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English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion | | English term or phrase: white bucks | Son un tipo de zapatos blancos, pero no encuentro la traducción exacta. No son simples "zapatos blancos".
Acá va la oración de contexto. Pertenece a una descripción de un perfume de hombre.
Whether he's at the helm of grandfather's yacht, or ambling into the country club sporting a pair of well-worn, white bucks, XXX is "just right"—much like the gold buttons on the blue blazer, that's never buttoned up.
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|   Paula DelapennaKudoZ activityQuestions: 16 (none open) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 23
Argentina
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| | zapatos de gamuza blanca | Explanation:
buck = buckskin = gamuza (o ante). Suelen tener la suela roja.
"In terms of all-American style, no shoe better epitomizes warm weather dressing than a pair of white bucks. The buckskin shoes came into fashion more than a century ago, but it wasn't until the 1930s that the brick red sole became a signature."
Con fotos
http://www.valetmag.com/style/profiles-features/2010/outlook...
"White shoe firm
According to William Safire, the phrase derives from "white bucks," laced suede or buckskin shoes with a red sole, long popular among upper-class New Englanders, especially at Ivy League colleges."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_shoe_firm
"El presidente del Consell Valencià de Cultura pisa la historia con zapatos de gamuza blanca (lo que fija de manera inequívoca las dimensiones de esta guerra), como si estuviera apostado en una máquina tragaperras de palanca en Las Vegas"
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/Comunidad/Valenciana/Imagen/e...
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Charles Davis
Local time: 21:15
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8 mins confidence:   mocasines blancos
Explanation:
Hola Paula,
No estoy 100% seguro pero creo que podría ser por este camino, ya que normalmenge las fragancias para hombre implican un comercial con ropa y zapatos muy elegantes, como es el caso de "TOMMY H..."
Saludos,
Giovany
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 zapatos de gamuza blanca
Explanation:
buck = buckskin = gamuza (o ante). Suelen tener la suela roja.
"In terms of all-American style, no shoe better epitomizes warm weather dressing than a pair of white bucks. The buckskin shoes came into fashion more than a century ago, but it wasn't until the 1930s that the brick red sole became a signature."
Con fotos
http://www.valetmag.com/style/profiles-features/2010/outlook...
"White shoe firm
According to William Safire, the phrase derives from "white bucks," laced suede or buckskin shoes with a red sole, long popular among upper-class New Englanders, especially at Ivy League colleges."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_shoe_firm
"El presidente del Consell Valencià de Cultura pisa la historia con zapatos de gamuza blanca (lo que fija de manera inequívoca las dimensiones de esta guerra), como si estuviera apostado en una máquina tragaperras de palanca en Las Vegas"
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/Comunidad/Valenciana/Imagen/e...
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| | Grading comment | Muchas gracias por tu ayuda!!! |
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