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English translation: in this particular context: get away with it

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18:32 Jul 14, 2011

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Spanish term or phrase: acaban antes

Hello,
Could anybody shed some light as to the meaning of acaban antes in the following sentence.

Además que los gamberros de otros barrios lo que pasa es que tienen sus padres que les pagan los escaparates que rompen los niñatos pijos y acaban antes.

Context: The speaker is defending the petty thieves and vandals that live in her "barrio". She's basically saying that they are not the only ones responsible for the vandalism, that the hooligans from the other "barrios" also have a part to play.

Thanks

translation1201

English translation:in this particular context: get away with it

Explanation:
Well, I may be climbing out on a limb here, but given the context we have, to me it feels like it means this --
I realize this gets away from its literalness (no pun intended), but I don't think it's said that way and the other options feel too literal for the context (imho).

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Laurie Price
Spain

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

and that's that!

matt robinson

which is the end of the matter

Andrew Langdon-Davies

3 +1

in this particular context: get away with it

Laurie Price

get it over and done with / get it out of the way

moken

finish (the tasks) before

Carlota Gurt Daví

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

38 mins confidence:

finish (the tasks) before

Explanation:
It means that the rich boys don't have to do anything to mend or repair what they have broken or damaged because their parent pay for it and this way they "acaban antes", that is they finish before with the repairing or mending tasks. Anyway, it would be helpful to see the sentence before that one as "antes" is here refered to the other boys (they finish before than the other boys whose parents don't pay for the broken shop windows).
I hope this helps!

Carlota Gurt Daví
Spain
Local time: 07:30
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

Spanish

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

in this particular context: get away with it

Laurie Price
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Notes to answerer

Asker: That was my initial gut feeling, I just needed someone to agree. Cheers

10 hrs confidence:

which is the end of the matter

Explanation:
...

Andrew Langdon-Davies
Local time: 07:30
Native speaker of:

Catalan,

English

11 hrs confidence:

and that's that!

Explanation:
...but only another of many possible answers.

matt robinson
Spain
Local time: 07:30
Native speaker of:

English

2 hrs confidence:

get it over and done with / get it out of the way

Explanation:
Not 100% sure, but I think that what she means is that the rich kids parents' simply pay for the damage and to the affair over and done with.

Good luck,

Álvaro :O)

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Note added at 12 hrs (2011-07-15 07:00:48 GMT)
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I reckon Andrew & Matt are closest to the mark.

Laurie's right in that the above sugg. is too close to literal, but having seen the extended context, "acaban antes" seems related to the woman sitcking up for her own neighbourhood.

She says it's no worse than any others, just that in other places the trouble is hushed up.
"And that's the end of it."
"And that's the last you hear."

moken
Local time: 06:30
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

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Jul 14, 2011 - Changes made by Beatriz Ramírez de Haro:
Language pair	English to Spanish => Spanish to English

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