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making a little dupes on the side

Spanish translation: haciendo duplicados a escondidas

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English term or phrase:making a little dupes on the side
Spanish translation:haciendo duplicados a escondidas
Entered by: Jesús Cordero-Salvado

18:37 Mar 9, 2008
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English term or phrase: making a little dupes on the side
What the fuck is he doing grinding keys? Unless he's making a little dupes on the side maybe, you know, a little fucking after-hours b. And e.
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haciendo duplicados a escondidas
Explanation:
dupes es una manera coloquial de decir duplicates, o sea, duplicados

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Note added at 13 mins (2008-03-09 18:50:47 GMT)
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b. and e. imagino que significa breaking and entering, locual encaja con el hacer dupliocados de llaves a escondidas
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4 +4haciendo duplicados a escondidas
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haciendo duplicados a escondidas


Explanation:
dupes es una manera coloquial de decir duplicates, o sea, duplicados

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Note added at 13 mins (2008-03-09 18:50:47 GMT)
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b. and e. imagino que significa breaking and entering, locual encaja con el hacer dupliocados de llaves a escondidas

Jesús Cordero-Salvado
Local time: 17:42
Native speaker of: Spanish
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agree  Jennifer Levey: Yes - and in this (very) colloquial text, 'little' is being used to mean 'a few': haciendo unos duplicados ...
29 mins
  -> Gracias, mediamatrix

agree  Krimy: y le dicen "dupear" =copias ilegales en Internet por ej.
8 hrs
  -> Gracias, Krimy

agree  Ivannia Garcia: yup
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Gracias, Ivannia

agree  Maria Ramon: si, totalment de acuerdo; estos son malandros hablando
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Gracias, María
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