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labios embadurnados

English translation: Smeared lips

14:31 Aug 1, 2019
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: labios embadurnados
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Según esta primera sección, una madre sumida en la pobreza exhibe los testículos de su hijo, el narrador, a modo de espectáculo y a cambio de regalos. Lo hace en los baños públicos. Como este texto es una autobiografía, el hijo o narrador sería MB. La relación con su madre estaría marcada por el abuso, porque MB habla de erección, contorsiones, vergüenza y labios embadurnados.

open lips? eager and lustful lips?
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 13:06
English translation:Smeared lips
Explanation:
El labial se aplica a los labios. (Perdón por la redundancia, pero es necesaria)
labios embadurnados, me habla de pintarreteados o embadurnados de forma grotesca, según el contexto que acaba de dar.

Espero haber sido de ayuda
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Phoenix III
United States
Local time: 12:06
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3 +9Smeared lips
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
labios embadurnados/pintarreteados
Smeared lips


Explanation:
El labial se aplica a los labios. (Perdón por la redundancia, pero es necesaria)
labios embadurnados, me habla de pintarreteados o embadurnados de forma grotesca, según el contexto que acaba de dar.

Espero haber sido de ayuda

Phoenix III
United States
Local time: 12:06
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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agree  Marie Wilson
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