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bread and circuses

Spanish translation: pan y circo

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English term or phrase:	bread and circuses
Spanish translation:	pan y circo
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11:33 Dec 12, 2007

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English term or phrase: bread and circuses

It’s not the first time the XXX attempts to dumb-down its audience and prevent what the XXX ideologues warn is a wave of nationalism of tsunami proportions. Anything deemed ‘culturally specific’ or smacking of too ‘Asturian’ goes into their folk tradition roster of shows, stuff for old geezers in accordance with XXX’s philosophy of bread & circuses.

A.L. KudoZ activity Questions: 93 (none open) Answers: 247
Local time: 17:38

pan y circo

Explanation:
Expresión muy común, derivada del latín "panem et circenses".

Wikipedia:
Panem et circenses (Pan y Circo) (literalmente, pan y juegos del circo) es una locución latina peyorativa de uso actual que describe la práctica de un gobierno que para mantener tranquila a la población u ocultar hechos controvertidos provee a las masas de alimento y entretenimiento de baja calidad y con criterios asistencialistas.

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Darío
Spain
Local time: 17:38

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pan y circo

Darío

los del/ los que abogan, defienden el (la política de) "pan y circo"

elere

panem et circenses

Teresa Mozo

Discussion entries: 1

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peer agreement (net): +13

pan y circo

Darío
Spain
Local time: 17:38
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Catalan
PRO pts in category: 50

Grading comment

Thanks a million!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Maria Rosich Andreu: yo lo dejaría en latín, creo que se suele emplear sin traducir al español

4 mins

-> No, mujer, claro que se suele traducir... ¡Gracias! :-)

agree

Mar Brotons: yo creo que se utiliza mucho traducido al español

6 mins

-> Agree. ;-)

agree

Lucia Colombino: siempre lo he visto en español

52 mins

-> Gracias, Lucia. :-)

agree

Cesar Serrano: si, se usa en español

1 hr

-> Gracias, Cesar. :-)

agree

Patricia CASEY: sin duda, traducido

1 hr

-> Gracias, Patricia. :-)

agree

Adriana Penco: En español

1 hr

-> Gracias, arte5577. :-)

agree

María Angélica Fernández: lo he visto infinidad de veces en las noticias de los diarios. By the way... lindo perrito el de la foto

2 hrs

-> Gracias, María Angélica. :-)

agree

AySTraducciones

2 hrs

-> Muchas gracias. :-)

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Tina Baldwin: Me impresionó tu respuesta. Muy bien!

3 hrs

-> ¿La mía o la de Wikipedia? jejejej. Gracias, Tina. :-)

agree

Noni Gilbert: You learn sth new every day!// ´xacto.

3 hrs

-> Y menos mal... que si no, ¡menudo aburrimiento! :-)

agree

Refugio

7 hrs

-> Gracias, Ruth. :-)

agree

Deborah Lockett: me impresiona el uso que Pini hace del wikipedia

21 hrs

-> Es que es muy leído... Thanks! :-)

agree

JPW

22 hrs

-> Gracias, JP. :-)

21 mins confidence:

panem et circenses

Explanation:
Yo siempre lo he visto (y oido) en latín, de hecho se usa a modo de "latinajo".

Por ejemplo:
Las cartas sobre la mesa - Panem et circenses
Pero me quedo con la propuesta del Presidente, panem et circenses en estado puro: se concederán 2500 euros a cada familia que tenga o adopte un hijo. ...
blogs.periodistadigital.com/cartasmesa.php/2007/07/04/panem_et_circenses

Teresa Mozo
Local time: 17:38
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 7

7 hrs confidence:

los del/ los que abogan, defienden el (la política de) "pan y circo"

Explanation:
la frase hecha está clara, pero la s del final ha de reflejarse, es decir, hablamos de un grupo que defiende la política de "pan y circo": los del Pan y circo; los defensores del pan y circo; los que/quienes abogan/predican/postulan una política de "pan y circo".

elere
Spain
Local time: 17:38
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 6

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