Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

lost count

Spanish translation:

perdieron la cuenta

Added to glossary by patinba
Nov 17, 2008 16:39
15 yrs ago
English term

lost count

English to Spanish Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Artículo De Revista
La traducción será leída por hispanoamericanos.

¿Hay algo más colorido que "olvidaron?"

"He and Mike **lost count** of how often they went under a wave."

Gracias.

femme
Change log

Nov 24, 2008 15:28: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry

Nov 24, 2008 15:50: patinba changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/123909">Barbara Cochran, MFA's</a> old entry - "lost count"" to ""perdieron la cuenta""

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Non-PRO (1): Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

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Proposed translations

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perdieron la cuenta

quite literally...
see RAE
perder la ~.

1. loc. verb. No acordarse con precisión de algo por su antigüedad o abundancia.

Peer comment(s):

agree David Russi
1 min
agree MariCarmen Pizarro
1 min
agree Darío Giménez
5 mins
agree María López Gromaz
14 mins
agree Laura Bissio CT
17 mins
agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
42 mins
agree Maria Rosich Andreu
1 hr
agree Giovanni Rengifo : No more, no less.
1 hr
agree Mónica Algazi : Great minds...
3 hrs
agree Virginia Dominguez
7 hrs
agree Adriana Martinez : Así ex, no hay más.
7 hrs
agree NAdobato (X)
8 hrs
agree Marthina Pettersson Cevallos
15 hrs
agree Pat Rubio Bodemer
17 hrs
agree T.P. Nina Liberman : perdieron la cuenta de cuántas veces ....
20 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Gracias, patinba."
+3
5 mins

perdieron la cuenta

That´s how we say it in Bolivia.
Suerte.
Peer comment(s):

agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
43 mins
Thanks, Beatriz.
agree Mónica Algazi : Great minds...
3 hrs
Thanks, Monica.
agree jude dabo : ok
4 hrs
Thanks, jude.
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+1
6 mins

perdieron cuenta

perdieron cuenta del número de veces que pasaron bajo las olas...
Peer comment(s):

agree Steven Huddleston : I like it, without the article cuenta could be count or awareness, nice!
5 hrs
gracias
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11 mins

perdieron la cuenta

Common knowledge
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