Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
for my sins!
Spanish translation:
¡por mis pecados!
English term
United Kingdom
Áudio e Tradução Simultânea
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 5 more.
for my sins!
¿Qué significa esta expresión? ¡Gracias!
Proposed translations
Germany
beyond words
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, Dutch to Spanish
¡por mis pecados!
por mis ~s, o por malos, o por negros, de mis ~s.
1. locs. advs. Por mis culpas o en castigo de ellas.
something that you say in order to make a joke that something you have to do or something that you are is a punishment for being bad I'm organizing the office Christmas party this year for my sins. I'm an Arsenal supporter for my sins.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/for my sins
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Note added at 16 mins (2009-04-02 01:33:21 GMT)
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o quizás "en pago por mis pecados"...
| ¡Gracias, Helena! |
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Carmen Valentin-Rodriguez
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Muchas gracias, Carmen
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Javier Wasserzug
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Muchas gracias, Javier
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jacana54 (X)
1 min
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Muchas gracias, Lucía
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Aitor Aizpuru
1 hr
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Gracias, Aitor, que tengas un buen día
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Rafael Molina Pulgar
1 hr
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Gracias, Rafael, que tengas un buen día
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Bubo Coroman (X)
: sí, es un dicho humorístico, tal como comentas
5 hrs
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Gracias, Deborah, que tengas un buen día
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Marina56
: ok
12 hrs
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Muchas gracias, Marina, que tengas un buen día :)
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Aïda Garcia Pons
1 day 3 hrs
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Muchas gracias, Aida, que pases un buen día
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Peru
Accuracy and Commitment
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Peruvian, Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 5 more.
estoy pagando mis pecados
something that you say in order to make a joke that something you have to do or something that you are is a punishment for being bad.
Ex: I'm organizing the office Christmas party this year for my sins. I'm an Arsenal supporter for my sins.
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.
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http://www.elcastellano.org/cgi-bin/diff.pl?palabra=pecado
pagar alguien su pecado.
1. loc. verb. Padecer la pena correspondiente a una mala acción, aunque por la dilación pareciera estar olvidada.
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Muy coloquial, en Perú, diríamos "estoy pagando el pato", pero creo que eso no se entendería en un español estándar.
| ¡Gracias, Cristina! |
'meaning, intent, demeanor'
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, US) , Spanish (Variants: Cuban, Canarian, Latin American, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Salvadoran, Argentine, Venezuelan, Dominican, Mexican, US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 4 more.
por mis pecados
| ¡Gracias, Gabe! |
Words, Many Words
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
debido a mis pecados
| ¡Gracias, Juan Carlos! |
Spain
Golf, Literature and Religion Specialist
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
para desgracia mía // para mi desgracia
Reliable translator
Native in: Spanish , Catalan
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish to Catalan, and 3 more.
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