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loin s'en faut

Spanish translation: nada más lejos de la realidad

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French term or phrase:loin s'en faut
Spanish translation:nada más lejos de la realidad
Entered by: Esther Vagogne

12:50 Mar 15, 2005
French to Spanish translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: loin s'en faut
qué significa esta expresión?
Esther Vagogne
Local time: 22:59
nada más lejos de la realidad
Explanation:
¡nada más lejos de la realidad!

Otra posibilidad. Es una frase hecha que podría utilizarse como equivalente, dependiendo del contexto, claro.
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Sonia López Grande
Spain
Local time: 22:59
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2ni mucho menos
Claudia Iglesias
4 +1nada más lejos de la realidad
Sonia López Grande
4está muy lejos de ello
Deschant
4nada tan lejos de la verdad
Mamie (X)


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
está muy lejos de ello


Explanation:
Por ejemplo: Mais Honoré n'est pas Cronenberg,
et loin s'en faut --- Pero Honoré no es Cronenberg y está muy lejos de serlo.

O en : Le document-programme de la liste Bretagne verte unie et solidaire ne prétend pas couvrir l’ensemble de nos propositions, loin s’en faut. Se podría traducir: "esto queda lejos de nuestras pretensiones"... A falta de contexto es difícil dar con la expresión exacta, pero el sentido es este.

Deschant
Local time: 21:59
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in GalicianGalician
PRO pts in category: 12
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
nada más lejos de la realidad


Explanation:
¡nada más lejos de la realidad!

Otra posibilidad. Es una frase hecha que podría utilizarse como equivalente, dependiendo del contexto, claro.

Sonia López Grande
Spain
Local time: 22:59
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in GalicianGalician
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dominique Roques
18 hrs
  -> gracias Dominique
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
nada tan lejos de la verdad


Explanation:
:-)

Mamie (X)
Spain
Local time: 21:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ni mucho menos


Explanation:
otra manera de traducirlo, dependiendo del contexto.

Claudia Iglesias
Chile
Local time: 16:59
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  limule
1 day 7 hrs
agree  Deschant: Sí, me gusta esta expresión, creo que es la más acertada
2 days 3 hrs
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