he hit the tiger

Spanish translation: le pegó al tigre

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English term or phrase:he hit the tiger
Spanish translation:le pegó al tigre
Entered by: Harmony

03:57 Dec 8, 2004
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: he hit the tiger
"He hit the tiger" = le pego al tigre, or pego el tigre (not sure whether to use the personal "a" and indirect pronoun)
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le pegó al tigre
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5 +4le pegó al tigre
Harmony
5 +1Pego al tigre
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
le pegó al tigre


Explanation:
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Harmony
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  teju
1 min
  -> Muchas gracias teju.

agree  Margarita M. Martínez
50 mins
  -> Muchas gracias Margarita !

agree  bigedsenior
1 hr
  -> Thanks a lot bigedsenior !

agree  Víctor Nine
5 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias VRN !
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Pego al tigre


Explanation:
"Pego al tigre" means that He hit the tiger
"Pego el tigre" means that He glued/stuck the tiger

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Note added at 3 mins (2004-12-08 04:01:18 GMT)
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No olvidar la tilde en la \"o\", yo no tengo tildes en mi teclado americano. Lo siento. Dependiendo del contexto, seria necesario incluir \"Le\" antes de la frase o no.

Francisco --
Local time: 06:26
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

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agree  Pamela Cruz
1 day 21 hrs
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