Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ya a los 18
English translation:
at just 18
Spanish term
ya a los 18
Cuenta que la primera vez que manejó tenía 10
años: “Me subí al auto, arranqué, empecé a Andar
y cuando vi que podía doblar y frenar tuve la impresión
de que el auto tenía vida”. Ya a los 18, realizó
su primera carrera, sobre un Chevrolet ´28 cuatro cilindros.
Gracias
| 3 +6 | at just 18 |
Edward Tully
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| 5 +1 | by the age of 18 |
Simon Bruni
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| 4 | when he was just 18 |
Kate Major Patience
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| 3 | now that he was 18 |
Yvonne Gallagher
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Apr 23, 2013 09:02: Tony M changed "Language pair" from "English" to "Spanish to English"
Apr 23, 2013 10:00: philgoddard changed "Field" from "Social Sciences" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "History" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "Argentine history + fangio" to "(none)"
Apr 23, 2013 10:00: philgoddard changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Apr 28, 2013 11:44: Edward Tully Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): Evans (X), David Ronder, philgoddard
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Proposed translations
Because your words matter
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: Spanish to English
at just 18
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, Canadian, Irish)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
now that he was 18
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Note added at 3 mins (2013-04-23 09:01:48 GMT)
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or
Now 18 years old, he
United Kingdom
by the age of 18
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Noni Gilbert Riley
: I read it the same way as you. Not necessarily that he was young (18 was old in his book!). I also like that "already".
1 hr
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Spain
Analytical and creative (DipTrans, MA)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Galician to English, English
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