Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
all but discarded
Spanish translation:
prácticamente abandonadas
Added to glossary by
Ana Juliá
Jan 13, 2004 18:24
20 yrs ago
English term
all but discarded
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Both men and women wanted to showcase their tan bodies, so the legal prohibitions which were designed to protect public modesty were regularly challenged and all but discarded. Public resistance barely whimpered, slid its clothes off, and joined the crowd.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
Proposed translations
+4
2 mins
Susana Galilea
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
Works in field
United States
Customized Translation Services ENG>SPA
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, US, Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
52
Selected
prácticamente abandonadas
una sugerencia
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gracias, Susana"
-1
5 mins
ni mucho menos descartados/rechazados
Suerte
Raúl
Raúl
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Alicia Jordá
: but es negativo en la construcción "all but"
3 mins
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tienes razón, lo siento, típico error de principiante :)
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+2
6 mins
Henry Hinds
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Spanish
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
59
quedaron poco menos que desechadas
(las prohibiciones)
Reference:
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ivannia Garcia
: la idea exactamente
3 mins
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Gracias, Ivannia.
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| agree |
sileugenia
20 hrs
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Gracias, Sileugenia.
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3 hrs
Raquel Dominguez
Uruguay
Uruguay
Native in Spanish
Uruguay
ES native
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 4 more.
punto menos que abandonadas
Uso una frase hecha para evitar "casi" o "prácticamente" que tienen otros equivalentes en inglés.
9 hrs
y todo menos descartadas.
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