Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
el House más caliente y elegante.
English translation:
hottest/sexiest, most stylish House
Added to glossary by
Carol Gullidge
Dec 17, 2007 22:01
16 yrs ago
Spanish term
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
el House más caliente y elegante.
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Music
XXXX: la noche, con cuatro canciones que evocan el espíritu de las noches en YYYY, donde se dan la mano los últimos y más avanzados ritmos orientales y mediterráneos con el House más caliente y elegante.
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The term that's puzzling me is House, which appears in italics in the text.
XXXX is the name of a section of the record, and YYYY is a place
many thanks for any help!
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The term that's puzzling me is House, which appears in italics in the text.
XXXX is the name of a section of the record, and YYYY is a place
many thanks for any help!
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+11
3 mins
Janine Libbey
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Put a new accent on your business.
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
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4
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hottest, most elegant House
"House" is a type of music.
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Note added at 40 mins (2007-12-17 22:42:38 GMT)
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I'm not sure if this is true in the UK, but in the US "hot" means both sexy and popular.
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Note added at 40 mins (2007-12-17 22:42:38 GMT)
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I'm not sure if this is true in the UK, but in the US "hot" means both sexy and popular.
Note from asker:
| thanks once again! |
Peer comment(s):
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Sara Noss
: Yes, I know Wiki is not always the most reliable, but this may help. :) http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_(música)
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Thanks, Sara.
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Margarita Gonzalez
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Thanks, MargaEsther.
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Lorenia Rincon
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Gracias, Lorenia.
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Sherry Godfrey
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Thanks, Sherry.
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Sandra Rodriguez
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Gracias, Sandra.
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Erik Bry
34 mins
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Thank you, erikbry.
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David Hollywood
: not too convinced by "elegant" but ...
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Thank you again, David.
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Lisa McCarthy
: I'd go with hottest but not sure either that House music can be described as elegant!
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Maybe you had to be there...thanks!
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Lydia De Jorge
: you are on a roll!!!//Thanks, that is very sweet!! You hold your own very well!
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Thanks, I'm trying to emulate you!
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Rachel Fell
: Contradiction in terms (if about house music) for me, but then...
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Thank you Rachel.
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Terry Burgess
: Hi "VM"!!Think you nailed the roof on the house:-) Also, just wanted to wish you the Happiest Xmas & Best NY:-))
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Thank you, Terry. Felices fiestas to you as well!
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Victoria Porter-Burns
: DEFINITELY - that was going to be my point - 'hot' DOES mean 'sexy' in the UK at the moment, more so than 'popular'. It's the 'elegant' that bothers me :-S
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Wil Hardman (X)
: hot could be sexy but hot works so why change it? Elegant sounds wrong to me. Also house is not normally capitalised.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
4 mins
Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
United States
Legal Translations
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Dutch to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
warmest and coolest House
Para disfrutar del contraste
Note from asker:
| thanks, again, Óscar! And I loved your suggestion for "a glope de", etc |
+2
19 mins
ServingMed.com
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in English
Netherlands
Broad medical experience
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Warmest, most elegant House
I was an electronic dance music DJ for 10 years; house is a sexy kind of music. I would venture that caliente in this case means sexiest rather than hottest, which in English I take to mean most popular. Caliente doesn't usually mean popular in English.
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Note added at 20 mins (2007-12-17 22:22:07 GMT)
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Erg, I meant sexiest, most elegant house. :-/
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Note added at 20 mins (2007-12-17 22:22:07 GMT)
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Erg, I meant sexiest, most elegant house. :-/
Note from asker:
| thanks, Juliette! I like sexiest... |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
swisstell
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Rachel Fell
: or maybe sexiest, most stylish house
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10 hrs
Victoria Porter-Burns
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
BA(Hons) FITI MCIL CL ISO 17100:2015
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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4
the hottest, coolest House (music)
I think this would be the best combination of adjectives to describe this kind of music, and would not be contradictory in this context as, to my knowledge, 'hot' and 'cool' mean pretty much the same thing here!
Note from asker:
| many thanks, Victoria - another terrific idea, which also works |
+1
11 hrs
the hottest and most stylish house
In my opinion all of the other adjectives used to describe house do not work: 'warm house' or 'elegant house'- definately not. The above option is the most similar to the original without using adjectives that do not work.
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Note added at 13 hrs (2007-12-18 11:13:07 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks Carol, the main thing is that your glossary entry is a good one.
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Note added at 13 hrs (2007-12-18 11:13:07 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks Carol, the main thing is that your glossary entry is a good one.
Note from asker:
| many thanks, Wil! You make a very good point, and I would most likely have awarded this to you had Rachel not suggested a similar combination earlier on in a peer comment |
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