Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

tienes mas labia que un culebrero

English translation:

you could charm the hind legs off a donkey

Added to glossary by Amy Billing
Jan 8, 2007 12:24
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term

culebrero

Spanish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
Taken from a love letter written in Colombian Spanish: "Tienes mas labia que un culebrero"
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Proposed translations

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you could charm the hind leg of a donkey

Don´t know if this would be the appropriate register (there´s a touch of rather admiring criticism in this expression), or if your translation is for British English (suppose it is).


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Note added at 24 mins (2007-01-08 12:48:56 GMT)
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OFF, not OF - yikes!
Peer comment(s):

agree patricia scott : You made me laugh a lot with this one! Who on earth comes up with some of these expressions?
3 mins
Ah, but that´s why we love languages!
agree Taña Dalglish : I agree with Patricia. At least you have made me laugh today!~ Saludos.
11 hrs
I´ll try to keep them coming!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Great suggestion - nice and snappy and made me laugh! The general register is pretty colloquial so I've opted for this one but using "legs" instead of "leg". Thanks aceavila."
1 min

telenovela

Culebrero o culebrón. You speak more than someone in a telenovela.
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2 mins

soap opera

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3 mins

cheater

A "culebrero" is someone who cheats. There is a phrase in Spanish saying that someone "puts his snake around you" meaning that he is telling lies for you to believe.
Peer comment(s):

agree patricia scott : pero ¿dónde se queda la labia?
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snake-charmer

¿por qué no? un culebrero no podría ser un encantador de serpientes - el meaning es el mismo, que habla mucho y bien pero es engañoso
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11 mins

serial / soap opera

telenovela - Diccionario Ingles-Español WordReference.comtelenovela f serial, soap opera - Diccionario Espasa Concise: Español-Inglés English-Spanish © Espasa-Calpe, S.A., Madrid 2000 ...
www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=telenovela - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

JS Online:Milos was one of the stars of "Desire," the telenovela (or serial) that aired every weeknight for nearly three months until it concluded at the start of ...
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27 mins

you could talk the balls off a brass monkey

idiomatic, but depends on register required

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Note added at 32 mins (2007-01-08 12:56:39 GMT)
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Also, I forgot,

charm the pants off a snake/stone/...:

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