sacarse clavos

English translation: revenge / getting one's own back / getting even

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Spanish term or phrase:sacarse clavos
English translation:revenge / getting one's own back / getting even

16:29 Mar 19, 2013
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang / Colombian Spanish
Spanish term or phrase: sacarse clavos
Colombian or Central American experts, please could you tell me what exactly this phrase means?
Thanks!
As in:
Ortega: “Lo que no se vale es sacarse clavos”
www.lacarretica.com › Servicios › Noticias › Noticias de Deportes04/05/2012 – “En esto lo que no se vale es sacarse clavos u otras cosas a través de decisiones que se puedan ver en la asamblea. Es un tema de legalidad” ...
Santos criticó a quienes "por dividir" están promoviendo paros ...
www.caracol.com.co/noticias/actualidad/la.../1857385.aspxha... 7 días – ... de los odios, la política del rencor, la política de dividir por dividir, la política de sacarse clavos, esa política no nos lleva a ningún lado”.
LOS CLAVOS
www.latribuna.hn/2013/03/01/los-clavos/01/03/2013 – ... revestidos de poder, para ir a sacarse clavos y malgastar el tiempo -en vez de cumplir con las faenas encomendadas- propagando infundios ..
patinba
Argentina
Local time: 13:48
revenge / getting one's own back / getting even
Explanation:
From the Oxford Spanish

sacarse el clavo (Colombia, Venezuela) to get even (familiar), get one's own back (inglés británico familiar)

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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:48
Grading comment
You have quite literally nailed it, instantly! Many Thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4revenge / getting one's own back / getting even
Simon Bruni
3 +1engage in tit-for-tat (retaliation)
Lisa McCarthy


Discussion entries: 2





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
revenge / getting one's own back / getting even


Explanation:
From the Oxford Spanish

sacarse el clavo (Colombia, Venezuela) to get even (familiar), get one's own back (inglés británico familiar)

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Note added at 11 mins (2013-03-19 16:41:16 GMT)
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http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/es-en/sacarse el cla...

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 47
Grading comment
You have quite literally nailed it, instantly! Many Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kalungo
6 mins

agree  philgoddard: I don't fully understand the context, but this is a good reference.
7 mins

agree  Rafael Calvo Fernández: En español muy frecuentemente usamos la expresión "sacarse el clavo o la espina", cuando nos referimos a una manera de desquitarnos de algo o de alguien nos ha hecho sentir mal.
16 mins

agree  Mariano Wadi Jacobo
20 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
engage in tit-for-tat (retaliation)


Explanation:
Another option that might work, depending on how your sentence is constructed.

China In 'Tit-For-Tat' Mode; Warns Citizens Against Travelling To India
m.ibtimes.co.uk/china-tit-tat-travelling-india-tourism-348392.html
Jun 4, 2012 – China has cautioned its citizens against visiting India, in what is seen a "tit-for-tat" policy following India's recent warning to its traders against ...

Cork Board refuse to engage in 'tit-for tat' campaign - Hoganstand.com
www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=103323
Nov 6, 2008 – The Cork County Board have indicated that they will not be drawn into a public debate with the Rebel County's hurlers after a statement on ...

Steven Pifer: US-Russia Relations in Obama's Second Term
www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org › Articles, Briefs & Papers
Jan 9, 2013 – Moscow will engage in ** tit-for-tat retaliation** for the passage of the Magnitskiy bill, such as its reprehensible decision to ban the adoption of ...

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 17:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Yes, that's it too. Thanks, Lisa!


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agree  anademahomar: Exactly!
2 hrs
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