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until recently

Spanish translation: Hasta hace poco / hasta no hace mucho ...

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English term or phrase:until recently
Spanish translation:Hasta hace poco / hasta no hace mucho ...
Entered by: EDLING (X)

18:23 Mar 26, 2003
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: until recently
Until recently they would say Bwaaaah to Mommy.

So far, I've come up with 'Hasta hace poco que le decían 'Buaaa!' a su madre'

What do you think?
samtediou
Hasta hace poco / hasta no hace mucho ...
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4 +21Hasta hace poco / hasta no hace mucho ...
EDLING (X)
4 +4segunda parte de la frase
Madeleine Pérusse


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +21
Hasta hace poco / hasta no hace mucho ...


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EDLING (X)
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agree  Luis Rosas Priego
0 min
  -> Gracias
agree  Terry Burgess
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agree  Andrea Ali
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agree  Thierry LOTTE
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agree  Sery
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agree  Aurora Humarán (X): qué cosa el idioma ... poder decir lo mismo con el afirmativo y con el negativo, no? :-))) au
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  -> Es la riqueza de nuestra lengua. Gracias.
agree  clayton: si
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agree  Maria Rosich Andreu
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agree  Brigitte Huot
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agree  Sol
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agree  Madeleine Pérusse
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agree  Marianela Melleda
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agree  Ricardo Posada Ortiz: si
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agree  ingridbram
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agree  Nora Bellettieri
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agree  HLRenfrow
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agree  Mariano Grynszpan
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agree  Сергей Лузан
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
segunda parte de la frase


Explanation:
I don't mean to compete with Edling... Everybody agrees that this is the right expression... Just a note on the reste of the sentence...

First don't use "que"... then "mamá" is more accurate than madre..

Hasta hace poco le decían Buuuuu! a su mamá!

Although I'm not sure what they mean by Bwaaah! (are they crying?)

Madeleine Pérusse
Local time: 18:48
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 294

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sol: de acuerdo con lo de "mamá" o mamita, o mami, pero ¡Buuu! parece lo que dicen los fantasmitas en Halloween
29 mins
  -> No viste que dije que no estaba segura dee lo de "Bwaaah". Y tampoco estoy segura de Buuuaa!
agree  Marianela Melleda
54 mins
  -> Gracias!!!!
agree  Montse de la Fuente
1 hr
  -> Gracias!
neutral  ingridbram: Buuuaa suena mejor que buuu, si es que están llorando. Buuuu en el caso de que quieran asustarla
2 hrs
  -> Solo opine sobre el "que" y lo de "mamá" vs madre... El buuu o el buuuaa no es parte de la pregunta... Y no sabemos ni si estan llorando, quejandose, renegando o lo que sea...
agree  HLRenfrow: totalmente de acuerdo
7 hrs
  -> Gracias por el comentario y por no hablarme de buuu o buuua!
agree  CPD: En vez de "le decían" yo pondría "llamaban a su madre Buuuu (Lo siento, en España se pondría madre, no mamá, a menos que se trate de un cuento infantil). Por otro lado, en Estados Unidos se dice "Buuuu" (ej., Monstruos, S.A.), en España se dice "Uhhhhh"
22 hrs
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