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English: "What if he really meant what he said?"

Spanish translation: Y si lo dijo en serio?/Y si hablaba en serio?







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English term or phrase:"What if he really meant what he said?"
Spanish translation:Y si lo dijo en serio?/Y si hablaba en serio?
Entered by:Débora Costa de D'Eramo
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English term or phrase: "What if he really meant what he said?"
Background: This phrase occurs in a speach. One person is commenting to a group of his peers about the words of a third person, their boss, who is no longer present. There is concern of grave consequences for everyone if the boss was serious about what he had said.

This phrase looks so simple at face value, but I just can't seem to come up with a decent translation!!!!
Stuart Allsop
Chile
Y si lo dijo en serio?/Y si hablaba en serio?
Explanation:
Una sugerencia
Selected response from:

Débora Costa de D'Eramo
Argentina
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks! This makes the most sense in the context.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +17Y si lo dijo en serio?/Y si hablaba en serio?
Débora Costa de D'Eramo
5 +1¿Y qué pasa si lo dijo en serio? / ¿Y si lo dijo en serio, entonces qué?
Bonita Mc Donald
5¿Y qué si realmente quiso decir lo que dijo?"Ignacio Uranga
4 +1¿Y si al final resulta que ha estado hablando en serio?xxx------
4"Y... ¿si lo hubiese dicho en serio?"Rosmu
4¿Y si realmente hablaba en serio?
Maria Canon


  

Answers

2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +17
What if he really meant what he said? Y si lo dijo en serio?/Y si hablaba en serio?

Explanation:
Una sugerencia

Débora Costa de D'Eramo
Argentina
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks! This makes the most sense in the context.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Pablo Grosschmid
1 min
  -> Gracias!

agree xxx------
2 mins
  -> Gracias!

agree Lynda Tharratt
4 mins
  -> Gracias!

agree Andy Watkinson
13 mins
  -> Gracias!

agree carlapaoloni
16 mins
  -> Gracias!

agree Adriana de Groote
23 mins
  -> Gracias!

agree milliecoquis: agree
37 mins
  -> Gracias!

agree hecdan
42 mins
  -> Gracias!

agree Claudia Luque Bedregal
54 mins
  -> Gracias!

agree Marina Soldati
1 hr
  -> Gracias!

agree Alejandra Tolj
1 hr
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agree Ruth Henderson
2 hrs
  -> Gracias!

agree Walter Landesman
5 hrs
  -> Gracias!

agree Carla Imbrogno: agree
5 hrs
  -> Gracias!

agree María Solís Munuera
6 hrs
  -> Gracias!

agree Anabel Martínez
1 day18 hrs
  -> Gracias, Anabel

agree Daniel Coria
2 days2 hrs
  -> Gracias, Daniel
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
What if he really meant what he said? ¿Y si al final resulta que ha estado hablando en serio?

Explanation:
Saludos.

xxx------
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 115

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree alcarama
19 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias!:)
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
¿Y qué si realmente quiso decir lo que dijo?"

Explanation:
Creo que te queda de acuerdo con el contexto.

Ignacio Uranga
Mexico
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
What if he really meant what he said? ¿Y si realmente hablaba en serio?

Explanation:
¡Otra sugerencia!

Maria Canon
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 20
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
¿Y qué pasa si lo dijo en serio? / ¿Y si lo dijo en serio, entonces qué?

Explanation:
otra opcion...

Bonita Mc Donald
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Alvaro Rollan: I presonally prefer: ¿Y qué si lo dijo en serio?, I think it's more colloquial, not so gramatically fixed.
2 hrs
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2 days3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"Y... ¿si lo hubiese dicho en serio?"

Explanation:
...

Rosmu
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 15
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