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got walked in on

Spanish translation: alguien entro en la habitacion sin avisar

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English term or phrase:got walked in on
Spanish translation:alguien entro en la habitacion sin avisar
Entered by: Carmen Hernaiz

08:22 Nov 15, 2000
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: got walked in on
My girlfriend and were all naked and fooling around at a small hotel in Katmandu when we got walked in on!

Me confunde mucho la frase, con ese final "got, in, on"
Me podéis ayudar?
Saludos
Carmen Hernaiz
Spain
Local time: 22:09
alguien entro en la habitacion sin avisar
Explanation:
to get "walked in on" means to have someone enter your room or home or office or whatever without knocking at the door or announcing themselves first.
Good luck and glad to help
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George Rabel
Local time: 16:09
Grading comment
Muchas gracias a todos!!

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Summary of answers provided
naalguien entro en la habitacion sin avisar
George Rabel
naAlguien entró y los sorprendió en fragante
Frank Johnson
naCUANDO EXPLOTAMOS
Luisa Veyán Santana
naNos sorprendieron, nos pescaron
Judy Rojas
nalos cacharon
Margaret Schroeder
napillar, pescar
Lia Fail (X)
naalguien entró sin llamar a la puerta
Martin Perazzo


  

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6 mins
alguien entro en la habitacion sin avisar


Explanation:
to get "walked in on" means to have someone enter your room or home or office or whatever without knocking at the door or announcing themselves first.
Good luck and glad to help

George Rabel
Local time: 16:09
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 3538
Grading comment
Muchas gracias a todos!!

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Yolanda Broad
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6 mins
Alguien entró y los sorprendió en fragante


Explanation:
Sólo quiere decir que alguien entró y que ellos no lo esperaba. Les fue una sorpresa no muy agradable.

¡Muy interesante!



Frank Johnson
United States
Local time: 15:09
PRO pts in pair: 63

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Sebastian Lopez
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9 mins
CUANDO EXPLOTAMOS


Explanation:
ES MI OPCION
OJALA TE SIRVA
LUISA

Luisa Veyán Santana
Peru
Local time: 15:09
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 63

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Yolanda Broad
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22 mins
Nos sorprendieron, nos pescaron


Explanation:
That's the shortest and most descriptive way for that situation it could also be said "me pescaron con las manos en la masa", but in this particular case it would have a double meaning.

Hope it helps,

Ricardo Martinez de la Torre
EN<>ES Translator and Conference Interpreter
Santiago, Chile

Judy Rojas
Chile
Local time: 16:09
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 1139

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ZoeZoe
malena
B. Coyle
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23 mins
los cacharon


Explanation:
Vamos a descomponerlo. Como ya señalaron en los respuestos anteriores, "to walk in", es entrar, pasar (a la habitación del hotel en este caso). "On" agrega el significado de que se les hicieron a Uds, en el sentido de una circunstancia se les cayó encima. Y el "got" aparece en la construcción de "to get" + participo pasivo, que en español muchas veces se traduce con un solo verbo p.ej. to get old=envejecerse, to get happy=contentarse, get dressed=vestirse etc.

Espero que quede un poco más claro.

Margaret Schroeder
Mexico
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1947

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1 hr
pillar, pescar


Explanation:
I wonder what the purists would think of this ending a sentence with TWO PREPOSITIONS! They say that at least in fromal English, a sentence should not end in a propositoion. That aside..

got walked in on

is awkward English, acceptable only in speech. An alternative way to say this is

someone walked in on us

To walk in on somebody is - to enter a room/enclosed space that you normally enter on foot, and to find somebody doing something that they/you/both are embarassed about

Spanish cannot convey in a single word the 'matices' of phrasal verbs such as the above that consits of 3 items of info (the 'inside'implication, 'specifically how the action was done'implication (walk) and the sum meaning of the expression)

Nos pillaron
Nos pescaron

would convey the essential idea.

Lia Fail (X)
Spain
Local time: 22:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 631
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1 hr
alguien entró sin llamar a la puerta


Explanation:
Mi novia y yo estábamos desnudos y en pleno jolgorio amoroso en un pequeño hotel de Katmandú cuando alguien entró sin llamar a la puerta.

Las demás posibilidades ofrecidas (salvo una) son válidas.

Martín

Martin Perazzo
Spain
Local time: 22:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 160
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