den mother

Spanish translation: matriarca

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English term or phrase:	den mother
Spanish translation:	matriarca
Entered by:	Natalia Pedrosa (X)

10:42 Feb 22, 2009

English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

English term or phrase: den mother

"But why are you here? I mean, I know that you broke the law but it wasn't anything that serious". Locking up den mother in the most secure prison they possessed seemed a little overkill, even forthe Circle.

Mi propuesta:
—¿Pero por qué estás tú aquí? Quiero decir, sé que infringiste la ley pero no fue nada demasiado grave. —Encerrar a una madre “den” en la prisión más segura que poseían parecía una solución excesivamente innecesaria, incluso para el Círculo.

Eva Fernandez KudoZ activity Questions: 786 (2 open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 1 Spain
Local time: 03:35

matriarca

Explanation:
La madre de todos. Saludos.

Selected response from:

Natalia Pedrosa (X)
Local time: 04:35

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

matriarca

Natalia Pedrosa (X)

madre sobreprotectora

Maria Alvarez

supervisora de grupo

Cecilia Gowar

resguardate / recluirte protectivamente

Darío Orlando Fernández

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

matriarca

Explanation:
La madre de todos. Saludos.

Natalia Pedrosa (X)
Local time: 04:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 143

3 mins confidence:

madre sobreprotectora

Explanation:
A veces es tan sencillo como consultar un diccionario.
Espero que te sirva, suerte, un saludo!

Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=den...

Maria Alvarez
Spain
Local time: 04:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

30 mins confidence:

supervisora de grupo

Explanation:
"Den mother" es un concepto del escultismo (scouting).
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=den...
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/den mother

Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 387

4 hrs confidence:

Locking up den mother resguardate / recluirte protectivamente

Explanation:
No estoy siguiendo el hilo del texto (por lo que veo hay consultas anteriores). Asumo qué "el Círculo" es un grupo al que pertenece el sujeto y no una entidad que lo persigue.

Hecha esta aclaración, más allá del significado exacto de "den mother" (que no sabría cómo introducir en la frase traducida), sugiero utilizar un concepto asociado: "resguardar, ocultar, esconder, encerrar, enclaustrar, recluir" como medida de "protección, defensa".

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Note added at 5 hrs (2009-02-22 16:33:55 GMT)
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Errata: es "resguardarte" (no "resguardate")

Darío Orlando Fernández
Argentina
Local time: 23:35
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

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