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What's that spell?

Spanish translation: ¿Qué palabra es?

18:54 Aug 28, 2013
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: What's that spell?
Solo se me ocurre "¿Qué deletrea?" pero me suen fatal, ¿alguna otra idea?

Give me a H
Give me a O
Give me a L
Give me a A

What's that spell?
anton1975 (X)
Spain
Local time: 05:56
Spanish translation:¿Qué palabra es?
Explanation:
Así de cortito, para no liarnos :-)

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María González, M.A. English
Spain
Local time: 04:56
Grading comment
Gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3¿Qué palabra es?
María González, M.A. English
3 +3¿Qué palabra se forma?
Santiago Gaston Garay
4 +2¿Qué dice/decimos/dijimos?
Wolf617
4 +1¿Qué palabra tengo?
Sara Ruiz
5Cómo se deletrea? Puedes deletrearlo/la? Deletréalo
Marina56
4 +1¿Qué palabra tenemos?
Elena Rodríguez
4 +1¿Qué dice?
George Rabel
5¿Qué será?
ViBe
3¿Qué se forma?
Cecilia Franetovich
3 -1¿Cual es el hechizo?
jude dabo


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
what's that spell?
¿Qué palabra se forma?


Explanation:
Simplemente sugiero una opción.

Santiago Gaston Garay
Argentina
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Toni Castano
13 mins
agree  Carole Salas
52 mins
agree  Victoria Frazier
20 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
what's that spell?
¿Qué se forma?


Explanation:
Tengo entendido que es la respuesta característica que dan las "porristas". ¡Suerte!

Cecilia Franetovich
Argentina
Local time: 00:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
what's that spell?
¿Qué palabra tengo?


Explanation:
...

Sara Ruiz
Spain
Local time: 05:56
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Toni Castano
6 mins
  -> Gracias.
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
what's that spell?
¿Cual es el hechizo?


Explanation:
my take from another angle

jude dabo
Local time: 04:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JSebastia: It just doesn't make sense at all in this context.
1 hr
  -> makes sense to me though,you can cast a spell too remember??.what's the magic?? whats the secret
disagree  Andy Watkinson: No sense whatsoever.
6 hrs
  -> might make no sense to you Andy but Spell means alot more than you guys are imagining here.
disagree  Mariana G Castellon: It works in English, because both words are the same, but not in Spanish (it may be confusing).
1 day 12 mins
  -> noted!cheers
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
what's that spell?
¿Qué palabra es?


Explanation:
Así de cortito, para no liarnos :-)



María González, M.A. English
Spain
Local time: 04:56
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove: Di [díganme] una “P”, una “E”, una “R”, una “F”, una “E”, una “C”, una “T”, una “O”... ¿Qué palabra es? = ¡PERFECTO! :-) (Y: —Veo, veo..., —¿Qué ves? —Una cosita..., —¿Qué cosita es?... ;-))
18 mins
agree  Marisa Raich
35 mins
agree  JSebastia: Lo más sencillo suele ser lo mejor.
1 hr
neutral  ViBe: Con JohnMcDOve ("¿Qué cosita es?..." came immediately to my mind) y JSebastia: the simpler the better (see my shot at an asnwer)
14 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
what's that spell?
Cómo se deletrea? Puedes deletrearlo/la? Deletréalo


Explanation:
Creo que esto te podrá ayudar. Saludos

Marina56
Local time: 05:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Cecilia Franetovich: Justamente, es lo contrario, la palabra primero se deletrea y luego se pregunta "qué palabra se formó".
2 mins
agree  Elena Rodríguez: Claro, ya lo has deletreado y ahora quieres saber la palabra que se ha formado con esas sílabas
10 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
what's that spell?
¿Qué dice/decimos/dijimos?


Explanation:
Posibles alternativas.

Como ésta es una forma típica que se usa para alentar en las competencias deportivas, y al preguntar "What's that spell?" se busca que la gente se sienta involucrada al responder, tal vez el "dijimos" o el "decimos" sean las más adecuadas; pero dependerá del resto del source.

Wolf617
Argentina
Local time: 00:56
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mónica Algazi: ¿Qué decimos?
4 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Mónica
agree  Herlinda Canto: ¡Qué dice/ Qué dijimos?
7 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, hcantova
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
what's that spell?
¿Qué palabra tenemos?


Explanation:
Se usa cuando estás deletreando una palabra y al final preguntas para saber cuál se ha formado. La frase suele aparecer mucho en los partidos cuando las animadoras están en plena acción

Elena Rodríguez
Spain
Local time: 05:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mónica Algazi: O "¿Qué tenemos?"
3 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
what's that spell?
¿Qué dice?


Explanation:
That's what I've always heard among non-porristas.



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Local time: 23:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Manuel Aburto: That's what I've always heard.
58 mins
  -> Muchas gracias
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
what's that spell?
¿Qué será?


Explanation:
Plain and simple.
The beauty of this option is that (1) it’s simple and (2) has the same number of syllables as the source: three (“What's that spell?”).

ViBe
Local time: 05:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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