que onda

English translation: wazzup!

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Spanish term or phrase:	¡qué onda!
English translation:	wazzup!
Entered by:	Oso (X)

03:43 Aug 13, 2002

Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary

Spanish term or phrase: que onda

novel

wazzup!

Explanation:
Hola Anónimo(a)
La pregunta ¿qué onda? puede traducirse así conservando el mismo tono slangish....

what's poppin'
whaz happenin',
w'sup,
'sup

Buena suerte y saludos cordiales del Oso ¶8^)

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Oso (X)

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5 +10

wazzup!

Oso (X)

5 +1

that's cool!/ he's cool!

Fedele

why don't you identity yourself?

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)

What's up? / What's new? / What's the good word?

Refugio

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

wazzup!

Oso (X)
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 3064

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Paul Roige (X): or "that's so coooooool, anonymous!!!!!" :-) :-)

10 mins

-> Hell, yeah! Gracias Paul, wazzup dude! ¶8^))

agree

Esperanza Gallegos: Hey wazzup!!!!!!!!

36 mins

-> Whazzuuup homie!!!!!!!! ¶8^)))

agree

Andrea Bullrich: I see, same old-same old hairdo, but cool new sunglasses... wazzup Oso? : )

2 hrs

-> W'sup Andrea! Glad you like tha shades! ¶8^D!!!

agree

LoreAC (X)

4 hrs

-> 'sup Lore!! ¶8^))

agree

Maria-Jose Pastor: whaz happenin, man?

9 hrs

-> yo, yo! jus' chillin'! ¶8^))

agree

Florencia Di Bello: What's up, what's upper, what's going on?

10 hrs

-> seals again, man! ¶8^d!!!

agree

Rafa Lombardino: Don't forget have the Joey Look (Matt LeBlanc, "Friends") while you say this

12 hrs

-> what's poppin' Rafa? U can count on it, dude! ¶8^))

agree

Aurora Humarán (X): Oso...me encantó! =) au

15 hrs

-> w'sup Au! Glad u like it! Thanks buddy! ¶8^))

agree

elenali: Excelente...como saludo, pero...¡Qué onda! Osito...:-))

1 day 1 hr

-> ¡Qué ondón elenali! ¡Un abrazo! ¶8^)))

agree

CNF: ;^) :^D!!!

4 days

-> wazzup, Naty!!! Te presto mis shades 8 ¶;^) Graaaashiash ¶:^)

8 hrs confidence:

why don't you identity yourself?

Explanation:
The least you could do if you're asking questions is to register. This is not a site for anonymous questions!

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 7709

1 day 19 hrs confidence:

What's up? / What's new? / What's the good word?

Explanation:
Depending on the target audience of the novel, you may want to tone down the use and/or spelling of current US slang which will eventually become dated, and settle for something merely colloquial.

Refugio
Local time: 17:31
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 1827

2 days 19 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

that's cool!/ he's cool!

Explanation:
was that a question or an exclamation? ¡qué onda! means you like the person or the place

Fedele
Argentina
Local time: 21:31
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 4

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