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| Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO] | | Spanish term or phrase: tiene garra | En un grupo de discusión sobre bebidas energéticas están haciendo una analogía entre una bebida de este tipo y un animal y esto es lo que dicen:
Leopardo / león
Cheetah / puma
Misterioso / valiente / atrevido / independiente
Perro Rottweiller
Bravo / feroz
**“Tiene garra"** |
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12 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 it's fierce / it has a fighting spirit
Explanation:
hola vanina
no se me ocurre otra manera de decirlo para que no pierda el simil de la fiereza
suerte y sonrisas,
álvaro :O)
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Note added at 2003-11-04 05:08:45 (GMT)
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tal vez puedas alternar fierce y ferocious, según te parezca mejor (tienes otro feroz justo delante)
| moken
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 1925
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12 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 it's got bite (to it)
Explanation:
Considerando lo que llegan a morder los angelitos...
Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 2002 HarperCollins Publishers:
garra sustantivo femenino1 (= pata)
[de animal] claw
[de águila] talon (informal) [de persona] hand; paw (informal)
◆MODISMO:caer en las garras de alguien to fall into somebody's clutches
◆MODISMO:echar la garra a alguien (informal) to nab somebody (informal); seize somebody
2 ***(= fuerza) bite***
(deportes) sharpness; edge
esa canción no tiene garra that song has no edge to it
3 (México) (= ropa vieja) rags plural
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Note added at 14 mins (2003-11-04 05:09:31 GMT)
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... minefield. as soon as i read each single word it explodes emotion. i mean
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Note added at 16 mins (2003-11-04 05:10:52 GMT)
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Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 2002 HarperCollins Publishers:
bite [baýt] (vb: pt bit; pp bitten)
4 (figurative) (= punch) mordacidad f
***(culinary, cooking) fuerza f***
a novel with bite una novela mordaz
| Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 00:15
Native speaker of:  Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 1475
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