Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
de gusto
English translation:
in vain
Mar 30, 2005 08:23
19 yrs ago
Spanish term
norma
de gusto
Non-PRO
Homework / test
Spanish to English
Other
Business/Commerce (general)
... trabajamos toda la tarde dejando la oficina en completo orden, pero luego nos dimos cuenta que habiamos trabajado de gusto. R llegó dejó todo el material sobre el escritorio, su laptop sobre la silla....
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | in vain |
kunstkoenigin
|
| 5 | for the fun of it |
Giles Bickford
|
| 4 | with pleasure (joy) |
Сергей Лузан
|
| 4 | for nothing |
Arcoiris
|
Proposed translations
+2
10 mins
Selected
in vain
expl
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks!"
4 mins
Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Specializes in field
Russian Federation
Always welcome! :)
Native in: Russian 
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Spanish to Russian, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
32
with pleasure (joy)
.
7 mins
Giles Bickford
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
for huge jobs with tight deadlines
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
16
for the fun of it
we had been working for the fun (or pleasure) of it
1 hr
for nothing
In Spanish this means that they worked AS IF they liked the work so much that they don't mind not getting paid for it, only they didn't know at the time that they were not gooing to get paid for it.
The literal translation of it doesn't make sense here: "later we realized that we had worked for the pleasure of it" Did they become aware of their pleasure only after they fonish the work???
The literal translation of it doesn't make sense here: "later we realized that we had worked for the pleasure of it" Did they become aware of their pleasure only after they fonish the work???
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