¡Por Odin, cuántas guerras das!
English translation: By Odin, what a pain in the ass you are!
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| 19:10 Dec 15, 2019 |
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| 3 +1 | By Odin, what a pain you are! |
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| 4 | By Odin! Quit bothering me! |
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| For Odin, you have you’re a real ache pain in the neck |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1By Odin, what a pain you are! Explanation: The other answers give good references. 'Dar guerra' means to be a pain or to bother someone. Any number of synonyms could be applicable here - what a pain in the neck/how irritating/what a bother you are, etc. Up to you. One question - I notice it's in the plural in your post and in the singular in the example you gave. Are both spellings present in the source? I've never heard of 'dar guerras', personally. The 'Por Odin' should be 'by Odin', though, not 'for Odin'. Compare to 'por Dios', 'por todos los santos', (by God, by all the Saints) etc. Here are some references for 'dar guerras': https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=dar... be a pain in the neck, be a handful, cause trouble https://spanishskulduggery.tumblr.com/post/164234952307/idio... Idiomatically, this is “to be a pain in the butt” or “to give someone a hard time” https://que-significa.com/significado.php?termino=dar guerra (pop.) Molestar, fastidiar, incomodar con exceso. |
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By Odin! Quit bothering me! Explanation: El dar guerra es equivalente a estar causando molestias. |
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Reference comments
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| Reference: dar guerra Reference information: dar guerra 1. loc. verb. coloq. Dicho especialmente de un niño: Causar molestia, no dejar tranquilo a alguien. https://dle.rae.es/guerra?m=form2#22pU4Tt Pero esta expresión solo se utiliza en singular (cuánta guerra) como en el texto, no en plural (cuántas guerras) como en el título de la pregunta, |
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| Reference: For Odin, you have you’re a real ache pain in the neck Reference information: for ex -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 minutos (2019-12-15 19:20:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Please, not you have, only you’re a real ache pain in the neck -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 30 minutos (2019-12-15 19:40:43 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- someone or something that is very annoying: That child is a real pain in the neck; My little brother is a real ache PAINpain in the neck Also, pain in the ass or butt . A source of annoyance, a nuisance, as in Joan is a real pain in the neck, with her constant complaining, or Jack told his brother to stop being a pain in the ass. The first of these colloquial expressions dates from about 1900 and originated as a euphemism for the two less polite variants. - https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pain in the neck |
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