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Spanish translation: se exige mucho

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English term or phrase:	challenges himself
Spanish translation:	se exige mucho
Entered by:	Hardy Moreno

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20:54 Mar 28, 2011

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Education / Pedagogy

English term or phrase: challenges himself

Johnny challenges himself with high level coursework and has good grades.

Hardy Moreno KudoZ activity Questions: 1182 (7 open) (1 without valid answers) (19 closed without grading) Answers: 790
Local time: 16:25

se exige mucho

Explanation:
O "es muy exigente consigo mismo".
Es una opción; hay otras.

Selected response from:

Charles Davis
Local time: 23:25

Grading comment

Gracias
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Summary of answers provided

4 +7

se exige mucho

Charles Davis

4 +3

se desafía a sí mismo

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz

se reta el mismo

Blanca Collazo

es muy exigente consigo mismo

malaudes

4 +1

se pone a sí mismo a prueba / se plantea desafíos

Abaz

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

se desafía a sí mismo

Explanation:
Esta expresión también es común en español.

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
Local time: 23:25
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 64

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

se exige mucho

Explanation:
O "es muy exigente consigo mismo".
Es una opción; hay otras.

Charles Davis
Local time: 23:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 170

Grading comment

Gracias

2 hrs confidence:

es muy exigente consigo mismo

Explanation:
.

malaudes
Argentina
Local time: 18:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 36

9 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

se pone a sí mismo a prueba / se plantea desafíos

Explanation:
Otras opciones.

Abaz
Spain
Local time: 23:25
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 52

35 mins confidence:

se reta el mismo

Explanation:
There isn't much to explain; I just prefer the word reto over desafío. There's like negative connotation in the word desafío. My personal thought about the word.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2011-03-29 17:15:26 GMT)
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Se reta a sí mismo con cursos curriculares de nivel alto y ...

Blanca Collazo
Local time: 14:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 20

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