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pasar un buen rollito

English translation: Have a good / great/ wonderful time (Spain)


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Spanish term or phrase:pasar un buen rollito
English translation:Have a good / great/ wonderful time (Spain)
Entered by: Jenni Lukac
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20:11 Oct 23, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tourism & Travel
Spanish term or phrase: pasar un buen rollito
I come across this phrase in tourism descriptions of the Canary Islands where the speaker talks about the wonders and excellent places on the beaches. Having a good time is what I understand it to be...
Clifford Schisler
Local time: 15:14
Having a good / great/ wonderful time
Explanation:
great or wonderful might be better than just "good".
Selected response from:

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 21:14
Grading comment
Thanks, it was as I expected and your comments were helpful as well as those of others.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7Having a good / great/ wonderful time
Jenni Lukac
5to have a swimmingly great time
Carmen Schultz
4make the most out of your stayBarbara Cochran
Summary of reference entries provided
Creo tienes razón
jairo payan

Discussion entries: 3





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Having a good / great/ wonderful time


Explanation:
great or wonderful might be better than just "good".

Jenni Lukac
Local time: 21:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 107
Grading comment
Thanks, it was as I expected and your comments were helpful as well as those of others.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rick Larg
1 hr
  -> Good morning and thanks, Rick.
agree  Emma Ratcliffe
1 hr
  -> Good morning and thanks, Emma.
agree  LadyofArcadia
5 hrs
  -> Good morning and thanks, Lady.
agree  Deborah Lockett: I live in Tenerife and I've read that the Canarians like to use the diminitive a lot (everything here is chiquitito), which would explain "rollito", although I have no means of comparing with other hispanic places as this is the only one where I've lived.
6 hrs
  -> Hi and Thanks, Deborah. Here in Aragon, as in Costa Rica, diminutive is "ico".
agree  Wendy Petzall
8 hrs
  -> Good morning and thanks, Wendy.
agree  Gilla Evans
1 day16 hrs
  -> Good evening and thanks, Gilla.
agree  GMac
1 day18 hrs
  -> Good evening and thanks, GMac.
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
make the most out of your stay


Explanation:
If you want to be less literal still.

Barbara Cochran
Local time: 15:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to have a swimmingly great time


Explanation:
In this context (beaches, etc) I would use the adverb swimmingly to add to the idea--swimmingly is slang and rollito is slang so some slang needs to be used to keep the register

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-10-23 22:18:12 GMT)
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swimmingly
adverb successfully, very well, smoothly, effortlessly, as planned, like a dream, without a hitch, cosily, like clockwork, with no trouble The work has been going swimmingly.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002


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Note added at 2 days19 hrs (2009-10-26 15:38:58 GMT)
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We had a swimmingly good time. - Review of Sea Life Park Hawaii ...Sea Life Park Hawaii: We had a swimmingly good time. - See traveler reviews, 74 candid photos, and great deals for Waimanalo, HI, at TripAdvisor.
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Carmen Schultz
Local time: 14:14
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Gilla Evans: I think you can say that things "go swimmingly" but "swimmingly great" doesn't sound right to me in English.
1 day14 hrs
  ->  'Great'/or 'Good' + 'swimmingly' is often used in casual talk in US English when you want to describe a good time but if you want to say how things went then just 'swimmingly' alone suffices
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Reference comments


2 mins
Reference: Creo tienes razón

Reference information:
Pasar un buen rato

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-10-23 20:32:08 GMT)
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Qué pena con el ejemplo de "pasar un buen rollo"
SOY ACTIVO Y PASIVO. ME GUSTA HACER TODO EN LA CAMA CON LOS TIOS. SOLO DESPLAZAMIENTOS. LISTO 24 HORAS PARA PASAR UN BUEN ROLLO LLAMAME
espana.cittys.com/anuncios_madrid-contactos-Z-chico-busca-chico.html

jairo payan
Colombia
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Oct 28, 2009 - Changes made by Jenni Lukac:
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