Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
facing away
Spanish translation:
orientado en dirección opuesta; dado vuelta
Added to glossary by
Atacama
Nov 9, 2003 15:18
20 yrs ago
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English term
facing away
English to Spanish
Other
To face something away from you. Seems simple enough in English, but have not been able to think of a way to explain the idea in Spanish. Here for example we are talking about 'facing the tyre valve away from you'.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 | orientado en direccion opuesta |
George Rabel
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| 4 | darle la vuelta |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 3 | retirar (el objeto)/ retirarse (uno) del objeto |
jmml
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| 2 | dar la espalda, ignorar |
Manuel Ca�edo
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Proposed translations
3 mins
George Rabel
Native in Spanish
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
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orientado en direccion opuesta
creo que se entiende. No se me ocurre otra cosa mejor.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gracias. En el contaxto eso es justamente lo que me sirve"
4 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
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9884
darle la vuelta
una posibilidad
Para mí, "face away" es sinónimo con "turn away"
Mike :)
Para mí, "face away" es sinónimo con "turn away"
Mike :)
13 mins
dar la espalda, ignorar
That can be some translations of that phrase, but they refer to people not to things.
15 mins
retirar (el objeto)/ retirarse (uno) del objeto
La verdad es que es difícil encontrar la forma de expresar la misma idea con un verbo. Se puede decir algo parecido con fórmulas como "retirar", "mantenerse alejado", "no apuntar". Espero que te sea de ayuda esta lista que, por supuesto, es ampliable y mejorable. Un saludo :))
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