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English Slang English Slang consists of informal words involving the creation of new linguistic forms or adaptations. Explain and help your colleagues understand the meaning of these expressions, which differ from colloquial English.

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Old 12-27-2006, 05:12 PM   #1
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Talking "Measure Up" and other slang
Hello all! This is my very first post to this forum, and I have to say that I'm very impressed with the abilities of all here!

I do lots of translations from English to Spanish and vice versa for our church bulletin, and every so often I need to translate English slang phrases into their Spanish equivalents. Our Spanish readers are overwhelmingly from northern Mexico.

My latest problem is with the phrase "to measure up" in English. What would be a Spanish equivalent to that?

Also, can any of you suggest a good online slang/phrasebook that I can use for a quick lookup?

Thank you!
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Old 12-27-2006, 07:43 PM   #2
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To measure up = Para llegar hasta donde.
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no llegar al nivel de...

y eso me recuerda de un chiste. pero supongo que eso es para otro foro.
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no llegar al nivel de...

y eso me recuerda de un chiste. pero supongo que eso es para otro foro.

creo que suena bien...también sería la idea de "no comparar."
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sin comparación me parece bien
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