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Être à l'oeil

Spanish translation: estar en el punto de mira

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French term or phrase:Être à l'oeil
Spanish translation:estar en el punto de mira
Entered by: María Luisa Galván

15:01 Oct 30, 2009
French to Spanish translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: Être à l'oeil
En una carta de amenaza:
"Vous risquez de payer cher votre imprudence á supçonner X ou Y dans la mort de Z, comme vous l'avez commenté dans un journal. ********* Vous êtes à l'oeil*********"

Merci,

Rosa
Rosalbendea
Local time: 16:49
estar en el punto de mira
Explanation:
estar vigilado
Selected response from:

María Luisa Galván
Spain
Local time: 16:49
Grading comment
¡Gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7estar en el punto de mira
María Luisa Galván
4no le quitaremos los ojos de encima
Sylvia Moyano Garcia


Discussion entries: 1





  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
estar en el punto de mira


Explanation:
estar vigilado

María Luisa Galván
Spain
Local time: 16:49
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
¡Gracias!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Sí, por el contexto debe de significar eso, pero no encuentro esa expresión en ningún lado... Gracias


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elise Tiberghien: être surveillé de près...... et pour info, un autre sens d'être à l'oeil (http://www.mediapart.fr/club/edition/cheval-mon-ami/article/... pour les chevaux!
9 mins
  -> Tout à fait d'accord. Merci
agree  Lucia PINTO
2 hrs
  -> Gracías, Lucía.
agree  Auqui
3 hrs
  -> Merci, Nicolas. Bon week-end.
agree  Yael Margareto
7 hrs
  -> Merci, yaelmp.
agree  Carolina García
21 hrs
agree  mise
1 day 18 hrs
agree  Barbara Figueroa Savidan: Tout à fait d'accord!
1 day 19 hrs
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
no le quitaremos los ojos de encima


Explanation:
o sea, que estarán atentos al menor de sus movimientos/a sus dichos

Adjunto lo que encontré: "avoir à l'oeil" que es lo mismo que "être à l'oeil". Suerte!

http://www.wordreference.com/fres/oeil
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=664128



Sylvia Moyano Garcia
Local time: 11:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 52
Notes to answerer
Asker: ¡Gracias, Sylvia!

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