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Spanish term or phrase:	tocar (a la puerta)
English translation:	come calling (at your door)
Entered by:	Ana-Maria Hulse

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5:39pm May 25, 2005

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Spanish term or phrase: tocar

necesito armar un juego de palabras para el siguiente diálogo:

LAURA: (OFF) ¡Albertina! ¡Te está invitando a París a un hotel cinco estrellas sin su mujer! ¿Para que querés que te invita? Además, si te toca la puerta y vos le abrís con ese camisón de monja que tenés, ¿vos te creés que va a pasar algo?

ALBERTINA: ¡Sí!

LAURA: (OFF) ¡Dale! ¡Si hace treinta años que estás esperando que te toque! ¡Y no precisamente a la puerta!

Help!

Alejandra Tolj

KudoZ activity
Questions: 286 (10 open)
Answers: 194

Argentina

calling

Explanation:
Heavens!...you've been waiting for 30 years for him to come around and knock, and not precisely at your door...
Tenemos que asumir que Albertina y Laura son muy amigas. "knock up" "knock" solito, es mucho más fuerte que "que te toque". El inglés es demasiado explícito y rudo en estos casos y cuesta mucho hacer el juego de palabras necesario.
Podría hacerse algo quizá con “llamar”
Alas….You’ve been waiting for 30 years so that he comes calling at your door, and not precisely to sell you brushes !
Suerte.

Selected response from:

Ana-Maria Hulse
United States

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +6

doorbell rings..waiting for your bell to be rung..and I don't mean the door..

Jane Lamb-Ruiz

You've been waiting for him to call for 30 years, and not precisely at your door!

Sheilann

3 +1

Knock

Juan Jacob

to 'ring your bell'..., and not necessarily the one on the door

Marcelo González

calling

Ana-Maria Hulse

Answers

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

doorbell rings..waiting for your bell to be rung..and I don't mean the door..

Explanation:
for example..has to be worked in

Jane Lamb-Ruiz
United States
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 54

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Knock

Explanation:
You've been waiting him 30 years to knock... you down in bed!
Otra posibilidad, aunque las campanitas de Jane me gustan.
Suerte.

Juan Jacob
Mexico
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

French
PRO pts in category: 12

24 mins confidence:

to 'ring your bell'..., and not necessarily the one on the door

Explanation:
Ya que es dificil que se use "knock" en un juego de palabras con "door," una opcion en este contexto puede ser "ring your bell," lo que puede traer a la mente de algunos la canción de Anita Ward (1979) que reza:

You can ring my bell, ring my bell
You can ring my bell, ring my bell
You can ring my bell, ring my bell
You can ring my bell, ring my bell

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Note added at 1 hr 55 mins (2005-05-25 19:34:32 GMT)
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En estos versos se aprecia la metáfora en las palabras comunes referentes a lo que uno hace al llegar a una casa...

(You can ring my bell, you can ring my bell)
(Ding, dong, ding, ah-ah, ring it)
(You can ring my bell, anytime, anywhere)
(Ring it, ring it, ring it, ring it, oww)
(You can ring my bell, you can ring my bell)
(Ding, dong, ding, ah-ah, ring it)
(You can ring my bell, anytime, anywhere)
(Ring it, ring it, ring it, ring it, oww)

Reference: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsw/ward.html

Marcelo González
Mexico
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 56

4 hrs confidence:

You've been waiting for him to call for 30 years, and not precisely at your door!

Explanation:
Suggestion.

Sheilann
Spain
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 39

7 hrs confidence:

calling

Explanation:
Heavens!...you've been waiting for 30 years for him to come around and knock, and not precisely at your door...
Tenemos que asumir que Albertina y Laura son muy amigas. "knock up" "knock" solito, es mucho más fuerte que "que te toque". El inglés es demasiado explícito y rudo en estos casos y cuesta mucho hacer el juego de palabras necesario.
Podría hacerse algo quizá con “llamar”
Alas….You’ve been waiting for 30 years so that he comes calling at your door, and not precisely to sell you brushes !
Suerte.

Ana-Maria Hulse
United States
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks!

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Spanish: tocar

English translation: come calling (at your door)