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farpas

Spanish translation: "un buen par de banderillas"

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Portuguese term or phrase:"umas belas farpas"
Spanish translation:"un buen par de banderillas"
Entered by: Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT

15:24 Nov 6, 2007
Portuguese to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Portuguese term or phrase: farpas
O que este país precisa é de umas belas farpas.

El texto se centra en la Portugal del finales del siglo XIX principios del XX..... la frase anterior es o tédio invadiu as almas..............gracias.
Jesús Marín Mateos
Local time: 22:09
"un buen par de banderillas"
Explanation:
A mi entender podría tratarse de eso: un par de banderillas que, como al pobre toro, lo saquen de su pasividad y lo pongan en pie de guerra.

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Note added at 50 mins (2007-11-06 16:14:45 GMT) Post-grading
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¡Gracias a ti!
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Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
Spain
Local time: 23:09
Grading comment
Gracias........ perfecto.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4astillas
rhandler
3 +1"un buen par de banderillas"
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT


  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
astillas


Explanation:
El país necesita de unas bellas astillas ... (en el sentido de dificultades, desafíos). Vea el diccionario (de la referencia):

astilla
I ƒ
1 farpa, ƒ. lasca, ƒ.
clavarse una a. en el dedo entrar uma farpa no dedo.,

2 (fig) (fam) proveito, m. lasquinha, ƒ.

3 hacer astillas (fig) (fam) deixar em frangalhos,
sacar a. de (fig) (fam) tirar proveito de



    Reference: http://wordreference.com/espt/cosedora
rhandler
Local time: 18:09
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
umas belas farpas
"un buen par de banderillas"


Explanation:
A mi entender podría tratarse de eso: un par de banderillas que, como al pobre toro, lo saquen de su pasividad y lo pongan en pie de guerra.

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Note added at 50 mins (2007-11-06 16:14:45 GMT) Post-grading
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¡Gracias a ti!

Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
Spain
Local time: 23:09
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Gracias........ perfecto.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rafael Molina Pulgar: la palabra significa "astilla", pero tu traducción idiomática me gusta mucho.
15 mins
  -> Gracias Rafael. En el contexto me pareció lo más adecuado, al menos para los países en los que existe el mundo del toro como en España o México.
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