Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Estoy que me carga la chingada.
English translation:
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
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Parrot
Jan 5, 2002 08:04
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estoy que me carga la chingada
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a mexican person said this to me and i was wondering what it means
Proposed translations
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| 4 +13 | woke up on the wrong side of the bed? |
Parrot
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| 5 +2 | [COMMENT] |
DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)
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| 4 +2 | see explanation |
Hans Hereijgers
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| 4 +1 | no existe traducción, es una expresión vulgar muy mexicana |
elenali
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| 4 | I'm fit to be tied! |
Gilbert Ashley
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Proposed translations
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woke up on the wrong side of the bed?
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Everything's turned out badly for this person. The Nobel Octavio Paz has a nice dictionary below.
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Hans Hereijgers
Native in: Flemish 
Works in: Spanish to Dutch, English to Dutch, French to Dutch, and 3 more.
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see explanation
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A Mexican person once gave me this dictionary called "el chingolés": it consists of expressions with the word "chinga, chingar, chingada" in them.
What I found for "Estoy que me lleva la chingada".. (I assume it is the same thing as "carga..."):
A person who expresses to someone
else he's displeased with something,
A person who feels really bad.
Hope this helps
What I found for "Estoy que me lleva la chingada".. (I assume it is the same thing as "carga..."):
A person who expresses to someone
else he's displeased with something,
A person who feels really bad.
Hope this helps
Reference:
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DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)
DR. RICHARD BAVRY (X)
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[COMMENT]
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I, of course, SIT corrected: we have three treasures here: Cecilia, Andrea, and Paz! And I am immensely privileged to partake of all three!
Rich
Rich
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Andrea Bullrich
: Here's wishing you a good start: http://www.fundacionpaz.org.mx/op/bibliotecacomentada.html ;-)
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Ah, Andrea! My cup runneth over! Mil gracias!
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Alexandra Tussing
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no existe traducción, es una expresión vulgar muy mexicana
levantarse con el pie izquierdo, may mean that you are or will be out of luck all day long, whereas this expression may be momentary, and believe me, it goes far beyond from levantarse con el pie izquierdo, Hans is right, it means someone who is feeling real badly, there's no apropiate translation. In this context is not being used as a verb, one of our richest verbs by the way, it is and adjective with a long story, it began with Hernán Cortés.
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AndrewBM
: de cualquier modo habría que buscar una frase más al estilo de esta
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You surely know what it means and whoever said it, never thought it would be repeated in a translators forum as nice as this, it has , like I said before, a very long story Andrew. I shall look for something similar that can be expressed in here. Thanks
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Gilbert Ashley
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I'm fit to be tied!
To wake on the wrong side of the bed is 'amanecer de malas'
Congratulations to everyone on their efforts to 'cleanly' translate this phrase. You might also say 'I'm all fouled up.'
Congratulations to everyone on their efforts to 'cleanly' translate this phrase. You might also say 'I'm all fouled up.'
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