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pasar el tiempo

French translation: se distraire, changer d'air

10:27 May 14, 2008
Spanish to French translations [PRO]
Marketing - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Spanish term or phrase: pasar el tiempo
Estas cenas son una manera ideal de pasar el tiempo en un ambiente relajado.. No se como traducir "pasar el tiempo", passer le temps siendo una traducción literaria y no me gusta. Muchas gracias por vuestras opciones.
Hasnae Briel
Local time: 23:45
French translation:se distraire, changer d'air
Explanation:
suerte!
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Béatrice Noriega
France
Local time: 23:45
Grading comment
Muchas gracias por la ayuda. Al final se distraire era la que más me gustó en este contexto.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +12passer un moment
jacqueline simana
4 +6passer son temps
Marie-Aude Effray
4se distraire, changer d'air
Béatrice Noriega
4tuer le temps
Véronique Le Ny
4prendre/trouver/occuper/employer le/son temps
Eugenia Fernandez Puente


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
passer son temps


Explanation:
una solución
ou d'occuper son temps

Marie-Aude Effray
Spain
Local time: 23:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Pérez-Fontán: passe son temps; occpuer son temps
1 min
  -> Merci Carlos, tu as dû vouloir dire Occuper...
agree  Véronique Le Ny: Je dirais plutôt Passer LE temps
5 mins
  -> Merci Véro. Aussi, les deux formules sont correctes.
agree  Maria Begona
2 hrs
  -> Merci Maria
agree  Verónica Vivas
4 hrs
  -> Merci Equs
agree  Maria Castro Valdez
9 hrs
  -> Merci Maria
agree  Marcelle Bethancourt
13 hrs
  -> Merci Marcelle
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
se distraire, changer d'air


Explanation:
suerte!

Béatrice Noriega
France
Local time: 23:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 48
Grading comment
Muchas gracias por la ayuda. Al final se distraire era la que más me gustó en este contexto.
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tuer le temps


Explanation:
De repente se me ocurre esta solución.
Ces dîners sont un bon moyen de tuer le temps dans une bonne ambiance.

Véronique Le Ny
France
Local time: 23:45
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sara M: heu, c'est pas un peu péjoratif ? tuer le temps, pour moi, c'est en attendant le train ou le métro :-)
1 hr
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +12
passer un moment


Explanation:
ca passe bien dans le contexte de la phrase.

jacqueline simana
Dominican Republic
Local time: 17:45
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  yanadeni (X)
54 mins
  -> merci !
agree  Sara M
1 hr
  -> merci !
agree  Catalina Martin (X)
1 hr
  -> merci !
agree  aurelie garr
2 hrs
  -> merci !
agree  Marie-Aude Effray
2 hrs
  -> merci !
agree  OLGA ACOSTA
2 hrs
  -> merci !
agree  Egmont
4 hrs
  -> merci !
agree  María Romita Martínez Mendióroz
8 hrs
  -> merci !
agree  karmel
13 hrs
  -> merci !
agree  Manuela Mariño Beltrán (X)
23 hrs
  -> merci !
agree  Carmen Cruz Lopez
1 day 3 hrs
  -> merci !
agree  Sylvia Moyano Garcia: Oui, et pourquoi pas "passer un bon moment"
1 day 17 hrs
  -> oui on serait tenté dans la foulée mais pasar el tiempo est plutot neutre et idiomatiquement passer un moment colle car c'est neutre. On peut dire passer un sale moment ou un bon moment. Vero30 dit justement par ex. tuer le temps a 1 connotation négative.
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
prendre/trouver/occuper/employer le/son temps


Explanation:
Estos verbos son a los que hace regrencia Le Petit Robert entre tantas de las posibilidades que se encuentran con la palabra "temps". Passer le temps también está.

Eugenia Fernandez Puente
Local time: 18:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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