Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
quiero dejar la cosa clarita (informal)
English translation:
I want to lay it on the line
Spanish term
dejar la cosa clarita con vos
Many thanks in advance.
Aug 30, 2007 02:01: Fabio Descalzi changed "Term asked" from "dejar la cosa clarita con vos (informal expression)" to "dejar la cosa clarita con vos" , "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (write-in)" from "(none)" to "informal expression"
Sep 12, 2007 12:24: Adriana Penco Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
A seasoned translator, writer, editor.
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Rioplatense) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 3 more.
I want to lay it on the line
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lay it on the line: an informal expression meaning to state sth clearly and forcefully, especially sth that other people may be unwilling to listen to or accept [v phrase] "Language Activator " Longman Dictionary.
Spain
Traductor jurado de inglés
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish to Galician, and 4 more.
Let's make things clear
Chemical engineer, MBA and translator
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
to set things clear with you
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Bubo Coroman (X)
1 min
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Thank you Deborah.
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Carol Gullidge
15 hrs
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Thanks, Carol!
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Bolivia
Social Scientist, MBA - Ph.D.(c)
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
I want to make it crystal cl
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crystal clear (sorry)
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Note added at 6 mins (2007-08-29 19:52:09 GMT)
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But I want to make it crystal clear that I'm not biased.
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United States
English wordsmith
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Arabic to English, Hebrew to English, and 1 more.
I want to make it absolutely clear to you...
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
let me explain things clearly to you,
Federally Certified Court Interpreter
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
what I want if for you to understand
"I want you to understand" es mas fuerte y directo que por ejemplo "I want to make clear." Buena suerte!
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Note added at 4 hrs (2007-08-29 23:49:10 GMT)
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It should be "What I want IS for you to understand. Sorry abou the typo
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
I want you to be absolutely clear about this / let there be no misunderstanding about this
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I don't want you to be under any misapprehension
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It needs to be emphatic, but not forceful. Several of the other answers fit this
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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-08-30 11:34:43 GMT)
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I want to put you in the picture
Let's be perfectly clear about this
Please don't think for one moment that....
set the record straight
('with you' sale sobrando).
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