...tiempo sin verte... - long time no see / it's been a while ( translation glossary) Regular or street language (informal),Linguistics,

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Spanish term or phrase:	...tiempo sin verte...
English translation:	long time no see / it's been a while
Entered by:	Jaime Oriard

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5:14pm Apr 22, 2005

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Linguistics / Regular or street language (informal)

Spanish term or phrase: ...tiempo sin verte...

En muchas regiones utilizamos esta expresión cuando hace tiempo no vemos a alguien... ¡Hola, tiempo sin verte!...

¿Se les ocurre una, corta y buena, para inglés americano o británico, diferente a "Hi, long without seeing you"?

Millón de gracias.

Gabriel Aramburo Siegert

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long time no see

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long time no see

It\'s been a long time since we met, as in Hi Bob! Long time no see. This jocular imitation of broken English originated in the pidgin English used in Chinese and Western exchange. [Late 1800s]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

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Jaime Oriard
Mexico

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long time no see

Jaime Oriard

how long I didn't see you

Federico Esponda

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peer agreement (net): +20

long time no see

Explanation:
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-04-22 17:21:11 GMT)
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long time no see

It\'s been a long time since we met, as in Hi Bob! Long time no see. This jocular imitation of broken English originated in the pidgin English used in Chinese and Western exchange. [Late 1800s]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

Jaime Oriard
Mexico
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Leopoldo Gurman

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William Pairman: spot on

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Denise De Pe�a: Concuerdo con Jaime

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Ruth Henderson

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RebeW

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Marta Bianchi

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Cecilia Della Croce

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George Rabel: thanks for the interesting bit of history. I have wondered about that curious phrase before.

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Quimera: The best expression for the term in Spanish.

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bigedsenior

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Gustavo Caldas

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Cindy Chadd

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Delia Giménez Acuña: Delia M Giménez de Acuña

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Katherine Hodkinson

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Penelope Ausejo: lo he oído muchísimo. Salu2 Jaime :)

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Marcelo González: Exactly!

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María Teresa Taylor Oliver: Esto fue lo primerito que pensé :) Recordé un cartoon de Garfield con el pun "Long time no SEA" y estaba parado en medio del desierto ;) No me sabía el origen de la frase, ¡gracias!

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-> Gracias por hacerme reír recordando al buen Garfield.

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Henry Hinds: This is the one.

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clisaz

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LisaR

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how long I didn't see you

Explanation:
sé que se lo he oido decir a mi profesor a alunos que no pasan mucho por clase. Pero no se si es una frase de su invención o se dice así. Al ver el apoyo que tiene la otra frase me da que puedo estar equivocado, pero me gusta ir en contra de la corriente en estos casos, las lenguas son muy flexibles no son algo rígido, no existe lo correcto y lo incorrecto, si lo normativo o lo coloquial. Mi opción suena menos de la calle, más normativa o formal.

Suerte.

Federico Esponda
Spain
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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Spanish: ...tiempo sin verte...

English translation: long time no see / it's been a while