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zamparse en ella.

English translation: settled there

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Spanish term or phrase:zamparse en ella.
English translation:settled there
Entered by: schmetterlich

06:00 May 31, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / Mitos del origen de los Incas
Spanish term or phrase: zamparse en ella.
Así también la permanencia de dos versiones: la primera; que los incas eran originarios de tal cueva y la otra, de que se “zamparon” en ella...
Quisiera confirmar si "zamparse en" quiere decir "meterse en".

Gracias!
schmetterlich
Local time: 00:14
settled there
Explanation:
In other words, rather than being autochthonous, they simply turned up there, took over the place and settled in....
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 07:14
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2went there / arrived there / travelled there
Simon Bruni
4 +2settled there
neilmac


  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
zamparse en ella
went there / arrived there / travelled there


Explanation:
I don't think it hugely matters what verb you use here as long as it contrasts with "originating there":

"first, that the Incas originated there, and second, that they travelled there"

From the RAE:
7. prnl. Meterse de golpe en una parte.
8. prnl. Presentarse en un sitio.
9. prnl. Dirigirse a un lugar.

Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:14
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 146

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Or "settled there"...
19 mins
agree  Marie Wilson
1 hr
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
settled there


Explanation:
In other words, rather than being autochthonous, they simply turned up there, took over the place and settled in....

Example sentence(s):
  • ... these northern immigrants almost totally took over from the original inhabitants ...
  • The Vikings tried to settle in North America well before the Spanish, French, or English.

    https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/settle-in
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 07:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Wilson: Like okupas
1 hr
agree  Robert Forstag: I think "taken over" would better reflect "zamparse" here.
5 hrs
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