Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
cast divination
Spanish translation:
se vaticinó/se profetizó
Added to glossary by
ClaraVal
Jun 22, 2011 16:55
13 yrs ago
English term
Chile
Accurate and on time, always!
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, Catalan
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cast divination
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Un extracto del poema para el contexto.
Plenty is enough to share
Cast divination for the king
Who was asked to cultivate agriculture
He asked: why?
Plenty is enough to share
Cast divination for the king
Who was asked to cultivate agriculture
He asked: why?
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 +1 | se vaticinó/se profetizó |
ClaraVal
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| 4 | emitir profecias |
Lourdes Sanchez
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| 3 | haced conjeturas (sobre el futuro) |
DLyons
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References
| it's about casting |
liz askew
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Proposed translations
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se vaticinó/se profetizó
I would interpret the poem like this:
"Plenty is enough to share"
- this first line is what the king's soothsayer/diviner reads as the "word of the gods" or the future when "casting" stones/dice/bones.
As the person doing the divining is not specified, I would use the impersonal form in Spanish: "se vaticinó/se profetizó para el rey..."
For more about "casting" in divination:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleromancy
"Plenty is enough to share"
- this first line is what the king's soothsayer/diviner reads as the "word of the gods" or the future when "casting" stones/dice/bones.
As the person doing the divining is not specified, I would use the impersonal form in Spanish: "se vaticinó/se profetizó para el rey..."
For more about "casting" in divination:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleromancy
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Comment: "muchas gracias! muy util tu interpretacion."
43 mins
haced conjeturas (sobre el futuro)
I read this as an obsolete sense of the verb "cast" which is to make conjectures, to forecast the future.
In a different register, I take it to mean "Guess what happened to this kink".
In a different register, I take it to mean "Guess what happened to this kink".
10 hrs
Lourdes Sanchez
Native in Spanish
Works in field
I will respect your voice
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, Spanish, English, and 1 more.
emitir profecias
como lo hacia el oraculo de Delfos
Reference comments
2 hrs
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