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¡Bueno, mucho cachondeíto!

English translation: ok, enough of that fooling around!

01:09 Feb 18, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / cultural idioms
Spanish term or phrase: ¡Bueno, mucho cachondeíto!
I think it's cheeky, but not obscene.
markmx
Local time: 13:00
English translation:ok, enough of that fooling around!
Explanation:
Me hubiera gustado tener más contexto, pero parece que el "cachondeito" viene de "cachondeo".

cachondearse
v pron (Esp fam) cachondearse DE algn/algo to make fun OF sb/sth, take the mickey OUT OF sb/sth (BrE colloq)

cachondeo m (Esp fam)
a (juerga, broma): eso no puede ser, hombre, tú estás de cachondeo oh come on, that’s just not possible, you’re putting (AmE) o (BrE) having me on (colloq); todo se lo toma a cachondeo he treats everything as a joke; venga, menos cachondeo y a ver si empezáis a trabajar come on, less of this fooling around and let’s see you get down to some work; ¡qué cachondeo nos llevábamos en clase de historia! what a laugh we used to have in the history class!, we used to really lark around in the history class
b (tomadura de pelo): el debate fue un cachondeo, todos hablaban al mismo tiempo the debate was a farce o a joke, everyone was talking at once; ¿qué cachondeo es éste? what the hell’s going on here? (colloq), is this some kind of a joke? (colloq); esto es un cachondeo, lleva dos horas de retraso this is ridiculous o a joke, it’s two hours late!

Suerte,
Pamela
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Pamela Peralta
Peru
Local time: 06:00
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.
Your explanation was very helpful.
I couldn't give you more context because it was fragmented dialogue and wouldn't have made it any clearer.
It's obviously an expression with a great deal of ambiguity, ranging from (and including) innuendo, sarcasm, scepticism and jocular dismissal.
I think your milder interpretation fits the bill on this occasion.
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3 +6ok, enough of that fooling around!
Pamela Peralta


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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
¡Bueno, mucho cachondeíto!
ok, enough of that fooling around!


Explanation:
Me hubiera gustado tener más contexto, pero parece que el "cachondeito" viene de "cachondeo".

cachondearse
v pron (Esp fam) cachondearse DE algn/algo to make fun OF sb/sth, take the mickey OUT OF sb/sth (BrE colloq)

cachondeo m (Esp fam)
a (juerga, broma): eso no puede ser, hombre, tú estás de cachondeo oh come on, that’s just not possible, you’re putting (AmE) o (BrE) having me on (colloq); todo se lo toma a cachondeo he treats everything as a joke; venga, menos cachondeo y a ver si empezáis a trabajar come on, less of this fooling around and let’s see you get down to some work; ¡qué cachondeo nos llevábamos en clase de historia! what a laugh we used to have in the history class!, we used to really lark around in the history class
b (tomadura de pelo): el debate fue un cachondeo, todos hablaban al mismo tiempo the debate was a farce o a joke, everyone was talking at once; ¿qué cachondeo es éste? what the hell’s going on here? (colloq), is this some kind of a joke? (colloq); esto es un cachondeo, lleva dos horas de retraso this is ridiculous o a joke, it’s two hours late!

Suerte,
Pamela


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Pamela Peralta
Peru
Local time: 06:00
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot.
Your explanation was very helpful.
I couldn't give you more context because it was fragmented dialogue and wouldn't have made it any clearer.
It's obviously an expression with a great deal of ambiguity, ranging from (and including) innuendo, sarcasm, scepticism and jocular dismissal.
I think your milder interpretation fits the bill on this occasion.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Begoña Yañez
1 hr
  -> Gracias Begoña :)
agree  JH Trads: muy probable
4 hrs
  -> Gracias Hugo :)
agree  mbc
6 hrs
  -> Gracias Madeline :)
agree  María T. Vargas
9 hrs
  -> Gracias María :)
agree  Montse Safont (X): cachondeo en castellano español es to make fun of
10 hrs
  -> Gracias Montse :)
agree  Antonio Castillo González: Muy buena respuesta (para España)
10 hrs
  -> Gracias Antonio :)
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