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abreve

English translation: drink, sate

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Spanish term or phrase:abrevar
English translation:drink, sate
Entered by: Eva Malkki

18:59 Mar 13, 2002
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
Spanish term or phrase: abreve
Las formas aristocráticas... todavía sirven para que la gente sencilla abreve en ellas después de comer salchichas.

This is obviously ironic. I know "abrevar" means to water, and I thought first they meant something like "for the simple folk to drink in / drink their fill of". Then I realised it is not "abrevarse" so it is not reflexive. And ideas?
Eva Malkki
Finland
Local time: 19:04
SEE EXPLANATION
Explanation:
These are definitions taken from the D.R.A.E.---:

1. tr. Dar de beber principalmente al ganado.
2. [tr.]Remojar las pieles para adobarlas.
3. [tr.]Hablando de personas, dar de beber, especialmente un brebaje.
4. [tr.]saciar. Ú. t. en sent. fig. ABREVAR el ánimo.
5. prnl. Beber. Ú. t. c. intr. y m. en sent. fig.

I truly don't have any idea which one might best apply to your case but they might just help. Perhaps "saciar" (satisfy--or, sate...their hunger??)

Good Luck!
terry
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Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 10:04
Grading comment
Thanks very much for the answer, I think saciar might be the angle I'm looking for, though the idea of "urinate" is also going through my mind at the moment (as it were). Thanks to everyone!
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Summary of answers provided
5para que la gente sencilla abreve/beba de ellas
Yolanda Morato
4SEE EXPLANATION
Terry Burgess
4piss on them/shit on them
Bill Greendyk


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SEE EXPLANATION


Explanation:
These are definitions taken from the D.R.A.E.---:

1. tr. Dar de beber principalmente al ganado.
2. [tr.]Remojar las pieles para adobarlas.
3. [tr.]Hablando de personas, dar de beber, especialmente un brebaje.
4. [tr.]saciar. Ú. t. en sent. fig. ABREVAR el ánimo.
5. prnl. Beber. Ú. t. c. intr. y m. en sent. fig.

I truly don't have any idea which one might best apply to your case but they might just help. Perhaps "saciar" (satisfy--or, sate...their hunger??)

Good Luck!
terry


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Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 10:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2372
Grading comment
Thanks very much for the answer, I think saciar might be the angle I'm looking for, though the idea of "urinate" is also going through my mind at the moment (as it were). Thanks to everyone!
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piss on them/shit on them


Explanation:
Hi! This may be stretching, but seeing the ironic context, and not knowing more context, could it mean that the aristocrats are good enough for the common folk to piss on/shit on after eating sausages? "Abrevar" can also mean to "regar," so perhaps it has this sarcastic/vulgar meaning.

Hope it helps, let's see what the colleagues have to say!



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Note added at 2002-03-13 19:09:41 (GMT)
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Diccionario Vox: abrevar: \"dar de beber; regar; saciar (fig.); remojar

Bill Greendyk
United States
Local time: 12:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 527
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para que la gente sencilla abreve/beba de ellas


Explanation:
You are right; it means "to drink" normally for animals, though here it has an ironic meaning. It is not reflexive so the sentence provided would do. In any case, I have copied below the different meanings the Real Academia de la Lengua Española accepts.

Hope it helps!

abrevar. (Del lat. *abbiberāre, de bibĕre, beber).
1. tr. Dar de beber, principalmente al ganado.
2. tr. Remojar las pieles para adobarlas.
3. tr. Dar de beber a alguien, especialmente un brebaje.
4. tr. saciar. U. t. en sent. fig. Abrevar el ánimo.
5. prnl. beber. U. t. c. intr. U. m. en sent. fig.


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Note added at 2002-03-13 19:12:09 (GMT)
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I hadn\'t read the first answer, but I wouldn\'t use \"saciar\" but \"beber\", since they may get \"saciados con las salchichas\"... :)


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Yolanda Morato
Spain
Local time: 18:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 12
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