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primera vez

English translation: but we had lived here before

23:13 Mar 29, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Spanish term or phrase: primera vez
I don't understand the meaning of this phrase in its context:

Q: Cuánto tiempo tiene de vivir en la colonia XY?
A: Tenemos seis años, pero ya habíamos vivido la primera vez.

This is taken from a police interview transcript.

Thanks for any help!
Stacey Booth (X)
Local time: 23:00
English translation:but we had lived here before
Explanation:
Creo que eso es lo que quieren significar
Selected response from:

Luis Javier Otoya
Local time: 23:00
Grading comment
Wow! Es unanime! Muchas gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +21but we had lived here before
Luis Javier Otoya


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +21
but we had lived here before


Explanation:
Creo que eso es lo que quieren significar


Luis Javier Otoya
Local time: 23:00
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Wow! Es unanime! Muchas gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lydia De Jorge
3 mins
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agree  Juan Jacob: No le veo otra posibilidad, ante la extraña redacción.
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agree  ElChe (X): es lo que entiendo tambien :-)
6 mins
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agree  Ana Maria Bustos K.
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agree  Margarita M. Martínez: Pienso que es eso, algo enredado quizás por los nervios ante el interrogatorio policial... Es "hablado" y uno a veces se "come" las palabras...
10 mins
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agree  Lorenia Rincon
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agree  patricia scott
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agree  Simon Charass
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agree  Maria Herrera
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agree  Maria Agustini
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agree  Katarina Peters
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agree  Heidi C
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agree  Joost Elshoff (X)
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agree  Tim Jenkins
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agree  Carol Gullidge
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agree  Roxanna Delgado
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agree  Nivia Martínez
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agree  Ginnett Zabala
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agree  Noni Gilbert Riley
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agree  Swatchka
18 hrs
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agree  Mayra Franke: creo que sí se refiere a eso
1 day 8 mins
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