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brain/faucet

Spanish translation: cerebro/grifo

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English term or phrase:brain/faucet
Spanish translation:cerebro/grifo
Entered by: David Meléndez Tormen

13:04 Oct 28, 2001
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: brain/faucet
It would be great if your brain were like a faucet and you could turn it off whenever you wanted.
Pablo L.
cerebro/grifo
Explanation:
Sería genial que tu cerebro fuera como un grifo y lo pudieras cerrar cada vez que quisieras.


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David Meléndez Tormen
Chile
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3cerebro/grifo
David Meléndez Tormen
4 +2sería genial que nuestro/el cerebro fuese como un grifo que se pudiera abrir y cerrar...
maria_g
5 +1"Sería genial que tu cerebro fuera como una canilla...
Gabriela Tenenbaum (X)
5Qué bueno sería que tu cerebro fuera como un grifo y pudieras abrirlo y cerrarlo a voluntad
Irene Cudich
4cerebro/grifo.
mgonzalez (X)
4cerebro / llave
Myrtha


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sería genial que nuestro/el cerebro fuese como un grifo que se pudiera abrir y cerrar...


Explanation:
a nuestro antojo

maria_g
Local time: 19:29
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 29

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oso (X): Me gusta lo de "genial" ¶:^)
3 mins
  -> gracias. es un honor viniendo del gran oso!
disagree  Jackie_A (X): Sounds good but it is not an accurate "Translation"
37 mins
  -> got anything better?
agree  Flavio Ferri-Benedetti: Está muy bien (me sorprende la noción de algunos de lo que es una "traducción fiel"...no comment! Muy bien María :)
11 hrs
  -> gracias por el voto de confianza
agree  Carolina Lopez Garcia: Excelente
12 hrs
  -> gracias
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cerebro/grifo


Explanation:
Sería genial que tu cerebro fuera como un grifo y lo pudieras cerrar cada vez que quisieras.


Suerte!

David Meléndez Tormen
Chile
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 2019
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oso (X): pssst...hey! (any "speed" today? pasa unas ¿no? ¿como cuates? ¶:^)
2 mins
  -> :-) No, era sólo una bromilla. Ya es suficiente con la adicción a Proz
agree  Jackie_A (X): pero recomiendo: estupendo, fantástico, sensacional, o fabuloso en vez de "genial"
33 mins
  -> Buenas opciones, sí
agree  Patricia Lutteral: sí, el original dice "cerrar", no "abrir y cerrar" :-)
1 hr
  -> Yes indeed :-)
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"Sería genial que tu cerebro fuera como una canilla...


Explanation:
.. y pudiera cerrarse cuando quisieras"


En lugar de canilla ser: "GRIFO"

si, sería lindo!

Saludos #:)



Gabriela Tenenbaum (X)
Uruguay
Local time: 23:29
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 373

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oso (X): ¡Sí! Y "llave de agua" en mexicanito ¶:^***
1 min
  -> ooops sorry! me olvidé! perdón! #:)
neutral  Patricia Lutteral: "canilla" es localismo, Gaby (Rio de la Plata) :-))
1 hr
  -> That's why I added "grifo" and Oso "llave de agua" - Don't know the target! #:)
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cerebro/grifo.


Explanation:
'Estaría bien que tu cerebro fuera como un grifo y poder abrirlo y cerrarlo a voluntad'. (No estaría mal, no).

mgonzalez (X)
PRO pts in pair: 100
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Qué bueno sería que tu cerebro fuera como un grifo y pudieras abrirlo y cerrarlo a voluntad


Explanation:
none needed

Irene Cudich
Local time: 23:29
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 368
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cerebro / llave


Explanation:
Como dice el Oso, en México no lo llamamos grifo, le llamamos llave

Myrtha
United States
Local time: 22:29
PRO pts in pair: 38
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