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English term or phrase:	carrot and stick
Spanish translation:	premio y castigo
Entered by:	Roser Bosch Casademont

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19:12 Oct 6, 2003

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Art/Literary

English term or phrase: carrot and stick

Entiendo el concepto, pero hay alguna expresion equivalente en espanol que no sea la traduccion literal "zanahoria y palo"?

Roser Bosch Casademont KudoZ activity Questions: 108 (none open) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 298
Local time: 06:27

premio y castigo

Explanation:
Hola Roser,
Una sugerencia.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

carrot and stick
a system in which you are rewarded for some actions and threatened with punishment for others:
Sometimes I just have to resort to the carrot and stick approach with my children.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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Ejemplos:

\"... **Premio y Castigo** Ser padres es una tarea difícil, sobre todo, ser ejemplares en esa tarea, pues ni los niños ni los progenitores llevan un libro de ... \"
www.deguate.com/infocentros/mujer/ familia-hogar/premioycastigo.htm

\"... Ser famoso para mí es **premio y castigo**. ... Mucho menos al público, en el que se encuentran los niños y adolescentes, esos que sueñan con saltar y que me ...\"
www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/sotomayor/fama.htm

\"...por pretender implementar el denominado ***sistema de «premio y castigo»*** al consumo de ... \"
www.dlh.lahora.com.ec/paginas/judicial/ paginas/DefP.159.html

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xxxOso

Grading comment

Muchas gracias a todos; ésta es la que me gusta más
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Summary of answers provided

5 +5

el palo y la zanahoria

Hector Calabia

5 +3

incentivos y amenazas

Michael Powers (PhD)

5 +1

recompensa y castigo

linaza

4 +1

premio y castigo

xxxOso

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

premio y castigo

xxxOso
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 9863

Grading comment

Muchas gracias a todos; ésta es la que me gusta más

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

el palo y la zanahoria

Explanation:
La frase se usa en español en ese orden.

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Note added at 2003-10-06 19:19:27 (GMT)
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Antonio Papell. El palo y la zanahoria
09/03/2002. DIARIO DE MALLORCA, Página 26.
www.uib.es/premsa/marc02/dia-09/339067.htm

... He aquí algunas propuestas básicas. El palo y la zanahoria. ... Es cuando nace la teoría del palo y la zanahoria, la que aún está en vigencia hoy día. ...
www.izquierda-unida.es/Publicaciones/ PUEBLOS/Numero14/pueblos14_23.htm

Palo y zanahoria (el palo se lo da la BSA, nosotros le damos la zanahoria...lo que no saben es quien le ha dicho a la BSA a quien el debe dar el palo ;-)
https://listas.hispalinux.es/pipermail/ defensa-sl/2002-April/000133.html

Hector Calabia
Local time: 06:27
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 124

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

incentivos y amenazas

Explanation:
Oxford

carrot / "k&r@t / n
a [c u] (Bot, Culin) zanahoria f
b [c] (incentive) incentivo m; a carrot-and-stick policy una política de incentivos y amenazas

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 00:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 9817

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

recompensa y castigo

Explanation:
Otra opción.

linaza
Local time: 23:27
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 51

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