Spanish term
Your professional edge.
Native in: English (Variant: Canadian)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
novio / novios
Nos fuimos criados juntos, en la misma rancha....... Pues cuando había chance, salía de la escuela, vacaciones, o en fin de semana me iba yo con él a pichonear. A los quince, dieciséis años me iba yo a pisonear con él en la carretera. Y ahora que entrar a la mina, pues ya, ya tenía noción de cómo se operaba una máquina.....
Porque él siempre me daba un beso… siempre… o llegaba y nosotros le dábamos un beso. Nosotros nos tratábamos como si hubiéramos sido novios. Y siempre parecíamos novios, y somos novios amores de siempre. Somos novios todavía aunque tengamos tantos años juntos, me dice, pero somos novios todavía.
Sé que para muchos nunca se van a olvidar de ............ La familia de ........... siempre van a tener ese vacío en su vida, que no va a regresar a casa.
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Janice Giffin
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Non-PRO (2): Translator Rose, AllegroTrans
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Proposed translations
sweethearts
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That is to say:
We'll be sweethearts forever....
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Charles Davis
: Exactly what I was going to suggest. After years of marriage (I presume), they're still like young sweethearts, like a courting couple.
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Thanx Charles, salu2!!
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Lucia Samayoa
: This one is the better answer because "we were dating" cannot be used in all of the sentences because of the context
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thanks a lot :)
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Henry Hinds
: Claro que sí.
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gracias henry :)
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Jenni Lukac (X)
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gracias Jenny ;)
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Estela Quintero-Weldon
: Estoy de acuerdo con sweethearts, Alberto.
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Muchas gracias, Estela. Saludos :)
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AllegroTrans
: can be found in any dictionary - hardly a PRO term!
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teresa quimper
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Isamar
: It fits perfectly with the text
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Marina56
: sí. y por qué no fianceé
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Argentina
Fast, reliable, experienced
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
we were dating
¡Suerte!
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Tamara Abeldaño
: Coincido con Cecilia "as if we were dating"
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Gracias, Tamara
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Giovanni Rengifo
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¡Gracias!
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AllegroTrans
: I really think a noun is needed
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A couple
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An alternative to sweethearts,which I think sounds good too
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Giovanni Rengifo
: Your suggestion works well too and helps avoid repeating the same word over and over.
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Portugal
Details matter.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, English, and 1 more.
boyfriend and girlfriend
United Kingdom
Academic with 15 years experience
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: Spanish to English
we were always "like brothers"
United States
Translations, Subtitling, Interpreting
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
boyfriend/girlfriend - dating
We always looked like boyfriend/girlfriend, and we are dating--forever loves.
Chile
11 years experience Marketing & Business
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Chilean, Venezuelan)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Spanish, and 1 more.
sweethearts
I hope this will help.
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Jeffrey Jankowski
: I don't understand why Alberto Montpellier is getting all of the points when you suggested this answer 9 day before he did...
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Reference comments
Italy
Accuracy, reliability and timeliness
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, English
Discussion
Pichonear: actividad de ocio (después de la escuela, fines de semana, vacaciones) http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110325145528AA...
Pisonear = apisonar: trabajar con apisonadora en las carreteras. Por eso dice que al entrar en la mina ya sabían manejar máquinas.
Since the speaker is a miner, talking very openly to the rest of the mining crew in a eulogy, in Mexico, I am not convinced that the reference is to a gay relationship between the speaker and the deceased. And yes, that quite likely IS the meaning. However, my question was aimed more at the possibility of a local or regional, little-known usage of the term "novios" IN THIS CONTEXT to portray feelings of endearment, of close friendship without sexual overtones.
I may not have explained the intent of my question very well , but I consider it is still classified as PRO, since I am trying to eliminate obscure, poetic or very localized usages within the context of close friendship, before deciding to employ the otherwise obvious translation. Thank you for your time and consideration.