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Spanish term or phrase:	"tapados o, mejor dicho atrapados"
English translation:	covered, or shall we say smothered...
Entered by:	Lisa Dahlander

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Spanish term or phrase: "tapados o, mejor dicho atrapados"

"Habrá un límite? Quedaremos nosotros también tapados o, mejor dicho, atrapados entre tanto asfalto y construcción?"

(texto sobre una ciudad en crecimiento)

I am looking for something "catchy" here to follow the pun in Spanish.

Lisa Dahlander

KudoZ activity
Questions: 388 (7 open)
Answers: 62

Sweden

covered, or shall we say smothered...

Explanation:
I think that conveys the idea...

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Note added at 52 mins (2004-11-23 19:53:15 GMT)
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mew\'s buried is rather nice also...

Selected response from:

Marian Greenfield
United States

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks, Marian!
I really like your idea!
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

covered, or shall we say smothered...

Marian Greenfield

5 +1

blocked, or rather, locked

Michele Fauble

4 +1

"wrapped, or rather, trapped"

BAmary

under, or rather, six feet under...

Natalia Zudaire

enclosed, or rather, engulfed

MercedesP

covered , or to be more precise, trapped

Smartranslators

4 -1

covered, or better, discovered

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concealed, or rather, buried

María Eugenia Wachtendorff

Answers

13 mins confidence:

tapados o, mejor dicho atrapados under, or rather, six feet under...

Explanation:
just an idea....

its like a game, you can play around with words, and come with a similar idea, it doesnt really have to be too literal to convey the same message

natalia

Natalia Zudaire
Argentina
Native speaker of:

Spanish

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

blocked, or rather, locked

Explanation:
an option

Michele Fauble
United States
Native speaker of:

English

20 mins confidence:

covered , or to be more precise, trapped

Explanation:
suerte

Smartranslators
Spain
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 17

23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

"wrapped, or rather, trapped"

Explanation:
An idea.

BAmary
Canada
Native speaker of:

Spanish

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

covered, or shall we say smothered...

Explanation:
I think that conveys the idea...

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Note added at 52 mins (2004-11-23 19:53:15 GMT)
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mew\'s buried is rather nice also...

Marian Greenfield
United States
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 15

Note from asker to answerer

Thanks, Marian!
I really like your idea!

54 mins confidence:

tapados o, mejor dicho, atrapados enclosed, or rather, engulfed

Explanation:
Not the catchiest suggestion I'm sure, but I believe it fits the context pretty well.

MercedesP
Spain
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

15 mins confidence:

tapados o, mejor dicho atrapados concealed, or rather, buried

Explanation:
My suggestion, Lisa.
Good luck!

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Note added at 1 hr 1 min (2004-11-23 20:02:48 GMT)
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Lisa: Te sugiero \"contained\" o algo parecido. \"Encerrado\" tiene el sentido de escondido, literalmente, \"tapado\", sin vista a ninguna parte. Creo que ésta es la idea, por si te gusta.

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Note added at 1 hr 3 mins (2004-11-23 20:03:51 GMT)
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También podrías decir algo así como \"like the ham in a sandwich\"

María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

tapados o, mejor dicho atrapados covered, or better, discovered

Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 2 hrs 21 mins (2004-11-23 21:22:23 GMT)
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dis- [The New Oxford Dictionary]
dis- prefix 1 expressing negation: disadvantage.
2 denoting reversal or absence of an action or state: diseconomy | disaffirm.
3 denoting removal of something: disbud | disafforest.
denoting separation: discarnate. denoting expulsion: disbar.
4 expressing completeness or intensification of an unpleasant or unattractive action: disgruntled.
-ORIGIN from Latin, sometimes via Old French des-.
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DRAE: atrapar
1. tr. coloq. Coger a quien huye o va de prisa.2. tr. coloq. Coger algo.3. tr. coloq. Conseguir algo de provecho. Atrapar un empleo.4. tr. coloq. Engañar, atraer con maña a alguien.

Tapados o atrapados es un juego tan frívolo y gratuito como cover-discover.

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Spain
Native speaker of:

German,

Spanish

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Spanish: "tapados o, mejor dicho atrapados"

English translation: covered, or shall we say smothered...