Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 15, 2004 04:52
20 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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¡Gas!
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¡Ay, no, gas...! Como quien dice, ¡qué asco! ¡qué pereza!... Estoy buscando una expresión en inglés corta y buena para esta común expresión española en latinoamérica. Gracias por anticipado a todo el combo. Saludos.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +4 | Gross |
Sonia Gomes
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| 5 +3 | It's nasty! It's disgusting! Yak! :) |
Alex Zelkind (X)
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| 5 +2 | yech! / yecch! / yuck! / yuk! |
Intergraf
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| 4 | that stinks! |
Gabo Pena
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Proposed translations
+4
1 hr
Sonia Gomes
Native in English
Concentrates on Pharma and Medicine
Native in: English , Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Selected
Gross
Gross,
My son says it all the time !
Sonia
My son says it all the time !
Sonia
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+3
9 mins
It's nasty! It's disgusting! Yak! :)
Fo! Gas! Chay!
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Note added at 2004-02-15 05:04:01 (GMT)
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Pardon, not \"yak\" but \"yuck!\" :)
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Note added at 2004-02-15 05:04:01 (GMT)
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Pardon, not \"yak\" but \"yuck!\" :)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Carlos Diaz de Leon
: yep, yuck
26 mins
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Gracias, Carlos
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| agree |
Daniel Mencher
1 hr
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Gracias, Dan
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| agree |
RafaLee
18 hrs
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+2
24 mins
Spanish term (edited):
�Gas!
yech! / yecch! / yuck! / yuk!
As Alex said, "Yuck!" will do it.
However, if it's really icky, I prefer "yecch!" or "yuk!" to the others...
Merriam-Webster online:
Main Entry: yech
Variant(s): or yecch
Function: interjection
-- used to express rejection or disgust
Main Entry: 2 yuck
Variant(s): also yuk
Function: interjection
-- used to express rejection or disgust <spending hours over some dish and getting, "yuck, I hate that" -- Anne Dowie>
T.
However, if it's really icky, I prefer "yecch!" or "yuk!" to the others...
Merriam-Webster online:
Main Entry: yech
Variant(s): or yecch
Function: interjection
-- used to express rejection or disgust
Main Entry: 2 yuck
Variant(s): also yuk
Function: interjection
-- used to express rejection or disgust <spending hours over some dish and getting, "yuck, I hate that" -- Anne Dowie>
T.
Reference:
2 days 15 hrs
Gabo Pena
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
'meaning, intent, demeanor'
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, US) , Spanish (Variants: Canarian, Latin American, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Salvadoran, Argentine, Venezuelan, Dominican, Mexican, US, Cuban)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
that stinks!
=8^J
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