Nov 27, 2022 23:22
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Spanish term
Costa Rica
Native in: Spanish 
estancado
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Cuento corto
Buenas tardes,
Me podrían, por favor, ayudar a encontrar una forma natural para la expressión "se nos había estancado" en la siguiente oración?
Oración: Pedro me clavó unos ojos como bolas de fuego, deslumbrantes de la borrachera que se nos había estancado.
Realmente, no estoy muy seguro de si el término "escantado" sea el más adecuado para expresar esta idea en español, pero así lo decidió el escritor.
Contexto: esta oración se encuentra en un cuento que habla sobre dos amigos que no se habían visto desde hace mucho años y se encuentran en un bar.
Muchas gracias
Me podrían, por favor, ayudar a encontrar una forma natural para la expressión "se nos había estancado" en la siguiente oración?
Oración: Pedro me clavó unos ojos como bolas de fuego, deslumbrantes de la borrachera que se nos había estancado.
Realmente, no estoy muy seguro de si el término "escantado" sea el más adecuado para expresar esta idea en español, pero así lo decidió el escritor.
Contexto: esta oración se encuentra en un cuento que habla sobre dos amigos que no se habían visto desde hace mucho años y se encuentran en un bar.
Muchas gracias
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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9 hrs
Selected
taken hold of us/ in the grip of
Maybe something along these lines?
Peter's fireball eyes were glued to me, dazzling with the inebriation that had taken hold (of us).
Peter's eyes like fireballs were fixed on me, twinkling with the tipsyness that had us in its grip.
Peter's fireball eyes were glued to me, dazzling with the inebriation that had taken hold (of us).
Peter's eyes like fireballs were fixed on me, twinkling with the tipsyness that had us in its grip.
Example sentence:
Unfortunately, the drink had taken hold and I accidentally...
Peer comment(s):
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Molly McDonnell
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Thanks for your support. It really does need quite a bit of tweaking though; neither of my suggestions are supposed to be definitive.
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Toni Castano
: Take hold of.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Amazing answer! That's what I was looking for! Thank you!"
+2
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William Hepner
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Marketing and Communications
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English
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16
bogged (as in "bogged us down")
Some of this depends on the intentions of the author, since I must admit that even in Spanish the collocation seems a bit ambiguous. With that said, "borrachera" and the sense of "bogged down" go well together, and could explain the reason behind the apparent anger of the friend under the influence of alcohol.
In any case, this is by no means the only option.
Definition of bog down: "to impede or be impeded physically or mentally "
In any case, this is by no means the only option.
Definition of bog down: "to impede or be impeded physically or mentally "
Example sentence:
to impede or be impeded physically or mentally
The story bogs down after the second chapter.
Peer comment(s):
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Andrew Bramhall
: "bogged" , " bogged down" , are both fine;
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John Colangelo
: I also agree with William. This is by no means the only option. The sentence itself can be translated without the word "bogged" or "bogged down" in it.
5 hrs
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42 mins
Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
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Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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70
mired
Peter's fireball eyes were glued to me,dazzling with the drunkenness that had mired us/ into which we had become mired.
44 mins
Emilio A. Diaz H.
Australia
Australia
Native in Spanish
&
English
Australia
NAATI Certified - M.A (RMIT)
Native in: Spanish , English (Variants: Australian, US, Canadian, British)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Japanese to Spanish, and 1 more.
bog down
Hola Jose Pablo,
Creo que podrias usar bog down o se podria parafrasear y hacer referencia a que estaban borrachos como ¨while being drunk¨, o incluso agregarle un adjetivo para hacer referencia a que tan borracho estaba (menciono esto por la parte en la que son 2 amigos que tienen tiempo sin verse y quizas ayude).
No ando 100% seguro pero espero que ayude,
Exito
Creo que podrias usar bog down o se podria parafrasear y hacer referencia a que estaban borrachos como ¨while being drunk¨, o incluso agregarle un adjetivo para hacer referencia a que tan borracho estaba (menciono esto por la parte en la que son 2 amigos que tienen tiempo sin verse y quizas ayude).
No ando 100% seguro pero espero que ayude,
Exito
+1
11 hrs
Adoración Bodoque Martínez
Ireland
Ireland
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Ireland
B.A. Eng. & Ling., DipTrans IoLET, MCIL
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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28
(the drunken state) we were in
One way you could translate "la borrachera que se nos había estancado" would be "the drunken state we were in".
1 day 15 hrs
in our inebriated stupor
Couldn't 'stupor' convey their alcohol-driven inertia? And lighten the sentence...
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Note added at 1 jour 19 heures (2022-11-29 19:09:56 GMT)
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He stared at me, eyes blazing ....
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Note added at 1 jour 19 heures (2022-11-29 19:09:56 GMT)
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He stared at me, eyes blazing ....
Discussion
My attempt: "Peter's fireball eyes were glued to me,dazzling with the drunkenness that had come to a standstill"
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