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No dramaticemos

English translation: Let's not get carried away/Don't get carried away

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Spanish term or phrase:No dramaticemos
English translation:Let's not get carried away/Don't get carried away
Entered by: Margarita Gonzalez

14:40 Mar 21, 2006
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Spanish term or phrase: No dramaticemos
Por favor, no dramaticemos. (El que redacta el texto le pide al lector que no exagere, que no agrande más las cosas)
Muriel Deimundo
Local time: 11:16
Let's not get carried away/Don't get carried away
Explanation:
Otra opción.
Selected response from:

Margarita Gonzalez
Local time: 09:16
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias a todos!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +9Let's not get carried away/Don't get carried away
Margarita Gonzalez
5 +3Let's not exaggerate
Jennifer Levey
4 +1let's not make a drama / dramatise
Carlos Segura
4 +1Don't be so dramatic.
Miguel Falquez-Certain
4 +1We should't overdramatize!
Julio Torres
5let´s not dramatize
Walter Landesman
4 +1Let's not make a fuss
Ana Brassara
4 +1let's not go overboard
canaria
4 +1Let's not blow this out of proportion
Susana Magnani


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
no dramaticemos
Let's not exaggerate


Explanation:
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 10:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Karra
0 min
agree  Andrea Bullrich
1 hr
agree  IC --
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
no dramaticemos
let's not make a drama / dramatise


Explanation:
+

Carlos Segura
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:16
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  IC --
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Don't be so dramatic.


Explanation:
An option.

Miguel Falquez-Certain
United States
Local time: 10:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
We should't overdramatize!


Explanation:
OK

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-03-21 14:46:41 GMT)
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Julio Torres
Mexico
Local time: 08:16
Native speaker of: Spanish

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agree  IC --
5 days
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
Let's not get carried away/Don't get carried away


Explanation:
Otra opción.

Margarita Gonzalez
Local time: 09:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias a todos!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María Teresa Taylor Oliver: ;-)
6 mins
  -> Gracias, María Teresa y saludos.
agree  Elizabeth Lyons
16 mins
  -> Thanks a lot, Elizabeth.
agree  Sarah McGrane Gonzalez: This was what immediately came to mind.
22 mins
  -> Thanks, I think it's the most "natural" way to say it.
agree  tazdog (X)
36 mins
  -> Thanks, Cindy
agree  Andrea Bullrich
59 mins
  -> Gracias mil, Andrea
agree  Translation Link: yes
1 hr
  -> Gracias mil.
agree  Ginnett Zabala
1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias.
agree  Nedra Rivera Huntington
1 hr
  -> Gracias, Nedra.
agree  IC --
5 days
  -> Gracias y saludos.
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
let´s not dramatize


Explanation:
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=dra...

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Note added at 8 mins (2006-03-21 14:49:22 GMT)
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exagerar, dramatizar: she dramatizes everything that happens to her, convierte en melodrama todo lo que le ocurre


Walter Landesman
Uruguay
Local time: 11:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Let's not make a fuss


Explanation:
Otra idea, tal vez un poco más informal.

fuss (fs)
n.
1. Needlessly nervous or useless activity; commotion: There was a lot of fuss on moving day.
2.
a. A state of excessive and unwarranted concern over an unimportant matter: made a big fuss over one low test grade.
b. An objection; a protest: The longer working hours caused a big fuss.
3. A quarrel.
4. A display of affectionate excitement and attention: Everyone made a fuss over the new baby.

Ana Brassara
Local time: 11:16
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  IC --
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
let's not go overboard


Explanation:
one way of saying it

canaria
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:16
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Let's not blow this out of proportion


Explanation:
another option

Susana Magnani
Argentina
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  IC --
5 days
  -> gracias icg!
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