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no hay p'a pola pa' proveedores

English translation: the company doesn't have a cent to pay (off) its suppliers

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Spanish term or phrase:	no hay p'a pola pa' proveedores
English translation:	the company doesn't have a cent to pay (off) its suppliers
Entered by:	Jenni Lukac

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11:46 Dec 15, 2011

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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / radio transcript from Puerto Rico

Spanish term or phrase: no hay p'a pola pa' proveedores

This phrase comes up in the headline of a radio news item from Puerto Rico:

Headline: [name of a company] repartío dividendos por más de $XXX milliones a sus accionistas...***no hay p'a pola
pa' proveedores, amenazan con irse a la quiebra y le repartieron a t'o los accionistas $XXX milliones a costa del pueblo...

steven fung KudoZ activity Questions: 33 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 03:24

the company doesn't have a cent to pay (off) its suppliers

Explanation:
An option. The company (says it) doesn't have a cent to pay (off) its suppliers, and/but is threatening to declare bankruptcy and . . .

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Note added at 8 days (2011-12-23 16:50:19 GMT) Post-grading
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¡Muy buenas fiestas a todos!

Selected response from:

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 04:24

Grading comment

thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +8

the company doesn't have a cent to pay (off) its suppliers

Jenni Lukac

they ain't got no bread to pay providers

Benjamin A Flores

to pay

Andrés Martínez

Answers

11 mins confidence:

to pay

Explanation:
...no hay (dinero) para pagar a los proveedores, amenazan con irse a la quiebra y repartieron a todos los accionistas XXX millones...

Andrés Martínez
Spain
Local time: 04:24
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

3 hrs confidence:

they ain't got no bread to pay providers

Explanation:
basicamente lo que Jenni te sugiere, solo que rebajado al nivel del "castellano" original.

Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bread

Benjamin A Flores
Local time: 20:24
Native speaker of:

Spanish

27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

the company doesn't have a cent to pay (off) its suppliers

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 04:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 142

Grading comment

thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Christine Walsh: Just the right tone. Cheers

1 hr

-> Thanks, Christine. An all-too-familiar story these days!

agree

Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz

1 hr

-> Thanks very much, Alistair.

agree

Deborah Lockett

1 hr

-> Cheers and thanks, Deborah.

agree

Mercedes Marta Moreno

2 hrs

-> Cheers and thanks, Mercedes.

agree

rich.

3 hrs

-> Cheers and thanks, rich.

agree

AllegroTrans

4 hrs

-> Cheers and thanks, AllegroTrans.

agree

kleiva: "Pa po la" is slang used in Puerto Rico and Venezuela for leftovers that you may take home from a meal at a restaurant. The full phrase is "para por la mañana".

12 hrs

-> Thanks so much, Kathy! I learned the meaning of this intuitively in the States, but I never heard a word-by-word explanation.

agree

Gilla Evans: I might say 'hasn't a cent' just to make it a bit shorter.

23 hrs

-> Thanks, Gilla. Good suggestion.

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Dec 23, 2011 - Changes made by Jenni Lukac:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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