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aflure

English translation: eavesdropping or peeping

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Danish term or phrase:aflure
English translation:eavesdropping or peeping
Entered by: lone (X)

16:52 Jul 18, 2002
Danish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Danish term or phrase: aflure
Det er jo fint at kunne ligge og aflure gennem sådan en lille lem lidt på afstand.

peep out/in?
Bengt Evertsson
Local time: 16:40
eavesdropping or peeping
Explanation:
eavesdropping is if you are listening in on somebody else's conversation.

peeping is if you are watching somebody from a hidden location.

You choose!
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lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 10:40
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6spy on (someone)
Trine A
5eavesdropping or peeping
lone (X)


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
eavesdropping or peeping


Explanation:
eavesdropping is if you are listening in on somebody else's conversation.

peeping is if you are watching somebody from a hidden location.

You choose!


    x
lone (X)
Canada
Local time: 10:40
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in pair: 763
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
spy on (someone)


Explanation:
The word "aflure" can in fact only be used in the transitive sense, i.e. "aflure én en hemmelighed/et trick", meaning to discover someone's secret. Thus it seems to be used incorrectly here, where it appears rather to mean watching someone in secret, spying on someone, keeping an eye on someone.

Trine A
Local time: 16:40
PRO pts in pair: 30

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christina Clark: Whether it's 'aflure én' or lure på en', then I think 'spy on' is a good suggestion
16 mins
agree  Mette Hansen
26 mins
agree  crowntrans (X)
2 hrs
agree  Lars Finsen: incorrectly, or maybe creatively, which is just about the same thing...
2 hrs
agree  Sabine H
23 hrs
agree  Suzanne Blangsted (X)
1 day 23 hrs
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