Aug 22, 2007 17:24
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
embole
Spanish to English
Other
Slang
Questionnaire (Argentina)
An opinion on a questionnaire:
"Es un embole esta encuesta"
"Es un embole esta encuesta"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | a pain/pain in the butt/a waste of time/a real inconvenience/such a waste!!! |
Robert Copeland
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| 5 +1 | BORING - |
Celina Segovia
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| 3 +1 | a drag |
Carlos Sabena
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Proposed translations
+1
13 mins
Robert Copeland
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
Organized, Deadline-Oriented, Reliable
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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22
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a pain/pain in the butt/a waste of time/a real inconvenience/such a waste!!!
embole.
1. m. coloq. Arg. y Ur. Sensación de hastío, molestia o aburrimiento.
2. m. coloq. Arg. Situación o actividad que causa molestia, incomodidad o enojo.
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-08-22 17:48:36 GMT)
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Carlos is also correct, it's a drag, it just depends on which choice you like the best..... This is the idea though!
1. m. coloq. Arg. y Ur. Sensación de hastío, molestia o aburrimiento.
2. m. coloq. Arg. Situación o actividad que causa molestia, incomodidad o enojo.
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Note added at 23 mins (2007-08-22 17:48:36 GMT)
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Carlos is also correct, it's a drag, it just depends on which choice you like the best..... This is the idea though!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Many thanks to all, but "a pain" fits best I think"
+1
14 mins
Celina Segovia
Native in Spanish
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
BORING -
EMBOLE= ABURRIDO = BORING
Main Entry: boring
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: uninteresting
Synonyms: arid, bomb*, bromidic, bummer*, characterless, cloying, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, drag*, drudging, dull, flat*, ho hum*, humdrum, insipid, interminable, irksome, lifeless, monotonous, moth-eaten*, platitudinous, plebeian, prosaic, repetitious, routine, spiritless, stale, stereotyped, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, threadbare, tiresome, tiring, trite, unexciting, unvaried, vapid, wearisome, well-worn, zero*
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/boring
Main Entry: boring
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: uninteresting
Synonyms: arid, bomb*, bromidic, bummer*, characterless, cloying, colorless, commonplace, dead*, drab, drag*, drudging, dull, flat*, ho hum*, humdrum, insipid, interminable, irksome, lifeless, monotonous, moth-eaten*, platitudinous, plebeian, prosaic, repetitious, routine, spiritless, stale, stereotyped, stodgy, stuffy, stupid, tame, tedious, threadbare, tiresome, tiring, trite, unexciting, unvaried, vapid, wearisome, well-worn, zero*
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/boring
+1
16 mins
Carlos Sabena
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
Securing your cultural & linguistic need
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, US, Standard-Spain, Rioplatense, Argentine, Venezuelan) 
Works in: English to Spanish
a drag
En la frase: It is such a drag!
- Es un embole.
- Es un embole.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Margarita Palatnik (X)
4 hrs
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