Miscellaneous (not lyrics) Spanish <-> English Translations

[citlalli]

hehe... thnxs...

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by citlalli

hehe... thnxs...

no prob, it's another dominican/boricua word, so i didn't expect anyone to know it

[citlalli]

well, in fact "tirar" is standard spanish and we all have it, but it means "to pull", which didn't make sense in your sentence; that's why I thought it's got a colloquial meaning here but didn't know which. (But now I know )

[DeBaires]

It also means "to throw", but I don't think that fits in this contect, unless it's referring to throwing a punch...?

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by citlalli

well, in fact "tirar" is standard spanish and we all have it, but it means "to pull", which didn't make sense in your sentence; that's why I thought it's got a colloquial meaning here but didn't know which. (But now I know )

oh yea, i forgot about that (and to throw). now i just think of it in the rap sense because i usually only hear it in the word "tiraera" (diss song)

[citlalli]

diss song?!! XD XD XD

[damarys]

So, when your dissing (disrespecting), someone may be throwing trash talk... tirando.... I totally see the connection here. Tirar also means to shoot.

To say "pull" I usually would say "jalar" in my dialect, but a good pull is "un buen tiron."

Oyenme chicos, que interesante esta conversacion!

[Zahra2008]

Originally Posted by damarys

So, when your dissing (disrespecting), someone may be throwing trash talk... tirando.... I totally see the connection here. Tirar also means to shoot.

To say "pull" I usually would say "jalar" in my dialect, but a good pull is "un buen tiron."

Oyenme chicos, que interesante esta conversacion!

Si, interesante.........

[citlalli]

Originally Posted by damarys

So, when your dissing (disrespecting), someone may be throwing trash talk... tirando.... I totally see the connection here. Tirar also means to shoot.

To say "pull" I usually would say "jalar" in my dialect, but a good pull is "un buen tiron."

Oyenme chicos, que interesante esta conversacion!

Yeah, you're right, as a mexican I'd also say first "jalar" to say "pull"... I just took the first meaning of "tirar" that came to my mind but it has so many meanings!!

[Princesa_020]

How do you say, what goes around, comes back around in spanish?

al que al cielo escupe a la cara le cae ? Or the saying with the puerco? lol

[dmoney101]

can anyone give me a quick guide on negative command forms? I never knew they existed until today lol. i thought you just used the regular command forms with a "no" in front of it jaja

[Zahra2008]

Originally Posted by dmoney101

can anyone give me a quick guide on negative command forms? I never knew they existed until today lol. i thought you just used the regular command forms with a "no" in front of it jaja

mmm, what u mean?, maybe write some examples in english to get the point!!

[guess.who.bebek]

Originally Posted by damarys

To me "fresco" is a "flirt"... playful, no substance... the kind of guy that may get slapped for his advances.... a little full of himself, but really harmless.

Im agree with Damarys!

[DeBaires]

You pretty much just change a couple letters, depending on whether the verb is irregular or not.

Regular

Eat! - Come!
Don't eat - No comas

Irregular

Come! - Ven!
Don't come - No vengas


I think this site explains it better, hope it helps.

http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com...mperative.html

[guess.who.bebek]

Originally Posted by DeBaires

You pretty much just change a couple letters, depending on whether the verb is irregular or not.

Regular

Eat! - Come!
Don't eat - No comas

Irregular

Come! - Ven!
Don't come - No vengas


I think this site explains it better, hope it helps.

http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com...mperative.html

Who is "you" Debaires! For who is that message?
Could you be a little more specific!

[Zahra2008]

Originally Posted by guess.who.bebek

Who is "you" Debaires! For who is that message?
Could you be a little more specific!

if im not wrong... i think he answer dmoney101's question

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by Zahra2008

if im not wrong... i think he answer dmoney101's question

yea he did


thanks DeBaires

[DeBaires]

Originally Posted by guess.who.bebek

Who is "you" Debaires! For who is that message?
Could you be a little more specific!

Oh whoops, I thought I had clicked "quote"...obviously I didn't haha!

Sorry if I confused anyone.


Thanks Zahra & you're welcome dmoney!

[ELIANA14]

I Tried And Tried To Be With You, But You Didnt Want Me So Im Done Trying.

Why Do You Still Want To Talk To Me Your Just Giving Me Hope That Your Gonna Come Back

[citlalli]

Traté y traté de estar contigo, pero tu no quisiste, así que ya no lo haré.

¿Por qué quieres hablar conmigo? ¿Solo para esperanzarme con que vas a volver?

[KRedding]

I have been using a computer program to translate some lyrics from Mariachi music - I don't know if these are contractions or something like that, but the program won't translate these - would appreciate any help:
Solita
disfrasando
juntito
quedense
dimelo
ten (compasion)
empeze
coloradita
todito

Thanks!

[Zahra2008]

solita from sola, so means alone (female)
solo =alone (male)

disfrasando: can mean
1 you are using costumes
2. dissimulation, deface with words and expressions what it feels like
so the correct translation depends of the whole sentece

juntito: together, next to you... very tight

quedense: from the verb quedarse
1.stay
2. left behind
and also depends of the whole sentece

dimelo: from the verb decir=say
1. tell me
2. to say
and also depends of the whole sentece

ten (compasion): ten comes from the verb tener=have
have compassion

empeze: comes from the verb empezar=start/begin


coloradita:
that u have ur face red of shame or courage
that burn your skin with sun
and also depends of the whole sentece

todito: all


hope help you

[partsbabe]

Originally Posted by Princesa_020

How do you say, what goes around, comes back around in spanish?

al que al cielo escupe a la cara le cae ? Or the saying with the puerco? lol

I would probably use one of these, depending on the situation:
Se cosecha lo que se sembra = you reap what you sew
Echando a perder, se aprende = by ruining things, you learn
Toma tu tomate = take your tomato (take what's coming to you)

[guess.who.bebek]

Originally Posted by Princesa_020

How do you say, what goes around, comes back around in spanish?

Its not supposed to be what goes around, comes around?! :-S

[Tucumana88]

Creo que la traducción más cercana es la de SE COSECHA LO QUE SE SIEMBRA.
Como son frases populares, es dificil traducirlas a un idioma.

[dmoney101]

Originally Posted by Tucumana88

Creo que la traducción más cercana es la de SE COSECHA LO QUE SE SIEMBRA.
Como son frases populares, es dificil traducirlas a un idioma.

yea, idioms only make sense in the language they were made it

[xiurell]

another similar idiom "cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos"

[damarys]

Pregunta:
Do you say "el mar" or "la mar", as in "the ocean"? Muchisimas gracias.

[DeBaires]

Originally Posted by damarys

Pregunta:
Do you say "el mar" or "la mar", as in "the ocean"? Muchisimas gracias.

It's "el mar" but waaaaay back in the day, like back when it was just spoken in Spain, they would say "la mar."

You can maybe get away with it in poetry, but other than that, just stick with "el."

[damarys]

Originally Posted by DeBaires

It's "el mar" but waaaaay back in the day, like back when it was just spoken in Spain, they would say "la mar."

You can maybe get away with it in poetry, but other than that, just stick with "el."

Thank you, DeBaires! That explains why I've heard it both ways! I do read poetry.
I appreciate you getting back to me so quickly. I'm in the process of translating a song that I hope to sing next week and I just kept going back and forth on it. I did settle on "el mar" but was very unsure.