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se golpean, se golpean contra los muros

English translation: banging into the walls


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Spanish term or phrase:se golpean contra los muros
English translation:banging into the walls
Entered by: chica nueva
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02:21 Jun 4, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism / género: ensayo
Spanish term or phrase: se golpean, se golpean contra los muros
Demasiado viejos para ser de ninguna utilidad, languidecen en jaulas alineadas en galpones inmundos, enloqueciendo poco a poco de soledad y de aburrimiento, apriétan con desesperación inmóvil los barrotes con sus dedos extrañamente expresivos o se golpean contra los muros y chillan dando vueltas en el espacio sofocante de unas celdas que ni en el más punitivo de los sistemas penitenciarios se considerarían adecuadas para albergar a un hombre. (Antonio Muñez Molina, "Nuestros semejantes")

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chica nueva
Local time: 19:03
bang themselves against the walls
Explanation:
One option:
http://www.hrw.org/en/node/12252/section/8
"Thus when, for example, [the officer] disciplines Inmate 103 for banging his head against his cell wall to keep his dead father from entering his cell, [the officer] has no idea of the type or magnitude of mental afflictions that inmate suffers."
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Remy Arce
Local time: 03:03
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4 +1bang themselves against the walls
Remy Arce
4"they beat/ hit themselves against the wall"Rosmu


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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bang themselves against the walls


Explanation:
One option:
http://www.hrw.org/en/node/12252/section/8
"Thus when, for example, [the officer] disciplines Inmate 103 for banging his head against his cell wall to keep his dead father from entering his cell, [the officer] has no idea of the type or magnitude of mental afflictions that inmate suffers."

Remy Arce
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you!

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agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Bang their head against the walls. I dont' think 'bang' is used with the whole body.
7 hrs
  -> thanks Muriel!, your clarification is right.
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"they beat/ hit themselves against the wall"


Explanation:
[…] or they beat/ hit themselves against the wall or scream while turning around the cells oppressive space, which even in the most punitive of the penitentiary systems would be consider as inappropriate for a human being.

Rosmu
Local time: 09:03
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28
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