Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Tu decidiste quedarte pegado a los 17 años.
English translation:
You decided to stay forever 17/17 forever
Spanish term
Argentina
Reliable. Computing skills.
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Tu decidiste quedarte pegado a los 17 años.
Quedarse pegado, en el sentido de quedarse detenido en los 17 años.
May 21, 2008 16:52: Claudia Luque Bedregal Created KOG entry
May 21, 2008 16:55: Claudia Luque Bedregal changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/103909">Claudia Luque Bedregal's</a> old entry - "Tu decidiste quedarte pegado a los 17 años."" to ""You decided to stay forever 17/forever 17""
Proposed translations
Italy
Accurate translations
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 5 more.
You decided to stay forever 17
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Note added at 11 mins (2008-05-20 03:45:50 GMT)
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or instead of using "stay"... You decided to be forever 17
Chile
40 Years Business, Legal, Certificates
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English
you decided to stop maturing at 17
| Gracias, María Eugenia!! |
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
You decided to quit growing up at age 17
| Gracias, Henry!! |
you decided to get stuck in 17/ not to grow beyond 17
| Gracias, Remy!! Me gustó lo de "stuck". Lo guardo para otra. |
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
...just because you still have the mentality of a seventeen year-old..
| Gracias, Lydia!! |
| agree |
Erin DeBell
: Perfect! At least that's the insult I would use...
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Thanks!
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Kate Major Patience
: This is good. :)
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Thanks Kate!
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Jan Castillo
: I think that this phrase necessarily needs to be negative, given the blatant insult - that you are a pendejo but the rest of us are not - at the end. Definitely an insult! Rod Stewart's version is too romantic for this context. Forever stupid is implied.
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My thoughts exactly! Thanks!
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Colombia
Traductores Oficiales Cali
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 2 more.
(or is it maybe because) you decided to stop growing at 17
| Gracias, Giovanni!! |
| disagree |
Kate Major Patience
: No, no creo. Eso suena como si no hubiera crecido más en plan altura y tal. Lo siento!
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