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thiggermajigger

Spanish translation: cosa


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English term or phrase:thiggermajigger
Spanish translation:cosa
Entered by: Anabel Martínez
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14:31 Sep 26, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: thiggermajigger
Oral language skills:
-John sometimes has a difficult time expressing his thoughts.
-Somethimes word retrieval is difficult for him.
-Sometimes when he cannot find the right word to say, he will refer to something as "thiggermajigger" and is encouraged to find the right word to use.
mff
Local time: 01:15
una cosa
Explanation:
"a veces se referirá a algo como a "una cosa" y se le anima a encontrar la palabra adecuada..."

no creo que haya una palabra equivalente en castellano...

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Anabel Martínez
Local time: 06:15
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4una cosa
Anabel Martínez
4 +1cosita
Marian Greenfield


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
una cosa


Explanation:
"a veces se referirá a algo como a "una cosa" y se le anima a encontrar la palabra adecuada..."

no creo que haya una palabra equivalente en castellano...



Anabel Martínez
Local time: 06:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 70

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simone Tosta
8 mins
  -> gracias, Simone :)

agree  Walter Landesman
10 mins
  -> gracias, Walter :)

agree  milliecoquis: agree
1 hr

agree  Egmont
3 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cosita


Explanation:
thiggermajigger es simplemente cosita... una palabra que usas cuándo no recuerdas cómo se llama una cosa...

Marian Greenfield
Local time: 00:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GoodWords: ¿O "cosa esa", "cosucha"?
7 mins
  -> thanks
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Sep 26, 2005 - Changes made by Anabel Martínez:
FieldOther => Social Sciences


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