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te vas o de engatusado

English translation: putting out fires and running away or cheating on people

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Spanish term or phrase:te vas o de engatusado
English translation:putting out fires and running away or cheating on people
Entered by: Ángel Domínguez

11:46 Feb 25, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management
Spanish term or phrase: te vas o de engatusado
"A nivel laboral vamos de bombero para apagar el fuego y te vas o de engatusador."

Again, employees are speaking about their experiences working for a consultancy, I don't really understand the last part of the sentance. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Michael Dorrity (X)
Local time: 14:52
putting out fires and running away or cheating on people
Explanation:
Actually, the two alternatives presented by the speaker are:

1. "de bombero para apagar fuego y te vas" (not too well conjugated, I must say).
2. "de engatusador".

Hope that helped.
O:-)

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Ángel Domínguez
Spain
Local time: 15:52
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Many thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2putting out fires and running away or cheating on people
Ángel Domínguez
4you either leave, or you end up a coaxer
Ximena Correa
4(providing workarounds) and leaving (after that) or selling something you can't (actually) deliver
Giovanni Rengifo


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
putting out fires and running away or cheating on people


Explanation:
Actually, the two alternatives presented by the speaker are:

1. "de bombero para apagar fuego y te vas" (not too well conjugated, I must say).
2. "de engatusador".

Hope that helped.
O:-)



Ángel Domínguez
Spain
Local time: 15:52
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks

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agree  Egmont
11 mins
agree  Maximiliano Jozami (X)
1 hr
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
you either leave, or you end up a coaxer


Explanation:
"engatusar" means to deceive someone to make them do something they originally did not want to do...to coax or wheelde (Collins).

I would say it is badly written in spanish to start with,


    Reference: http://diccionario.reverso.net/espanol-ingles/engatusar
Ximena Correa
Chile
Local time: 09:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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te vas o de engatusador
(providing workarounds) and leaving (after that) or selling something you can't (actually) deliver


Explanation:
This is what it's meant. And that's what actually happens with a lot of consultants.

Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 08:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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