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muy suyos

English translation: particular

09:24 May 17, 2003
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Spanish term or phrase: muy suyos
Todos sabemos que los americanos son muy suyos y un tanto suficientes, pero EE.UU. también es un país sensato y pragmático.

Thanks!
violeta_6
Local time: 22:24
English translation:particular
Explanation:
También podrías decir: Americans are very... well, you know... American. Por lo menos en Inglaterra esto se entendería perfectamente.

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Hazel Whiteley
Local time: 03:24
Grading comment
Thanks again!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3keep very much to themselves
Michael Powers (PhD)
4 +2particular
Hazel Whiteley
5very fussy
Сергей Лузан
5very much on their own
Henry Hinds
4 +1march to their own drummer
Susana Galilea
4pernickety
Valentín Hernández Lima
2peculiar
Isabel Peralta


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
particular


Explanation:
También podrías decir: Americans are very... well, you know... American. Por lo menos en Inglaterra esto se entendería perfectamente.

Suerte.

Hazel Whiteley
Local time: 03:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 548
Grading comment
Thanks again!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jlm
1 hr
agree  Isabel Peralta
1 day 3 hrs
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pernickety


Explanation:
That is, having extremely exacting standards, as well as being finical, fussy, excessively meticulous.

Just a colourful word, in case you want to stray out of the usual word garden.

V

Valentín Hernández Lima
Spain
Local time: 03:24
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 1336

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): persnickety
10 hrs
  -> Thank you. I hope you know the spelling I use is correct as well.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
keep very much to themselves


Explanation:
This makes sense in the context and is the translation in the Oxford dictionary

"es muy suy" - "he keeps himself very much to himself"



Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 22:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 12685

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sol
1 hr
agree  Henry Hinds: I think this captures it well.
3 hrs
agree  Lesley Clarke
3 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
very fussy


Explanation:
or keep very much to themselves. It depends, but both is in Collins Spanish Dictionary, ISBN 0-00-470-295-6
Good luck, violeta_6!

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:24
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in pair: 450
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
very much on their own


Explanation:
Americans are very much on their own...

I like Mike's definition also; this one is a bit more informal.


    Exp. as an American (in the narrow sense).
Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 20:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 26512
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
march to their own drummer


Explanation:
Everybody knows Americans march to their own drummer and...

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Note added at 2003-05-18 04:34:06 (GMT)
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Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 21:24
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 1475

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rocío Silveira de Andrade
3 hrs
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
peculiar


Explanation:
an alternative, just in case

Isabel Peralta
Spain
Local time: 04:24
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 25
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