Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

atizar a los caballos

English translation:

goad the horses forward, spur on the horses, gee up the horses, urge on the horses

Added to glossary by Darius Saczuk
Apr 23 22:40
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Spanish term

atizando a los caballos

Spanish to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
A Spanish writer describing how a man admired his wife:

Se la imaginaba dirigiendo una fila de caravanas a la conquista del lejano Oeste y se la pintaría en pijama atizando a los caballos.

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Change log

Apr 25, 2024 03:12: Darius Saczuk changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/28228">Wendy Gosselin's</a> old entry - "atizando a los caballos"" to ""goading the horses ahead, spurring on the horses""

Apr 25, 2024 09:39: Darius Saczuk changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/719042">Darius Saczuk's</a> old entry - "atizar a los caballos"" to ""goad the horses forward, spur on the horses""

Apr 25, 2024 09:39: Darius Saczuk changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/719042">Darius Saczuk's</a> old entry - "atizar a los caballos"" to ""goad the horses forward, spur on the horses, gee up the horses""

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Non-PRO (1): AllegroTrans

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Proposed translations

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goading the horses ahead, spurring on the horses

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Peer comment(s):

agree ormiston : prefer to spur. But metaphorically as he's not on horseback but traveling in a wagon.
9 hrs
Right. Thank you,, Ormiston.
agree philgoddard : 'Goading ahead' doesn't sound right to me, though. 'Urging on' is another possibility.
15 hrs
I think "goad FORWARD" would do the trick. Thank you, Phil.
agree Wardys Mejia
20 hrs
Thank you, Primo. :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks"
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8 hrs

geeing up the horses

Example sentence:

Then Maggie was in the driving seat, geeing up the horses

... geeing up the horses that pulled the carts...

Peer comment(s):

agree Muriel Vasconcellos
1 hr
Cheers :)
agree Michele Fauble
9 hrs
Tx :)
agree MollyRose
14 hrs
Thanks .-)
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