Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

callejeos

English translation:

dawdling

Added to glossary by jude dabo
Sep 9, 2016 20:08
7 yrs ago
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Spanish term

callejeos

Spanish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
AN Argentine writer remembering an artistic group he frequented in the thirties:

De hecho, el escritor ha rememorado aquella época como un tiempo “de experiencias tumultuosas, callejeos, juergas y episodios sentimentales dramatizados”
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Change log

Sep 17, 2016 12:59: jude dabo Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+1
1 day 23 hrs
Selected

dawdling

rascality
Peer comment(s):

agree Carolina Fernández
2 days 7 hrs
Thanks Carol!Cheers!!
neutral JohnMcDove : After grading. Slightly different connotation, in my view. https://es.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/english-spanish/...
5 days
Noted!
neutral Andrew Bramhall : doubt it here;
5 days
Cheers!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks"
+1
7 mins

wandering

...a time of tumultuous experiences, wandering, partying...
Peer comment(s):

agree Marsha Wilkie : street wandering?
2 days 22 hrs
Yes, that's what I mean. :)
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17 mins

strolling

Another option

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Note added at 18 mins (2016-09-09 20:27:03 GMT)
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Strolls or walks
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+1
1 hr

meandering

otra opción
Peer comment(s):

agree Carolina Fernández
4 days
Gracias, Carolina
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+2
2 hrs

gadding about

...around town, from pillar to post , in the way that young people do;
Peer comment(s):

agree Charles Davis : Good choice
12 hrs
Thanks
neutral Paul García : British regionalism
4 days
Nope;
agree JohnMcDove : Even if after grading, I agree with this option too. (Definitely better than what was chosen)
8 days
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+3
2 hrs

gallivanting / walking the streets [be out and about, get out and about]

Peer comment(s):

agree Sara Garcia
1 hr
Thank you very much. :-)
agree Mario Solis Burgos : that's exactly it...
1 hr
Thank you very much, Mario. :-)
agree Charles Davis : I like "gallivanting" too.
12 hrs
Thank you, Charles! :-) I like it too, particularly in some cities more than in others... ;-) ¡Buen finde!
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