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Spanish translation: ya era casi un hecho

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English term or phrase:	as good as signed
Spanish translation:	ya era casi un hecho
Entered by:	Pilar Díez

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18:58 Jun 14, 2009

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English term or phrase: as good as signed

Contexto completo: "The treaty was as good as signed".

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Pilar Díez KudoZ activity Questions: 133 (none open) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 182 Spain
Local time: 17:39

ya era casi un hecho

Explanation:
The treaty was as good as signed = La firma del tratado ya era casi un hecho

Selected response from:

Henry Hinds
Local time: 09:39

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Summary of answers provided

5 +8

ya era casi un hecho

Henry Hinds

4 +6

prácticamente firmado

David Russi

4 +1

podía considerarse firmado

Mapi

4 +1

podía darse por sentado/hecho

xxxMariadelpila

el tratado se encontraba consumado en todo excepto la firma

Deborah Lockett

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3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

prácticamente firmado

Explanation:
Es decir, no cabía ninguna duda de que fuera a firmar

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-06-14 19:04:30 GMT)
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podía darse por firmado

David Russi
United States
Local time: 09:39
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 42

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

ya era casi un hecho

Explanation:
The treaty was as good as signed = La firma del tratado ya era casi un hecho

Henry Hinds
Local time: 09:39
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 58

Grading comment

I really like it Thanks!

12 mins confidence:

el tratado se encontraba consumado en todo excepto la firma

Explanation:
aún quedaba sólo la formalidad de las firmas

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 16:39
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 72

34 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

podía considerarse firmado

Explanation:
...o se podía considerar firmado

Mapi
Local time: 16:39
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 15

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

podía darse por sentado/hecho

Explanation:
dar una cosa por sentada = dar por supuesta o por cierta alguna cosa (http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/sentado)

Example sentence(s):

El PP llama "imprudente" al PSE por dar por hecho el acuerdo en el País Vasco
Monteseirín aviva el debate al 'dar por hecho' la sede de la caja en Sevilla

Reference: http://www.libertaddigital.com/nacional/el-pp-llama-impruden...
Reference: http://prensa.vlex.es/vid/monteseirin-aviva-dar-hecho-sede-c...

xxxMariadelpila
Local time: 16:39
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Galician
PRO pts in category: 4

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