Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
moustached bats
Spanish translation:
murciélagos bigotudos
Added to glossary by
María Luisa Feely
Mar 9, 2006 21:43
18 yrs ago
English term
moustached bats
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Story
You turn in a slow circle, the light from your helmet sweeping the chamber’s walls and ceiling and revealing countless moustached bats roosting there
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 +8 | murciélagos bigotudos |
María Luisa Feely
|
| 5 | murciélagos con bigotes |
Walter Landesman
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| 3 | murciélagos bigotudos |
Rosa Enciso
|
Proposed translations
+8
3 mins
María Luisa Feely
Argentina
Argentina
Native in English
&
Spanish
Specializes in field
Argentina
Meaning matters!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Selected
murciélagos bigotudos
una posibilidad!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
5 mins
Rosa Enciso
Germany
Germany
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Germany
In love with my profession
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) , French (Variants: Standard-France, Swiss, Belgian)
Works in: German to Spanish, German to French, Spanish to French, and 2 more.
murciélagos bigotudos
Reconozco que me ha entrado la risa al escribir esas dos palabras, pero creo que es eso.
2 days 17 hrs
Walter Landesman
Uruguay
Uruguay
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Uruguay
Translation services since 1986
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Argentine, Uruguayan)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
84
murciélagos con bigotes
yo preferiría "con bigotes" a "bigotudos". Bigotudo implica un gran bigote, y enm este caso eso no es claro. En cambio, con bigote, sólo da cuenta del hecho sin adjetivar el tamaño.
La RAE dice:
bigotudo, da.
1. adj. Que tiene mucho bigote.
La RAE dice:
bigotudo, da.
1. adj. Que tiene mucho bigote.
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