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12:28 Oct 24, 2007 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Tourism & Travel | |||||||
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3 +1 | late night snack |
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4 | hors d’ oeuvres / hor's dourves or appetizers |
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4 | late supper |
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3 | after-midnight snack |
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after-midnight snack Explanation: Una sugerencia. Reference: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=101120 |
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late night snack Explanation: Not so specific, a commonly used phrase. |
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hors d’ oeuvres / hor's dourves or appetizers Explanation: If you knew only a little French, you might interpret this phrase as meaning “out of work,” but in fact it means little snack foods served before or outside of (“hors” ) the main dishes of a meal (the “oeuvres” ). English speakers have trouble mastering the sounds in this phrase, but it is normally rendered “or-DERVES,” in a rough approximation of the original. Mangled spellings like “hors’dourves” are not uncommon. Actually, many modern food writers have decided we needn’t try to wrap our tongues around this peculiar foreign phrase and now prefer “starters.” They are also commonly called “appetizers.” http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/hors.html |
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late supper Explanation: Definition of resopón according to the Aguilar dictionary: segunda cena. Since word meanings change a lot, I would go by whatever is the usual meaning in that country. |
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