Jun 8, 2011 10:02
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term
perdía muchas materias
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Sentence: Mi papa tiene un genio muy bravo, perdía muchas materias y cuando me va iba a regañar me decía muchas groserías y varias veces me pegó hasta con cosas por la cara.
I'm not sure whether this refers to the father losing things because of his temper or breaking the child's things. Also, the father is a construction worker so it could be that he's lost construction materials, maybe because of his temper. Here's what I have:
"My father is very hot tempered, I lost a lot of things and when I went away he would argue, swear at me and sometimes even hit me in the face with things."
I'm not sure whether this refers to the father losing things because of his temper or breaking the child's things. Also, the father is a construction worker so it could be that he's lost construction materials, maybe because of his temper. Here's what I have:
"My father is very hot tempered, I lost a lot of things and when I went away he would argue, swear at me and sometimes even hit me in the face with things."
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | (she) failed a lot of subjects (at school) |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 5 | I used to fail many subjects |
Adolfo Ossi
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| 4 | he lost temper many times |
Maidul Islam
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| 4 | I lost a lot of (his) materials |
Carla Davidson
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| 4 | I used to come home (from school) with poor grades |
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
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Proposed translations
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(she) failed a lot of subjects (at school)
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www.ucaldas.edu.co/index.php?...perder...materia... - En caché; What's your favorite subject? (¿Cuál es tu materia preferida (en general)?) ...
www.taringa.net/.../Mejora-tu-Ingles-errores-comunes-de-los... - En caché;
www.ucaldas.edu.co/index.php?...perder...materia... - En caché; What's your favorite subject? (¿Cuál es tu materia preferida (en general)?) ...
www.taringa.net/.../Mejora-tu-Ingles-errores-comunes-de-los... - En caché;
Peer comment(s):
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James A. Walsh
: A tricky one, but I reckon it has to be this. Perhaps 'I was failing many subjects' [back then]?
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Thanks, James. Adding a time element might help here.
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eski
: Concur: Saludos :)) eski
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Many thanks!
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
13 mins
Maidul Islam
Native in English
Technical and Financial in Spanish
Native in: Bengali 
, English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Bengali to Spanish, and 3 more.
he lost temper many times
saludos
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Note added at 16 mins (2011-06-08 10:18:07 GMT)
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"he lost temper many matters" can be possible as well.
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Note added at 17 mins (2011-06-08 10:19:31 GMT)
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"he lost temper on many matters" better option
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Note added at 16 mins (2011-06-08 10:18:07 GMT)
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"he lost temper many matters" can be possible as well.
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Note added at 17 mins (2011-06-08 10:19:31 GMT)
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"he lost temper on many matters" better option
24 mins
Carla Davidson
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
CIoL & Asetrad member, ES,PT, DE - EN
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
I lost a lot of (his) materials
Hi Louise, the sentence could go either way and as there are some errors in the original it is probably best checking who the “perdía”, refers to with your client but based on the context you have provided, I would agree that it should be “I” rather than “he” as it explains why he would get annoyed with the child.
I would suggest the sentence should read: “Mi papa tiene un genio muy bravo, perdía muchas materias y cuando me iba a regañar me decía muchas groserías y varias veces me pegó hasta con cosas por la cara.”
“me va iba” is incorrect, which is why I would suggest double-checking with the client as to your query in case other words have been missed from or incorrectly added to the sentence.
Rather than “and when I went away he would argue”, I would suggest something along the lines of “whenever he told me off/gave me a row”
I hope that is of some help to you.
Good luck,
Carla
I would suggest the sentence should read: “Mi papa tiene un genio muy bravo, perdía muchas materias y cuando me iba a regañar me decía muchas groserías y varias veces me pegó hasta con cosas por la cara.”
“me va iba” is incorrect, which is why I would suggest double-checking with the client as to your query in case other words have been missed from or incorrectly added to the sentence.
Rather than “and when I went away he would argue”, I would suggest something along the lines of “whenever he told me off/gave me a row”
I hope that is of some help to you.
Good luck,
Carla
28 mins
Adolfo Ossi
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Chemical engineer, MBA and translator
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
I used to fail many subjects
"perder una materia" is a common expression for failing a subject at school or college.
I believe the problem here is that the person failing the subjects is the speaker, not the father (i.e. yo perdía y por eso él me regañaba), therefore the confusion.
I believe the problem here is that the person failing the subjects is the speaker, not the father (i.e. yo perdía y por eso él me regañaba), therefore the confusion.
5 hrs
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
Related KudoZ points
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408
I used to come home (from school) with poor grades
From the perspective of the youngster, this might be a natural way to phrase it.
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