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Spud Lite

Spanish translation: Papilla

16:06 May 30, 2002
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: Spud Lite
What do potatoes drink when they're on a diet?
A. Spud Lite
Kid's game

(I know Spud es papa and Lite is fat free margarine, fat free cheddar cheese and chives. But what's the Latin American Spanish translation, if any, of this?)
Silvina Sorribas
Local time: 01:48
Spanish translation:Papilla
Explanation:
Propongo modificar un poco el chiste; algo como

-¿Que comen las papas cuando están a dieta?

-Papilla !!
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Virgilio Chavez-De la Torre
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Bud Lite
Bill Greendyk
5Papa Lite
Marian Greenfield
5...papas sin grasa...
Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
4Papilla
Virgilio Chavez-De la Torre
4...refresco / gaseosa de papa...ya.
Ramón Solá


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Bud Lite


Explanation:
Once again, a play on words with Bud Light, the popular beer. Spud refers to "spuds," or potatoes. Again, I don´t see any way to translate this and retain the play on words.

Bill Greendyk
United States
Local time: 00:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Francisco Adell
4 mins
agree  Tanna
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agree  Alfredo Gonzalez
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Papa Lite


Explanation:
it's a takeoff on Bud[weiser] Lite.

The joke doesn't work so well in Spanish. Diet Coke is Coke Lite in Latin America, so I would use <Lite> tal cual. And potato is for sure <papa>

Marian Greenfield
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...papas sin grasa...


Explanation:
Salute from Colombia.

Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
Local time: 23:48
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Papilla


Explanation:
Propongo modificar un poco el chiste; algo como

-¿Que comen las papas cuando están a dieta?

-Papilla !!


Virgilio Chavez-De la Torre
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...refresco / gaseosa de papa...ya.


Explanation:
You have to be creative if you're going to translate this playing with words. So you substitute the soda to the beer, and use the very digestive papaya, a.k.a. "fruta bomba" and "lechosa" in some other quarters.

HTH...

Ramón Solá
Local time: 23:48
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