2 hrs
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+1
2 hrs
Lucy Phillips
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Elegant precision - published writer
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
318
I'd give her mum one!
I'd give her mum one (any day)!
or
I wouldn't chuck her mum out of bed
some colloquial UK English suggestions.
or
I wouldn't chuck her mum out of bed
some colloquial UK English suggestions.
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