tha-yet

Spanish translation: it means "that"

02:21 Nov 7, 2001
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: tha-yet
"Wow! Look at tha-yet. He got ar under his tars".
Context: A teenager crashes his father's car, so his friends say this phrase
ceciliarom
Argentina
Local time: 07:05
Spanish translation:it means "that"
Explanation:
It looks like a phonetic spelling of a regional (U.S. southern?) accent. The "tars" is the same, for "tires" and so is the "ar" although I'm not 100% sure about what it is... maybe "air"?

Hope it helps.
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tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 11:05
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5 +2it means "that"
tazdog (X)
4esto ahora
Juan Kriete


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
esto ahora


Explanation:
¡Anda! mira esto ahora.


saludos

Juan Kriete
Spain
Local time: 10:05
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 287
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
it means "that"


Explanation:
It looks like a phonetic spelling of a regional (U.S. southern?) accent. The "tars" is the same, for "tires" and so is the "ar" although I'm not 100% sure about what it is... maybe "air"?

Hope it helps.

tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 11:05
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 910
Grading comment
thank you very much for your prompt answer

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen D. Elliot (X): also agree about "air" Going so fast he must have been "flying"
10 mins
  -> either that or ended up upside-down! :-D

agree  Eduardo López
7 hrs
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