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dime de que presumes y te dire de que careces

English translation: Tell me what you boast about and I'll tell you what you lack

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Spanish term or phrase:	dime de que presumes y te dire de que careces
English translation:	Tell me what you boast about and I'll tell you what you lack
Entered by:	NortizPR

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20:52 Feb 9, 2009

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Social Sciences - Psychology

Spanish term or phrase: dime de que presumes y te dire de que careces

Este termino lo encontre en un libro de texto de pscicologia. Explicaba una enfoque terapeutico existencialista.

NortizPR

Tell me what you boast about and I'll tell you what you lack

Explanation:
Amateur Illustrator - Forums / A little of everything - [ Traducir esta página ]Tell me what you boast about, I will tell you what you lack. Offline ... Tell me what you boast about, I will tell you what you lack. Offline. Pages: 1 ...
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VQR » The Hemingways: An American Tragedy - [ Traducir esta página ]Repelled by this remark, he thought: "Tell me what you boast about and I'll tell you what you lack." Robert Joyce, an American diplomat stationed in Cuba, ...
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trixiemck
Argentina
Local time: 13:13

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Summary of answers provided

5 +4

Tell me what you boast about and I'll tell you what you lack

trixiemck

4 +4

tell me what you've got and I'll tell you what you need

Edward Tully

[His] bark is worse than his bite

Smartranslators

Show me a man who thinks he knows everything, and I'll show you a man who knows nothing.

Alex Lago

3 +1

tell me what you have and I'll tell you what you lack

Lisa McCarthy

if God had but the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us...

margaret caulfield

tell me what you presume and I will tell you what you lack / what you're missing

Cristina intern

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

tell me what you have and I'll tell you what you lack

Explanation:
Just a guess - think this is basically what it means. Sure there's a better way of phrasing it.

or maybe something like:

"boast/brag about what you have and I'll tell you what you lack"

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 20

32 mins confidence:

tell me what you presume and I will tell you what you lack / what you're missing

Explanation:
Dime de qué alardeas y te diré de qué careces - WordReference Forums
It means "tell me what you presume, and I will tell you what you're missing." Source: http://www.geocities.com/stevenedw/d...epresumes.html ...
forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=18982

Cristina intern
Germany
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of:

Italian

39 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

tell me what you've got and I'll tell you what you need

Explanation:
another option!

Edward Tully
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 50

57 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

dime de que presumes y te diré de que careces

Tell me what you boast about and I'll tell you what you lack

trixiemck
Argentina
Local time: 13:13
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

if God had but the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us...

Explanation:
A very old saying! (And very true)

margaret caulfield
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

2 hrs confidence:

Show me a man who thinks he knows everything, and I'll show you a man who knows nothing.

Explanation:
Creo que en inglés no hay un refrán que sea una traducción exacta, pero este se parece bastante.

Alex Lago
Spain
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

12 hrs confidence:

[His] bark is worse than his bite

Explanation:
Esto es un dicho o proverbio español. Creo que no debería traducirse literalmente ya que tiene su propio refrán en inglés:

Spanish proverbs - Wikiquote - [ Traducir esta página ]Alt: Dime de qué presumes y te diré de qué careces. Translations: ..... A barking dog doesn't bite. His bark is worse than his bite. Interpretation: ...
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Spanish_proverbs - 77k - En caché - Páginas similares

Spanish proverbs and sayings - [ Traducir esta página ]Dime de qué te alabas, y te diré de qué padeces. o Alt: Dime de qué ..... His bark is worse than his bite. o Interpretation: If someone says to be very ...
www.scribd.com/doc/3177076/Spanish-proverbs-and-sayings - 119k - En caché - Páginas similares

[His] bark is worse than his bite. The New Dictionary of Cultural ... - [ Traducir esta página ][His] bark is worse than his bite. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.
www.bartleby.com/59/3/hisbarkiswor.html - 18k - En caché - Páginas similares
Spanish proverbs - Wikiquote - [ Traducir esta página ]

[His] bark is worse than his bite

This person makes a great many threats but doesn’t follow through on them.

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[edit] English
[edit] Phrasehis bark is worse than his bite

(idiomatic) That the given person's words are worse than his actions (comparing such person to a dog).
He says he'll hit you, but his bark is worse than his bite.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bark_is_worse_than_his_bite

Smartranslators
Local time: 18:13
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 28

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Feb 9, 2009 - Changes made by Cristina Santos:
Language pair	English => Spanish to English

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