Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
¡qué onda!
English translation:
wazzup!
Added to glossary by
Oso (X)
Aug 13, 2002 03:43
21 yrs ago
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Spanish term
que onda
Non-PRO
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
novel
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +10 | wazzup! |
Oso (X)
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| 5 +1 | that's cool!/ he's cool! |
Fedele
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| 5 | why don't you identity yourself? |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 4 | What's up? / What's new? / What's the good word? |
Refugio
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Proposed translations
+10
7 mins
Selected
wazzup!
Hola Anónimo(a)
La pregunta ¿qué onda? puede traducirse así conservando el mismo tono slangish....
what's poppin'
whaz happenin',
w'sup,
'sup
Buena suerte y saludos cordiales del Oso ¶8^)
La pregunta ¿qué onda? puede traducirse así conservando el mismo tono slangish....
what's poppin'
whaz happenin',
w'sup,
'sup
Buena suerte y saludos cordiales del Oso ¶8^)
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8 hrs
why don't you identity yourself?
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Peer comment(s):
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Rafa Lombardino
: you meant IDENTIFY yourself, right?
3 hrs
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of course, don't you ever make typos?
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1 day 19 hrs
What's up? / What's new? / What's the good word?
Depending on the target audience of the novel, you may want to tone down the use and/or spelling of current US slang which will eventually become dated, and settle for something merely colloquial.
+1
2 days 19 hrs
that's cool!/ he's cool!
was that a question or an exclamation? ¡qué onda! means you like the person or the place
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