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English translation: day-to-day dealings with each other/day-to-day life together

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Spanish term or phrase:	convivencia
English translation:	day-to-day dealings with each other/day-to-day life together
Entered by:	Noni Gilbert

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02:20 Nov 15, 2011

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Spanish term or phrase: convivencia

Lo que necesito decir es : "La convivencia era muy difícil porque todos tenían poca tolerancia y flexibilidad."
Me refiero a vida que comparten estas personas todos los dias, pueden ser miembros de una familia o incluso ser parte de un grupo de trabajo.
La convivencia implica estar al mismo tiempo y en el mismo lugar interactuando con otras personas. Esta convivencia a veces es buena, a veces es aceptable y a veces se torna difícil y hasta imposible. Depende de la flexibilidad de las personas que conviven. Busco una palabra informal ya que es para enseñarselas a unos chicos. "coexistence" is too formal. What I need is closely related to getting along ...

patsyarmando KudoZ activity Questions: 144 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 23:23

day-to-day dealings with each other/day-to-day life together

Explanation:
I think this might fit into your sentence.

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Noni Gilbert
Local time: 04:23

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I´ll take this answer. I think it's the most suitable one in my context. Thanks.
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Summary of answers provided

5 +6

to get along

Henry Hinds

4 +3

living together

Damian Hosford

4 +2

coexistence

rich.

day-to-day dealings with each other/day-to-day life together

Noni Gilbert

(There was a lack of) harmony

Jenni Lukac

being together all the time

Daniel Frisano Paulon

being on top of one another / not having their own individual space

Deborah Lockett

Discussion entries: 1

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

living together

Explanation:
You could also say "convivial living", which is a little more formal.

Damian Hosford
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

coexistence

Explanation:
Coexistence is a term that has been used synonymously in several contexts and used as a key phrase in the emergence of a number of great social and political movements. The key characteristic in the definition of the word coexistence is its relation with its ‘others’ and the acknowledgement that an ‘others’ exists

http://www.gppac.net/documents/pbp_f/part1/5_coexis.htm

rich.
Mexico
Local time: 21:23
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

12 mins confidence:

being together all the time

Explanation:
if you need something that a kid would understand, you probably need to expand a bit

Daniel Frisano Paulon
Italy
Local time: 04:23
Native speaker of:

Italian,

Friulian
PRO pts in category: 20

50 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

to get along

Explanation:
La convivencia era muy difícil porque todos tenían poca tolerancia y flexibilidad = It was hard for them to get along because they were all rather intolerant and inflexible

What you really need, then, is to break loose from the original words and go with the idea in a direction like this.

Henry Hinds
Local time: 20:23
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 335

7 hrs confidence:

(There was a lack of) harmony

Explanation:
Another approach. "There was a lack of harmony because no one was very tolerant or flexible." or "The was very little (peace and) harmony because they all were intolerant and inflexible." In the case of 2 people, "both" instead of "all" in the second option.

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 04:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 142

9 hrs confidence:

being on top of one another / not having their own individual space

Explanation:
it means the people could not get away from one another even though they desperately needed their own "space"

Deborah Lockett
Local time: 03:23
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 306

9 hrs confidence:

day-to-day dealings with each other/day-to-day life together

Explanation:
I think this might fit into your sentence.

Noni Gilbert
Local time: 04:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 82

Grading comment

I´ll take this answer. I think it's the most suitable one in my context. Thanks.

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Nov 20, 2011 - Changes made by Noni Gilbert:
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