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tantalised

Spanish translation: fascinado/hechizado/atormentado

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English term or phrase:tantalised
Spanish translation:fascinado/hechizado/atormentado
Entered by: Rebecca Hendry

11:44 Sep 12, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase: tantalised
Degas, tantalised at an early age by his exotic mother with ruffled skirts
and a rose in her belt, had shown rigorous determination in his efforts to
bring alive in paint something ephemeral in women.

¿Cómo traduciríais "tantalised" aquí?
Gracias
heliojorge
Local time: 14:47
fascinado
Explanation:
I think this is the meaning here.
Selected response from:

Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:47
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2atormentado
M. Ángeles López Rodríguez
4 +2fascinado
Rebecca Hendry
4 +2hechizado
alcarama
4 +1subyugado por...
slothm
4 +1[ve abajo por favor]
Salloz
4afectado
Darío Giménez
4Degas, su interés despertado a una edad temprana por ...
Bubo Coroman (X)
4deslumbrado
Alicia Villegas


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
atormentado


Explanation:
espero te ayude

M. Ángeles López Rodríguez
Local time: 14:47
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adriana Penco
3 mins
  -> gracias
agree  David Girón Béjar
53 mins
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fascinado


Explanation:
I think this is the meaning here.

Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  moken: :O)
51 mins
agree  Susana Magnani
1 hr
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
afectado


Explanation:
Es más neutro...

Darío Giménez
Spain
Local time: 14:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
PRO pts in category: 84
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hechizado


Explanation:
otra opción, aunque atormentado también me gusta

alcarama
Spain
Local time: 14:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  moken: :O)
42 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Álvaro :-)
agree  Salloz: Mi segunda opción sería ésta.
58 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Sallloz :-)
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Degas, su interés despertado a una edad temprana por ...


Explanation:
es cierto que la madre nunca le hubiera atormentado a su hijo ... se trata sólo de despertar su interés de una manera casi involuntaria.

Bubo Coroman (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 108
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
subyugado por...


Explanation:
Todas son opciones válidas, creo que el autor quiere significar "atrapado por" pero por la naturaleza del artículo cabe usar una expresión un tanto más sofisticada.

slothm
Local time: 09:47
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susana Magnani
1 hr
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
[ve abajo por favor]


Explanation:
Degas, cuya exótica madre, con sus faldas de volantes fruncidos y su rosa en la faja, picó su imaginación infantil, había demostrado una determinación rigurosa en... etc.

Otra opción: en vez de picó su imaginación: aguijó en el chico deseos insatisfechos (el significado de tantalise).

Salloz
Mexico
Local time: 06:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jacana54 (X): ¿cómo hacés? al final me siento mal en estar siempre de acuerdo !
1 hr
  -> Al final, siempre me haces sonrojar. Muchas gracias, Jacana.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
deslumbrado


Explanation:
otra opción

Alicia Villegas
Argentina
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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