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por todo lo alto

English translation: a truly magnificent (according to context)


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Spanish term or phrase:por todo lo alto
English translation:a truly magnificent (according to context)
Entered by: SIMON DAVIS
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23:05 Jan 5, 2006
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Spanish term or phrase: por todo lo alto
Speaking of a bar in Seville that has a museum about famous bulls:

"Este local ha montado POR TODO LO ALTO un Museo Taurino y ofrece una sabrosa gastronomía...."

My impression is it means something like "to go all-out".
Daniel Burns
Local time: 14:06
a truly magnificent
Explanation:
"por todo lo alto" = "a lo grande" / "con mucho lujo o rumbo" (Mariá Moliner)

Possibilities that might fit in with the structure of this sentence: "...has spared no expense in..." or "...has gone to great lengths to..." or simply "has set up/established a truly magnificent..."
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SIMON DAVIS
Spain
Local time: 21:06
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3a truly magnificent
SIMON DAVIS
5You are right!
María Eugenia Wachtendorff
4in style
Idoia Echenique
4high on the walls
Denise De Pe�a
3por todo lo altoEnrique Espinosa


Discussion entries: 5





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
in style


Explanation:
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Note added at 15 mins (2006-01-05 23:20:41 GMT)
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Also your option: to go all-out :)

Idoia Echenique
Spain
Local time: 21:06
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a truly magnificent


Explanation:
"por todo lo alto" = "a lo grande" / "con mucho lujo o rumbo" (Mariá Moliner)

Possibilities that might fit in with the structure of this sentence: "...has spared no expense in..." or "...has gone to great lengths to..." or simply "has set up/established a truly magnificent..."

SIMON DAVIS
Spain
Local time: 21:06
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxtazdog
6 hrs
agree  Rene Ron
10 hrs
agree  Marcelo González: I hear they're on their way. Here in New Mexico, they get around quite a bit. :-))) >good options (all the way around) :-)
20 hrs
  -> Cheers Marcelo - hope the Kings paid you a visit!
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
por todo lo alto


Explanation:
Mi impresión es que no hay manera de traducir la frase al Inglés. En términos taurinos, significa que un torero se va tras la espada y la clava en la parte más alta del morrilo del toro (es cruel, ya lo sé, pero así es...), entonces se dice que el matador se fue "por todo lo alto". Por extensión se usa para designar algo muy bien hecho, algo superlativo, que se logra con éxito y exactitud.

En el caso del bar, seguramente quieren indicar (mediante este juego de palabras) que el local ha montado un excelente museo taurino, y que además se come sabroso ahí...

Enrique Espinosa
Local time: 14:06
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Denise De Pe�a: Of course there is...they went all out!
4 mins
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agree  Gabriela Mejías
5 mins
  -> Gracias, Gabriela!!
neutral  María Eugenia Wachtendorff: A comma after "Por todo..." would make the difference, but it is not actually a museum, is it?
27 mins
  -> I think it is both a bar and a museum. It is common (in Mexico and Spain) this kind of combined Restaurant-Bar-Museum (taurino)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
You are right!


Explanation:
I would only take the liberty to specify "The owners of this bar have gone all out in mounting..."

María Eugenia Wachtendorff
Chile
Local time: 15:06
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
high on the walls


Explanation:
It has hung bull-fighting trophies [high] on the walls (I would hardly call it a museum if all it has are the stuffed heads of bulls...) I think you could offer a creative description rather than a strict translation

Denise De Pe�a
Local time: 13:06
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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