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was let go

Spanish translation: fue despedido

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English term or phrase:was let go
Spanish translation:fue despedido
Entered by: aivars

19:54 Jul 6, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: was let go
"Mr. Jones was let go last Friday."

Necesitaría la connotación exacta del "was let go". Muchas gracias
aivars
Argentina
Local time: 17:57
fue despedido
Explanation:
forma muy diplomática de decir que lo echaron...
Selected response from:

Gustavo Caldas
Grading comment
Thx. Funny comment "he must be over forty in US", Sherlock
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +14fue despedido
Gustavo Caldas
5 +2fue despedido
Refugio
5 +1fue despedido
Rebecca Hendry
5 +1lo despidieron
David Russi


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +14
fue despedido


Explanation:
forma muy diplomática de decir que lo echaron...

Gustavo Caldas
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thx. Funny comment "he must be over forty in US", Sherlock

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Xenia Wong
0 min
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agree  TranslateThis
0 min
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agree  Refugio: right, and with a minute to spare
1 min
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agree  Henry Hinds: Le dieron la patada en el c...
2 mins
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agree  George Rabel: got the pink slip
6 mins
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agree  Marina Soldati
32 mins
  -> ; )
agree  Ricardo Rivas
33 mins
  -> ; )
agree  Ivannia Garcia
38 mins
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agree  RebeW
59 mins
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agree  maryel
1 hr
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agree  Cristina Santos
2 hrs
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agree  Alicia Casal
3 hrs
agree  Gabo Pena: exactemundo--he must be over forty in the US
4 hrs
agree  Margarita Gonzalez
23 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fue despedido


Explanation:
See meaning number 4 in answer.com definition


    Reference: http://www.answers.com/let+go&r=67
Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ricardo Rivas
34 mins
  -> Gracias Ricardo.
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lo despidieron


Explanation:
It means to fire someone.

See 1d in this Webster's definition

–let go 1 a : to cast off or drop *the mooring lines are let go— Lamp* *more windjammers let go their anchors on the reef— Marjory S. Douglas* b : to release one's hold on or break away from *he let go the ladder and jumped— K.M.Dodson* *tons of riverbank let go T into the stream— S.H.Adams* c : to cease to pay attention to : dismiss from one's mind *had not made a career T of being young, but she had not let herself go, either— Hamilton Basso* *did the best he could, and let it go at that* d : to dismiss from employment : FIRE *couldn't do the work so they had to let him go*

David Russi
United States
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 41

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ricardo Rivas
34 mins
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fue despedido


Explanation:
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-07-06 20:00:31 GMT)
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In the government, they would call it \"resigned because he wanted to spend more time with his family\"

Refugio
Local time: 13:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edmond Laporte
2 mins
  -> Thanks, Edmond
agree  Ricardo Rivas
35 mins
  -> Gracias, Ricardo
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