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Spanish term or phrase:	agotar
English translation:	is over
Entered by:	Edward Tully

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12:13 Jan 28, 2009

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Construction / Civil Engineering

Spanish term or phrase: agotar

Agotar

El viaje se agota,
como las velas

que recuerdan los muertos
en la oscuridad de los túneles.

Gad Kohenov KudoZ activity Questions: 840 (3 open) (31 without valid answers) (19 closed without grading) Answers: 7853
Local time: 07:07

is over

Explanation:
another option!

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Note added at 6 mins (2009-01-28 12:19:19 GMT)
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or "is at an end"!

Selected response from:

Edward Tully
Local time: 06:07

Grading comment

Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

is over

Edward Tully

4 +1

comes to an end/reaches its end

Caroline Devitt

4 +1

" has reached its end "

eski

has ended

Lisa McCarthy

sputters to an end

Kathryn Litherland

extinguishes

Peter van der Hoek

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

is over

Edward Tully
Local time: 06:07
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 300

Grading comment

Thanks!

49 mins confidence:

extinguishes

Explanation:
Given some poetic freedom.

The trip extinguishes,
like the candles

that remember the dead
in the darkness of the tunnels.

That is one poetic company!

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Note added at 52 mins (2009-01-28 13:05:24 GMT)
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I interpret it as something that slowly ends (like a candle), but hasn't ended yet.

Peter van der Hoek
Venezuela
Local time: 23:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Dutch
PRO pts in category: 12

1 hr confidence:

sputters to an end

Explanation:
my little poetic thought: the journey sputters to an end

Kathryn Litherland
United States
Local time: 00:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 287

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

comes to an end/reaches its end

Explanation:
These options seem to fit the style...

Caroline Devitt
Local time: 06:07
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

4 hrs confidence:

has ended

Explanation:
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Note added at 4 horas (2009-01-28 16:31:39 GMT)
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I don´t think it will be easy to come up with a verb that will fit for both 'journey' and 'candles' so you may have to look at an alternative way of putting it across.

Maybe something like:

The journey has ended
and the candles burn no more
in remembrance of the dead
in the tunnels' darkness

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 06:07
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 152

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

" has reached its end "

Explanation:
" The journey has reached its end..."

I think it's important to use a metaphor that works for both the journey and the "candles"...

Saludos :))

eski
Mexico
Local time: 23:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 1112

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Feb 2, 2009 - Changes made by Edward Tully:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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