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pastry

Spanish translation: masa

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English term or phrase:pastry
Spanish translation:masa
Entered by: IlonaT

10:00 Jan 13, 2003
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary / Movie review
English term or phrase: pastry
They’re too mature to fiddle with bra straps or play with pastry.
Marva
Local time: 05:51
masa
Explanation:
demasiado maduros (emocionalmente)para jugar/entretenerse con masa. Imagino que en sentido figurado se refiere a algo como jugar con plastilina/arcilla de modelar
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IlonaT
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:51
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Mil gracias!!
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4 +1masa
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masa


Explanation:
demasiado maduros (emocionalmente)para jugar/entretenerse con masa. Imagino que en sentido figurado se refiere a algo como jugar con plastilina/arcilla de modelar

IlonaT
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:51
PRO pts in pair: 247
Grading comment
Mil gracias!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Refugio: Or it might refer to the pie-in-the-face school of comedy
2 hrs
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