Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
volarse la barda
English translation:
hit a home run
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Lorenia Rincon
Feb 14, 2008 15:31
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Spanish term
Mexico
20 years exp in Legal & Commercial
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
volarse la barda
Spanish to English
Marketing
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
en Mexico
en Mexico significa hacer algo extraordinario, existe allgun equivalente en ingles?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | hit a home run/blow it right out of the water |
trans4u
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| 4 +2 | knock it out of the park |
Kathryn Litherland
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| 5 +1 | humongous, awsome, extraordinary, wow. |
Enrique Huber (X)
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| 4 +1 | to excel oneself |
Victoria Porter-Burns
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Proposed translations
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hit a home run/blow it right out of the water
Among others.
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Comment: "Muchas gracias, es lo que buscaba, una "frase hecha", gracias a todos!"
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Kathryn Litherland
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Versatile technical translator/editor
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
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knock it out of the park
This is an equivalent baseball metaphor that is used in a lot of contexts. It means "hit a home run," but it's a little more "colorful."
http://ar.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2007110112554...
"blow it out the box" is another equivalent that is gaining popularity with a younger crowd, usually with reference to a musical/stage performance.
http://ar.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2007110112554...
"blow it out the box" is another equivalent that is gaining popularity with a younger crowd, usually with reference to a musical/stage performance.
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jules_sieg
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Rolando Julio Arciniega
: Actually, this is the correct translation, since this term comes originally from "BEISBOL". If you Google "Volarse la barda" you will find lots of references in this respect.
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48 mins
Victoria Porter-Burns
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
BA(Hons) FITI MCIL CL ISO 17100:2015
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
to excel oneself
Another, less colloquial way of putting it.
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Bubo Coroman (X)
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Thanks Deb!
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humongous, awsome, extraordinary, wow.
expressions used in this context and meaning.
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Margarita Gonzalez
: humongous, lo utilizan los chavos con ese equivalente.
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