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vicente · 04-27-2008, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Fresno22

I heard a teenager tell her boyfriend this: "Hey, Dame una quebrada!"
Meaning "give me a break" !!! (accent on the "a" in Dame)
Literal Spanglish translation and sounds very funny...
But, how would you translate "give me a break" into Spanish?
Maybe: something like "Dejame en paz?" Realmente ni idea...
"Give me a break" is similar to "cut me some slack" --don't take things so seriously...pardon me..Wow!....it's my native language and I can't think of how to get the point across without using one of those 2 expressions.

Perhaps, show me some consideration...as in: "Mija, you haven't cleaned your room for a week!"
"Hey mom, show me some consideration, I've been studying for finals all week."
Or, FAR more common, "Give me (Gimme) a break, I've been studying for finals all week."
Any ideas??
Thanks

How about old reliable: "Are you (you gotta be) kidding!!!"

or "Are you serious?!" or "Get real!".

sarab · 04-28-2008, 04:34 AM

Es un hilo muy interesante! Es fascinante ver la evoluci�n de los idiomas pero hay que tomar en cuenta que casi todos los idiomas "prestan" palabras de otros, que Spanglish no es la �nica mezcla (estoy pensando en "Portu�ol") y si la finalidad de un idioma es comunicar una idea nada m�s, para los que hablan "Spanglish", el idioma cumple con tal fin. Los ejemplos que uds. dieron son muy buenos...me encanta lo de "la quebrada"!!

SandraT · 04-28-2008, 10:13 AM

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But, how would you translate "give me a break" into Spanish?

Here in Cuba we would say something like:

Dame un chance.
Dame un respiro.
or something like "Su�ltame" but this is not something to tell to a boyfriend...you don't really want him to let go, unless you really want him to.

but we could also say something like (and this is the translation for "take it easy")
C�gelo con calma.
...cause at the end if "you take it easy", "you also give me a break"...

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04-28-2008, 04:34 AM	#12
sarab Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Buenos Aires Posts: 249 Rep Power: 103	Es un hilo muy interesante! Es fascinante ver la evoluci�n de los idiomas pero hay que tomar en cuenta que casi todos los idiomas "prestan" palabras de otros, que Spanglish no es la �nica mezcla (estoy pensando en "Portu�ol") y si la finalidad de un idioma es comunicar una idea nada m�s, para los que hablan "Spanglish", el idioma cumple con tal fin. Los ejemplos que uds. dieron son muy buenos...me encanta lo de "la quebrada"!!

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