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Spanish translation: buscarle las cosquillas a alguien

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English term or phrase:	"getting up in someone's grille"
Spanish translation:	buscarle las cosquillas a alguien
Entered by:	Marina Herrera

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15:17 Jul 21, 2005

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Social Sciences - Anthropology

English term or phrase: "getting up in someone's grille"

the phrase appears in an article explaining the confrontational styles of American culture. Someone translated it as "contar las costillas", but I have never heard the expression in Spanish. Does any one have a better alternative!
Thanks!
Marina

Marina Herrera KudoZ activity Questions: 21 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 313
Local time: 19:05

buscarle las cosquillas a alguien

Explanation:
en España esta expresión se usa y me parece que es equivalente, por todo lo que veo.

FARK.com: Comments Thingee (358765) - [ Traduzca esta página ]... 2002-11-19 12:59:41 PM, squidloe, Death of Rats, I'm not trying to get up in your grill, but rap is the shiatz. It is rhyming and talking fast. ...
forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=358765 - 101k - Resultado Suplementario -
SSCU Trench Wars Forums - Video Game Industry Faces 'Crisis of ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]... Read what he says... he's not trying to get up in your grill about your personal finances. _____ Evil will always triumph! Because good... is dumb. ...
forums.trenchwars.org/showthread.php?t=10362 - 101k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas similares

the world has turned and left me here: interstellar gnat dust - [ Traduzca esta página ]... feeling of all these tiny bodies slamming into you is a strange one; you definitely do not want to bare your teeth, as they will "get up in your grill" so to ...
csce.unl.edu/~agrow/weblogs/archives/000222.html - 6k - Resultado Suplementario -

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Anabel Martínez
Local time: 01:05

Grading comment

Thanks for the examples, too. And you confirmed the use of the phrase, unknown to me. I used your recommendation
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

meterse en la cara de alguien / meterse con otro / enfrentarse a alguien

Marcelo González

3 +1

ponerse en el lugar de otro

Malega

3 +1

buscarle las cosquillas a alguien

Anabel Martínez

Discussion entries: 2

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16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

buscarle las cosquillas a alguien

Anabel Martínez
Local time: 01:05
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks for the examples, too. And you confirmed the use of the phrase, unknown to me. I used your recommendation

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

ponerse en el lugar de otro

Explanation:
estar en los zapatos de otro

Malega
Peru
Local time: 18:05
Native speaker of:

Spanish

Grading comment

Este significado no tiene nada de la connotación de confrontación sino de "empatía".

The asker has declined this answer
Comment: Este significado no tiene nada de la connotación de confrontación sino de "empatía".

53 mins confidence:

getting up in someone's grille meterse en la cara de alguien / meterse con otro / enfrentarse a alguien

Explanation:
Respetar la distancia interpersonal. No meterse “en la cara” de nadie;...Nunca hablar de manera condescendiente a nadie. ...
www.oba-bolivia.org/pdf/obapub014.pdf

...meterse en la cara del toro y sacar pases citando al pitón contrario. ...
www.caretas.com.pe/2004/1847/articulos/toros.html - 33k -

someone's grill = someone's face ([up] in their face)

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Note added at 55 mins (2005-07-21 16:13:25 GMT)
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Another option might be \"caerle encima de otro\" (en el sentido figurado, claro está) :-)

Marcelo González
North Mariana Isl.
Local time: 09:05
Native speaker of:

English

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