Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
te vas o de engatusado
English translation:
putting out fires and running away or cheating on people
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Ángel Domínguez
Feb 25, 2008 11:46
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Spanish term
Michael Dorrity (X)
te vas o de engatusado
Spanish to English
Bus/Financial
Management
"A nivel laboral vamos de bombero para apagar el fuego y te vas o de engatusador."
Again, employees are speaking about their experiences working for a consultancy, I don't really understand the last part of the sentance. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Again, employees are speaking about their experiences working for a consultancy, I don't really understand the last part of the sentance. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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Mar 5, 2008 08:56: Ángel Domínguez Created KOG entry
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Ángel Domínguez
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Transcreation + software localization
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
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putting out fires and running away or cheating on people
Actually, the two alternatives presented by the speaker are:
1. "de bombero para apagar fuego y te vas" (not too well conjugated, I must say).
2. "de engatusador".
Hope that helped.
O:-)
1. "de bombero para apagar fuego y te vas" (not too well conjugated, I must say).
2. "de engatusador".
Hope that helped.
O:-)
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Comment: "Many thanks"
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Ximena Correa
Chile
Chile
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Chile
Responsable and detail oriented
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Chilean)
Works in: English to Spanish
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4
you either leave, or you end up a coaxer
"engatusar" means to deceive someone to make them do something they originally did not want to do...to coax or wheelde (Collins).
I would say it is badly written in spanish to start with,
I would say it is badly written in spanish to start with,
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Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Colombia
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Colombia
Traductores Oficiales Cali
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 2 more.
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Spanish term (edited):
te vas o de engatusador
(providing workarounds) and leaving (after that) or selling something you can't (actually) deliver
This is what it's meant. And that's what actually happens with a lot of consultants.
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