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'on the fly'

Spanish translation: al vuelo, a vuelapluma, al tiempo, al mismo tiempo

16:16 Mar 15, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: 'on the fly'
this can be done after the experiment has been run rather than 'on the fly'
Monica Segal
Local time: 13:25
Spanish translation:al vuelo, a vuelapluma, al tiempo, al mismo tiempo
Explanation:
If you do things on the fly, you do things without preparation, responding to events as they happen.
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Jesús Cordero-Salvado
Local time: 17:25
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +8apresuradamente / sin pensar /sobre la marcha
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
4 +6al vuelo, a vuelapluma, al tiempo, al mismo tiempo
Jesús Cordero-Salvado
4 +1al apuro / al momento
OSWALDO MESIAS


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
al apuro / al momento


Explanation:
Es lo que parece con el escaso contexto

OSWALDO MESIAS
Ecuador
Local time: 11:25
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Castorena
50 mins
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
al vuelo, a vuelapluma, al tiempo, al mismo tiempo


Explanation:
If you do things on the fly, you do things without preparation, responding to events as they happen.


    Reference: http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/on+the+fly.html
Jesús Cordero-Salvado
Local time: 17:25
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rafael Molina Pulgar: "al ahí se va", "a la brigandina" (jerga latinoamericana)
33 mins
  -> Rafael, que interesante, nunca había oido estas dos expresiones. Gracias
agree  macaitacol: *al vuelo* casualmente lo vi recientemente utilizado en una biblioteca, en libros que estan "volando" sin proceso de catalogacion completo.
48 mins
  -> Gracias macaitacol
agree  psicutrinius
1 hr
  -> psicutrinius, muchas gracias
agree  José Alberto Ruiz Pérez
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, Alberto
agree  Laura Hall (X)
9 hrs
  -> Gracias Laura
agree  Marina56: Sí, "al vuelo"
18 hrs
  -> Gracias Marina56
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
apresuradamente / sin pensar /sobre la marcha


Explanation:
Suerte

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 18:25
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 402

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gary Smith Lawson: sobre la marcha
52 mins
  -> Gracias Gary
agree  Lisa Nottmeyer (X): tb con "sobre la marcha"
54 mins
  -> Gracias Lisa
agree  Maria Ramon
58 mins
  -> Gracias María
agree  Jairo Payan: "sobre la marcha" en contraposición a después de que el experimento...
1 hr
  -> Gracias Jairo
agree  JoLuGo: Es lo mas comum
2 hrs
  -> Gracias JoLuGo
agree  Egmont
2 hrs
  -> Gracias AVRVM
agree  Ines Garcia Botana: sobre la marcha es la que me parece mejor.;-)))
2 hrs
  -> Gracias Inés
neutral  José Alberto Ruiz Pérez: "sobre la marcha" sí, pero las otras tienen connotaciones negativas que no convienen aquí.
4 hrs
  -> Gracias Alberto...
neutral  Jesús Cordero-Salvado: estoy de acuerdo con Alberto Ruiz, "sobre la marcha" es muy buena sugerencia, pero no las otras dos
4 hrs
  -> Gracias corsal
agree  Carmen Quiñones: De acuerdo con el resto: "sobre la marcha".
18 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias Carmen
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