mujeres de armas tomar
Spanish translation: women quick to react
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|  Selected response from: Marco Ramón Mexico Local time: 23:08 | |||
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11 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1very very determined women Explanation: It's an idiom |
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arcaismo/expresión literaria para designar mujeres fuertes y con capacidad de enfrentamiento Explanation: Se usa más en un registro escrito (no es muy coloquial) y literario Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.nodo50.org/tortuga/article.php3?id_article=1272 |
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1 hr confidence:
women who fight back Explanation: One version, anyway. They are not to be trifled with. It is still a very popular expression in Mexico today. |
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7 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1women (who are a force) to be reckoned with / women you don't/wouldn't want to mess with Explanation: A couple more options - the latter I notice has already been mentioned by Jacana above.... |
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1 hr confidence:
women quick to react Explanation: is a common expression, well in use in Mexico, women of courage -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 horas (2007-10-10 10:16:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Estoy de acuerdo con Álvaro Blanch. Otra peculiaridad del dicho es que solamente se aplica a mujeres; nunca se utiliza para decir "hombres de armas tomar" ni "niños..."etc -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 horas (2007-10-10 10:21:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- También puedes escuchar que una mujer diga "soy de armas tomar". Y que se diga "(fulana) es de armas tomar" |
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11 hrs confidence:
Tough women Explanation: Otra opción que me parece válida. |
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