me ha picado el gusanillo por hacer retratos

English translation: I've been bitten by a/some portrait-making bug

22:55 Sep 9, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / coloquial
Spanish term or phrase: me ha picado el gusanillo por hacer retratos
cuando te vienen ganas de hacer una cosa, te ha picado el gusanillo
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English translation:I've been bitten by a/some portrait-making bug
Explanation:
I've never really tried painting and now I've been bitten by a painting bug. I want to try some of my planned portraits in acrylics, but I don't where or ...
http://smh-redelk.deviantart.com/journal/?offset=20

I also have recently been bitten by a painting bug and have rekindled my love for art. Quiet nights at home with friends and family, cooking dinner and ...
http://www.plentyoffish.com/member6351662.htm

And for the past many months I have been bitten by a painting bug. Just recently I met Nana ji at a family function, after many years. ...
http://quiet-soliloquy.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html

My 2 cents...

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[Hopefully i'll get back into portrait-making for furcadia, but for now i'm abit rusty at coloring. Soon enough i'll show some samples, to get some tips or ...
http://aikary.deviantart.com/

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Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 14:04
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3I've been bitten by a/some portrait-making bug
Daniel Coria
4 +2I've caught the painting bug
Edward Tully
5I've gotten the bug for doing portraits
Henry Hinds


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I've gotten the bug for doing portraits


Explanation:
Ya

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 11:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 355

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Daniel Coria: Hi Henry. Doesn't that sound as if he/she got the bug "because of doing/making portraits"? Saludos cordiales.
17 mins
  -> No, that would be "I've gotten the bug FROM doing portraits".
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
I've been bitten by a/some portrait-making bug


Explanation:
I've never really tried painting and now I've been bitten by a painting bug. I want to try some of my planned portraits in acrylics, but I don't where or ...
http://smh-redelk.deviantart.com/journal/?offset=20

I also have recently been bitten by a painting bug and have rekindled my love for art. Quiet nights at home with friends and family, cooking dinner and ...
http://www.plentyoffish.com/member6351662.htm

And for the past many months I have been bitten by a painting bug. Just recently I met Nana ji at a family function, after many years. ...
http://quiet-soliloquy.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html

My 2 cents...

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Note added at 16 mins (2008-09-09 23:12:01 GMT)
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[Hopefully i'll get back into portrait-making for furcadia, but for now i'm abit rusty at coloring. Soon enough i'll show some samples, to get some tips or ...
http://aikary.deviantart.com/



Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 14:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gacela20
13 hrs
  -> Gracias!

agree  Alejandra Tolj
13 hrs
  -> Gracias!

agree  SP traductora
17 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
I've caught the painting bug


Explanation:
paintings/online galleries - The Digital Vomitorium - [ Traducir esta página ]in the endless hours of my unemployment i've caught the painting bug again (i hadn't painted much since college), so i posted a small photo of my most ...
digitalvomit.aimoo.com/promote-your-own-projects-here/paintings-online-galleries-1-773225.html - 69k - En caché - Páginas similares
Budiana on deviantART - [ Traducir esta página ]Regarding actual serious arting here, I'm learning a lot in illustration and as my art teacher puts it, I've caught the painting bug. ...
budiana.deviantart.com/ - 60k - En caché - Páginas similares
pomegranatesandpaper: Back in TerrorLand - [ Traducir esta página ]I've caught the painting bug and spent about a half hour this morning drooling over the Daniel Smith fall catalogue. I need some brushes, #4 and #6 rounds, ...
artjournaler.typepad.com/pomegranatesandpaper/2004/08/back_in_terrorl.html - 33k - En caché - Páginas similares
[Warmachine] Menoth Questions [Archive] - RPGnet Forums - [ Traducir esta página ]Besides my FLGS is just getting into Warmatchine, I've caught the painting bug, and all they got left are the Exemplar Errants. But I HATE buying figgures ...


Edward Tully
Local time: 19:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 212
Notes to answerer
Asker: la mejor creo muchas gracias


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sp-EnTranslator
6 hrs
  -> thank you! ;-)

agree  Jessie LN
3 days 10 hrs
  -> thank you! ;-)
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