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English: its signification had to be renegotiated.

Spanish translation: su significado debía ser reformulado/renegociado



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English term or phrase: its signification had to be renegotiated.
Spanish translation:su significado debía ser reformulado/renegociado
Entered by:Ángel Domínguez
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English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism
English term or phrase: its signification had to be renegotiated.
New literary movements and scientific discoveries continued to reshape the image of the body, designating it each time as a contested site where its signification had to be renegotiated.
xxxacadizo
Chile
su significado debía ser reformulado/renegociado
Explanation:
O:-) Espero haber sido de ayuda.
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Ángel Domínguez
Spain
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1había que volver a pensar su significado.
Deborah Lockett
5 +1cuyo significado debía ser replanteado
Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
4 +1su significado debía ser reformulado/renegociado
Ángel Domínguez
4 +1su significación debía renegociarse
Alan Corbo
4 +1su conceptualización tiene que ser (constantemente) resignificada o consensuada
Rocio Barrientos
5su significado tenía que renegociarse
Diana Arbiser
4hubo que ponerse de acuerdo nuevamente acerca de su significado
claudia16
4donde hubo que consensuar continuamente su significación
Darío


  

Answers

4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
su significado debía ser reformulado/renegociado

Explanation:
O:-) Espero haber sido de ayuda.

Ángel Domínguez
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Sebastian Claucich
16 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
su conceptualización tiene que ser (constantemente) resignificada o consensuada

Explanation:
"resignificar" es un término sociológico para reconceptualizar, dar un nuevo significado etc.

signification en este caso creo que se trata el concepto, el significado,

Rocio Barrientos
Bolivia
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Silvia Serrano: Muy buena; su conceptualización TUVO que ser...
8 hrs
  -> Gracias Silvia; y si tienes razón TUVO :)
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
su significado tenía que renegociarse

Explanation:
Me gusta más así, no en voz pasiva.
:)

Diana Arbiser
United States
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
su significación debía renegociarse

Explanation:
Another option

Alan Corbo
Uruguay
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Sandra Rodriguez: “significación” implica mucho más que “significado”
14 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hubo que ponerse de acuerdo nuevamente acerca de su significado

Explanation:
x

claudia16
Chile
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 6
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
había que volver a pensar su significado.

Explanation:
"re-negotiate" por aquí significa "volver a pensar"

Deborah Lockett
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Maria del Mar Castell Pastor
19 mins
  -> muchas gracias Mar, buen inicio de semana :-) Deborah
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
donde hubo que consensuar continuamente su significación

Explanation:
La frase entera, tal como yo la veo... :-)

Los nuevos movimientos literarios y adelantos científicos siguieron reconfigurando la imagen del cuerpo, señalándolo una y otra vez como un terreno en pugna donde hubo que consensuar continuamente su significación.

Darío
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
PRO pts in category: 36
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cuyo significado debía ser replanteado

Explanation:
Otra posibilidad.

Sandra Cifuentes Dowling
Chile
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Eva BCN: Me parece la mejor propuesta :)
15 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Eva
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