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las enemista

English translation: makes enemies of them

12:06 Mar 7, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: las enemista
Más bien desactivan el principio de hostilidad que las enemista con una neutralidad prescindente, una abstinencia, una suerte de castidad zen.
Lorena Zuniga
Costa Rica
Local time: 11:55
English translation:makes enemies of them
Explanation:
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/enemistar

enemistar
TRANSITIVE VERB
1. (general)
a. to make enemies of
el testamento enemistó a los hermanosthe will set the brothers against each other
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Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:55
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2makes enemies of them
Simon Bruni
4 +2causes a rift
Camila Rivera
3 +1that [currently] has them at odds with one another
Robert Forstag


Discussion entries: 4





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
makes enemies of them


Explanation:
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/enemistar

enemistar
TRANSITIVE VERB
1. (general)
a. to make enemies of
el testamento enemistó a los hermanosthe will set the brothers against each other

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 151

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
4 mins
agree  neilmac
3 hrs
neutral  Carol Gullidge: if you make someone into an enemy, you make them hostile towards you personally, whereas - as far as I can tell - this is about setting other parties against each other...
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
que las enemista
that [currently] has them at odds with one another


Explanation:
Or:

responsible for the current friction between them.

The reference is to the current state of affairs that is to be remedied, and therefore "makes enemies of them" really does not work here as a translation.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 13:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 195

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Simon Bruni: How do you know it's not a general comment about what these people "tend to do", Robert? I can't see enough context to decide it refers to a current state of affairs. Once again, the asker should take the time to provide more context
7 mins
  -> Based on what the Asker provides, the context seems to be that of remedying friction/bad feeling/hostility between two parties, and I therefore do not see how one can construct a sentence containing "makes enemies" that will work here.
agree  Carol Gullidge: as I understand it, this works for me!
21 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
causes a rift


Explanation:
Algo un poco más "metafórico", si se quiere.
"The principle of hostility which causes a rift between/among them..."


    Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rift
Camila Rivera
Argentina
Local time: 14:55
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Nice turn of phrase there ;)
5 hrs
  -> thank you!
agree  Carol Gullidge: Neat, except that that "which" should be replaced by a "that" :) (as in the Guardian/Observor Style Guide that v. which)
18 hrs
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