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re-armar

English translation: to put the letter back together

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:re-armar la carta
English translation:to put the letter back together
Entered by: Marcelo González

23:11 Oct 22, 2005
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Linguistics
Spanish term or phrase: re-armar
re-armar una carta que fue cortada en pedazos (torn up)
Patsy Florit
Local time: 12:52
to put (the letter) back together
Explanation:
This is how I'd say it. :-)

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Note added at 34 mins (2005-10-22 23:46:47 GMT)
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ONLINE PARENTING SUPPORT GROUPS
...and found a letter that was ripped up, i noticed that it had
my name in it, so out of curiosity, i ***put the letter back together***, and found ...
http://parentingtoolbox.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ub...

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Note added at 5 hrs 11 mins (2005-10-23 04:23:24 GMT)
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re-armar la carta = to put the letter back together/to put the pieces of the letter back together

The Nitpickers Site: Movie Nitpick - Superman IV - 1987
Just by looking at them momentarily
***he put The pieces of the letter back together*** so he could read it. ...
www.nitpickers.com/movies/nitpick.cgi?np=8543 - 10k
Selected response from:

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 05:52
Grading comment
I think this is the the one! Thanks Patsy
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3to put (the letter) back together
Marcelo González
5 +2to piece together
Graciela Guzman
5 +2to put the pieces back together
Giovanni Rengifo
5 +1reassemble
William Hawkins (X)


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to piece together


Explanation:
Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Graciela Guzman
Argentina
Local time: 12:52
Native speaker of: Spanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell
34 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Rachel.
agree  María Eugenia Wachtendorff
34 mins
  -> Hola Eugenia. Muchas gracias.
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to put the pieces back together


Explanation:
Si quieres puedes utilizar "the pieces" en vez de "the letter" como sugiere Marcelo, cuya opción también es correcta.

Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 10:52
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell
5 mins
agree  KathyT
27 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
reassemble


Explanation:
literally armar means "to assemble" or put together.

William Hawkins (X)
Local time: 17:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter
3 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to put (the letter) back together


Explanation:
This is how I'd say it. :-)

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Note added at 34 mins (2005-10-22 23:46:47 GMT)
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ONLINE PARENTING SUPPORT GROUPS
...and found a letter that was ripped up, i noticed that it had
my name in it, so out of curiosity, i ***put the letter back together***, and found ...
http://parentingtoolbox.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ub...

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Note added at 5 hrs 11 mins (2005-10-23 04:23:24 GMT)
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re-armar la carta = to put the letter back together/to put the pieces of the letter back together

The Nitpickers Site: Movie Nitpick - Superman IV - 1987
Just by looking at them momentarily
***he put The pieces of the letter back together*** so he could read it. ...
www.nitpickers.com/movies/nitpick.cgi?np=8543 - 10k

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 05:52
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
I think this is the the one! Thanks Patsy

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Giovanni Rengifo
18 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Giovanni :-)
agree  KathyT
48 mins
  -> Thanks, Kathy!
agree  Refugio
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Ruth :-)
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