To play a part

Spanish translation: interpretar un papel / rol - o interpreta a XXX

23:38 Sep 19, 2010
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: To play a part
How do you say in Spanish " X played the part of Y in the movie", as in, for example: "In 'A Walk in the Clouds', Anthony Quinn played the part of the grandfather"?

I know that a part is a "papel", but I don't know how to say "To PLAY a part". No creo que sea "jugar un papel"... a lo mejor es "interpretar un papel", pero quiero estar seguro.

Gracias de antemano por su ayuda.

Bob
Bob Haskell
Local time: 09:20
Spanish translation:interpretar un papel / rol - o interpreta a XXX
Explanation:
Evocan a Ronald Regan al lado de James Dean, a seis anos de su deceso
4 Jun 2010 ... En este episodio, Reagan interpreta a un medico que se ve asaltado por ... interpreto el rol de George "The Gipper" Gipp en "Knute Rockne, ...
enelshow.com/news/2010/06/04/28573 - México - En cachéWapedia - Wiki: Ronald Reagan
De acuerdo a Paul Kengor, escritor de God and Ronald Reagan, Reagan tenía ... Antes de la película Camino Santa Fe de 1940, interpretó el rol de George "The ...
wapedia.mobi/es/Ronald_Reagan - En caché - SimilaresRonald Reagan - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Ronald Reagan nació en el edificio del banco local en Tampico, Illinois el 6 ... Antes de la película Camino Santa Fe de 1940, interpretó el rol de George ...
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan - En caché - SimilaresJane Wyman - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Muy popular por ser la primera esposa de Ronald Reagan y por su papel protagonista .... en donde interpretaba el papel de una mujer que queda ciega tras un ...
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Wyman - En caché - Similares
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Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 12:20
Grading comment
Thank you...
as you can see, I've added the option of "hacer un papel"
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Summary of answers provided
5 +8interpretar un personaje/papel
Cecilia Rey
4 +2hizo el papel
Steven Huddleston
4 +1interpretar un papel / rol - o interpreta a XXX
Jennifer Levey
Summary of reference entries provided
Anne Smith Campbell

  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to play a part
interpretar un papel / rol - o interpreta a XXX


Explanation:
Evocan a Ronald Regan al lado de James Dean, a seis anos de su deceso
4 Jun 2010 ... En este episodio, Reagan interpreta a un medico que se ve asaltado por ... interpreto el rol de George "The Gipper" Gipp en "Knute Rockne, ...
enelshow.com/news/2010/06/04/28573 - México - En cachéWapedia - Wiki: Ronald Reagan
De acuerdo a Paul Kengor, escritor de God and Ronald Reagan, Reagan tenía ... Antes de la película Camino Santa Fe de 1940, interpretó el rol de George "The ...
wapedia.mobi/es/Ronald_Reagan - En caché - SimilaresRonald Reagan - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Ronald Reagan nació en el edificio del banco local en Tampico, Illinois el 6 ... Antes de la película Camino Santa Fe de 1940, interpretó el rol de George ...
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan - En caché - SimilaresJane Wyman - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
Muy popular por ser la primera esposa de Ronald Reagan y por su papel protagonista .... en donde interpretaba el papel de una mujer que queda ciega tras un ...
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Wyman - En caché - Similares

Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 12:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you...
as you can see, I've added the option of "hacer un papel"

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Kisic
40 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
to play a part
interpretar un personaje/papel


Explanation:
Te sugiero también "interpretar un personaje".


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Note added at 6 mins (2010-09-19 23:45:06 GMT)
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En internet puedes encontar muchísimos ejemplos:

Sarah Jessica Parker se convirtió en un ícono de la moda al interpretar el personaje de Carrie Bradshaw en la popular serie Sex and the city ...
http://www.terra.com/entretenimiento/cine/fotos/sarah_jessic...

"interpretar el papel de" parece que es lo que más se usa:

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&expIds=17259,25219,25856,26512&...


Cecilia Rey
Argentina
Local time: 12:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonardo Lamarche: agree.
10 mins
  -> ¡Gracias, Leonardo!

agree  Jairo Payan
2 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Jairo!

agree  Rosa Pugliese
4 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Rosan!

agree  José Mª SANZ (X)
8 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Chema!

agree  Maria Rosich Andreu
8 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Maria!

agree  Aradai Pardo Martínez
9 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Aradai!

agree  DIEGO CANOVAS
16 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Diego!

agree  David Girón Béjar
16 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, David!
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to play a part
hizo el papel


Explanation:
Simplicity.

Steven Huddleston
Mexico
Local time: 09:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eileen Banks
2 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Eileen!

agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
7 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias, Beatriz!

neutral  Cecilia Rey: It's also a possible translation but it's a lower register... I'd backtranslate it as "did the part of".
8 hrs
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Reference comments


6 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference

Reference information:
Hi Bob,
Just for reference this post here in this reference gives a clear view on different terms used, second answerer to the post pasted. Just wanted to add it for general knowledge:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1488533

Anne Smith Campbell
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
1 hr
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