Jun 26, 2007 16:50
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
salida de tono
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Government / Politics
press article
Las salidas de tono del Gobierno X han convertido a Y en un socio incomodo y discolo de la UE.
It's a heading in one of the newspaper columns, so it stands alone and I'm stuck :(
TIA!!!!
It's a heading in one of the newspaper columns, so it stands alone and I'm stuck :(
TIA!!!!
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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9 mins
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off-key (behaviour, words, actions, comments)
Any action, word, behaviour that is not on the wave or tone according with what the Spanish government is expected to say and do from the UE point of view.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-06-27 08:14:54 GMT)
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...well not necessarily the "spanish" government, but the "X" government....ha.ha.ha
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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-06-27 08:14:54 GMT)
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...well not necessarily the "spanish" government, but the "X" government....ha.ha.ha
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Comment: "Each one of these answers was great, but in the end I selected "off-key remarks" in this case. THANKYOU to all!!"
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2 mins
David Russi
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
76
inappropriate remarks/comments
Oxford
salida de tono femenino: fue una salida de tono it was totally out of place, it was a totally inappropriate thing to say/do
salida de tono femenino: fue una salida de tono it was totally out of place, it was a totally inappropriate thing to say/do
8 mins
Cesar Serrano
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
United States
AUTOMOTIVE -MEDICAL -CONTRACTS -OIL&GAS
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, English, and 9 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
16
out of line
out of line
26 mins
Victoria Parrado-Cullen
Native in Spanish
Also a Lawyer from Latin America
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
to make a bad comment
This expression is used when someone makes a harsh comment during a discussion. It is kind of saying that someone insulted the other person or party or that one of the persons got too overexcited.
48 mins
unwarranted remarks/comments
Another possibility-maybe also "undiplomatic behaviour", though this is obviously not very literal
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