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English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / Reading program at the local library | | English term or phrase: matey | | Aye aye matey, shiver me timbers! Join Pirate Pete and Sam the parrot puppet for fun songs, lots of laughs and magic! |
| | | amiguito | Explanation:
I think I would use this diminutive, more than anything because it's for children and amiguete or colega sounds more slang-ish. It's a question of taste, mind you...Good luck! |
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4 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +2 cumpa / compa / amigo / colega
Explanation:
Depende de la zona, imagino.
Saludos =:)
|   Leopoldo Gurman
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8 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4 marinerito
Explanation:
Aye aye matey, shiver me timbers! es una CLÁSICA frase de piratas. Por lo tanto, si esto va dirigido a los niños, puede usarse "marinerito".
¡Hola, marinerito! etc. etc.
También "amiguito", es lo que más se usa para invitar a un niño a algo...
Además, "mate" también es un cargo de la marina:
2 a : a deck officer on a merchant ship ranking below the captain b : an assistant to a warrant officer (as in the United States Navy) ranking as a petty officer
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Note added at 11 mins (2005-03-30 14:22:24 GMT)
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MATEY en Gran Bretaña (vamos, que todos sabemos que gran parte de los piratas eran ingleses) es \"un trabajador de los muelles\":
Main Entry: 1matey Pronunciation Guide
Pronunciation: md., -t, -i
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -s
Etymology: 5mate + -y, n. suffix
1 chiefly Britain 5MATE 1c
2 Britain : a dockyard workman
\"Marinerito\" creo que le hace sentir bien al niño, como que forma parte del \"crew\" de este pirata, que lo invita a esta actividad en la biblioteca. Recordemos que muchos niños fantasean con ser piratas... (bueno, los niños de antes, porque los de ahora ¡quieren ser astronautas o músicos de rock!)
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Note added at 26 mins (2005-03-30 14:36:32 GMT)
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Dany, aquí puedes encontrar más expresiones de piratas:
International Talk Like A Pirate Day
... here. Shiver me timbers! If ye be wantin\' a reminder o\' pirate day each
year, be enterin\' yer email address in the box below. Ye ...
www.yarr.org.uk/ - 6k - 28 Mar 2005 - Cached - Similar pages
Si viste la película \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" con Johnny Depp, recordarás cómo hablaba... ;o)
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Note added at 2 hrs 4 mins (2005-03-30 16:15:15 GMT)
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\"Compa\", por lo menos en Panamá, definitivamente NO es para referirse a un niño. Lo más común es \"amiguito\". Pero insisto, si se quiere retener el \"sabor pirata\", viene bien \"marinerito\".
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Note added at 2 hrs 5 mins (2005-03-30 16:16:28 GMT)
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En Panamá, \"compa\" lo usa la gente del campo... tiene un sabor bastante \"campesino\".
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Note added at 2 hrs 18 mins (2005-03-30 16:29:11 GMT)
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Ruth, I get your point of view, it\'s perfectly acceptable. But what I mean by my option is that, if a generic word such as \"compa\" or \"amiguito\" were used, the whole point of the phrase with Pirate Pete and Sam the parrot would be lost; it wouldn\'t have that nuance of referring to the romantic idea of pirates and adventures at sea...
This is a library activity, after all, kids\' imaginations need to be sparked!
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