Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term
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Native in: English (Variants: New Zealand, British)
Works in: Chinese to English
meterse por
A la vuelta de la loma, cuando había de dejar la carretera y meterse por el sendero de tierra que llevaba cruzando los potreros hasta la casa, la Mariposa se puso insoportable, sentándose a gemir como si le hubieran pisado la cola.
(Isabel Allende 1942- "El hombre de plata")
| 5 +3 | headed down |
Alexis Rhyner
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| 3 | cut cross |
axies
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Proposed translations
United States
Committed to exceeding expectations.
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
headed down
cut cross
Metersi por, might mean many things and one of them is entering the... however when the author describes what Mariposa is doing eg dejar la carretera y meterse por el sendero de tierra que llevaba cruzando los potreros... One can imagine other images and other things that the author does not mention in the book. There is a movement, an action taking place that insinuates that Mariposa is taking a short cut across the paddocks. In using the expression Meterse por ... the author takes also short cuts, by not having to explain to the reader what these fields contain or are like; High walls, tall grasses, prickly bushes and so on? We do not know this but one can imagine! There is man and beast in other words. This is the reason why I would use the verb to cross or to cut across
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