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vieja dama de negro

English translation: spectre

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Spanish term or phrase:vieja dama de negro
English translation:spectre
Entered by: anna purna

07:16 Jul 21, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Economics
Spanish term or phrase: vieja dama de negro
Por primera vez el precio de la gasolina sin plomo de 98 octanos superó en España el euro por litro, a cuenta de un crudo que ronda los 40 dólares barril, lo que, a pesar de la favorable relación de cambio euro/dólar, va a tener un efecto muy nocivo sobre la inflación, dato que este jueves daba un susto morrocotudo a Pedro Solbes, al contabilizar una subida en abril de 1,4%, lo que elevó de golpe la tasa interanual al 2,7%. Y vuelta a empezar con la inflación, la **vieja dama de negro** de nuestra economía.

Is this a reference to death? Any ideas for a similar expression in English? Thanks.
anna purna
France
Local time: 12:12
spectre
Explanation:
or possibly: the grey eminence - but I personally prefer specter
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kostan
Austria
Local time: 12:12
Grading comment
Thanks - I like Muriel's 'spectre that haunts' too!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5spectre
kostan
4The old lady in black
Anne Grimes
4bogeyman??
Anne Grimes
4the old scary ghost
Cecilia Della Croce
3the old black shadow
Gabo Pena


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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
The old lady in black


Explanation:
It seems to be an old horror story that people would tell their kids to make them behave--the old lady in black would come to get them..sort of like the bogeyman, I guess , but worse.


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Anne Grimes
Canada
Local time: 06:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  jrb: (responding to asker, above) sure this would be the literal translation, but you couldn't meaningfully use it in an economics text
6 hrs
  -> Well, if they used it in the original, then someithing similar in the translation is OK, isn't it?
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
spectre


Explanation:
or possibly: the grey eminence - but I personally prefer specter

kostan
Austria
Local time: 12:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thanks - I like Muriel's 'spectre that haunts' too!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: How about "the spectre that haunts our economy"?
49 mins
agree  Michele Fauble
2 hrs
agree  Marina Soldati
5 hrs
agree  Maria_Elena Garcia Guevara
6 hrs
agree  Gabriela Rodriguez
7 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the old black shadow


Explanation:
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Note added at 2005-07-21 17:58:12 (GMT)
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THAT old black shadow

Gabo Pena
Local time: 03:12
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bogeyman??


Explanation:
No, but that is why I said something like the bogeyman or something similar that British/American readers could relate to .

Anne Grimes
Canada
Local time: 06:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the old scary ghost


Explanation:
otra opción

Cecilia Della Croce
Argentina
Local time: 07:12
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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