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Go cold turkey

Spanish translation: cortar o parar...en seco [al cigarro]

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English term or phrase:go cold turkey
Spanish translation:cortar o parar...en seco [al cigarro]
Entered by: Terry Burgess

17:29 Apr 1, 2003
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: Go cold turkey
"If you smoke, pick a quit date and stick to it. ***Go cold turkey***. Talk with a physician about medications that can help with cravings and any effects they may have on breastfeeding."

Entiendo el significado pero en este momento no se me ocurre ningún equivalente 'idiomático' en español para utilizar...
Gracias a todos por adelantado.

;)
dimples (X)
cortar o para...en seco [al cigarro]
Explanation:
Según el Oxford.
Suerte Dimples!

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Note added at 2003-04-01 17:34:12 (GMT)
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¡perdón!

Quise escribir: \"parar\"

t
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Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 03:23
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Summary of answers provided
5 +8cortar o para...en seco [al cigarro]
Terry Burgess
5 +1pasar o sufrir síndrome de abstinencia
Silvia Sassone (X)
5Sé drástica.
María del Carmen Cerda
5Corta por lo sano.
Maria Fernanda Garstein
5Sufrir la cruda
eyipval
4dejar la droga
Jesús Calzado
4Trátese el mono (la abstinencia)
Pedro Tena


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dejar la droga


Explanation:
y sufrir el mono

Jesús Calzado
Local time: 11:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 274
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
cortar o para...en seco [al cigarro]


Explanation:
Según el Oxford.
Suerte Dimples!

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Note added at 2003-04-01 17:34:12 (GMT)
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¡perdón!

Quise escribir: \"parar\"

t


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Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 3315
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pasar o sufrir síndrome de abstinencia


Explanation:
¡Qué tema! A mí me pasó (go cold turkey) a partir del 7 de octubre del año pasado cuando dejé de fumar después de 30 años.

Muy feo pero vale la pena. Perdoname la charla. Cuando leí de qué se trataba, esbocé una sonrisa.

Saludos y suerte.

Silvia

Silvia Sassone (X)
Spain
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 531

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mariana Solanet
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Trátese el mono (la abstinencia)


Explanation:
Discrepo de mis colegas. También se emplea "to go cold turkey", para el tratamiento del síndrome de abstinencia, que en este caso confirma la frase siguiente.
Véase "Slang dictionary" by Paul Beale

Pedro Tena
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Sé drástica.


Explanation:
Si fumas, establece una fecha para dejar de fumar y no claudiques. Sé drástica.

María del Carmen Cerda
Local time: 03:23
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1 day 23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Corta por lo sano.


Explanation:
:)

Maria Fernanda Garstein
Argentina
Local time: 06:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Sufrir la cruda


Explanation:
En la mayor parte de las adicciones,el periodo de abstinencia se llamam de difernetes formas.. En México le llaman cruda al malestar que acontece al día siguiente después de ingerir grandes cantidades de alcohol. También lo he oido aplicado a el tiempo que se presenta el síndrome de abstinencia de aquellos que intentan dejar una adicción

eyipval
Mexico
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 4
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