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walterzev · 11-12-2008, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ezequiel

Could "a full" come from "at full capacity" or "at full speed" and turned into spanish slang?

Sounds reasonable to me =P

Yes, exactly.

tapatepe · 11-13-2008, 02:31 PM

That reminds me of when they want to thank you for something and they say "gracias a mil" or "gracias un millon" or "un millon de gracias" (thanks a million times or thanks a thousand times)

Fara� · 11-13-2008, 03:31 PM

Hi!

This that I'm going to add here may not be of much help, but in Portuguese we have a "saying" which is pretty close from the Spanish one. We don't use "mil" but "cem" (hundred):

"A cem, cento e vinte" (to do something in a rush/in a hurry)

andreap · 11-17-2008, 10:49 AM

I hate the sound of "a full" , sounds like Spanglish to me.

GraceReborn · 11-17-2008, 11:53 AM

Ok, thanks so much for all your help! Good to know I was reading it right by context, but even better to hear the origin. And always helpful to hear another way of saying the same thing (ie: "a full"). So, thank you!

Itan · 12-02-2008, 03:33 PM

In Italy we use to say the same when we want to describe :
"A lot of.."
"Very fast"
"Without rest"

Is right what you say about the 1000 km/h: expecially when we talk about work, we use to say (for example)
"Hey, how's the work going"
"It's going at 1000"

But now means everything that's too much or really faster.

elianag · 12-12-2008, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GraceReborn

A friend keeps using the phrase "a mil" in emails to me. He's Peruvian, if that makes a difference. Oh, and he never uses accent marks and misspells things all the times, which make translating a challenge, lol. But he seems to write this consistently the same... It seems like he's saying he's busy in context, but all the translators and dictionaries I've look through only have it as meaning the literal "a thousand", and that doesn't make sense in context:

"Lo siento he estado a mil."
"A mil con el trabajo."
"Yo estoy a mil, sin conexcion de internet, y ayer me quede sin baetria en el celular..."

Thanks for any help!

Dear ones:

When I saw the title of this thread I thought you would discuss Portuguese. This expression "estou a mil" or "ando a mil" is very Brazilian Portuguese!

And it means the same as in Spanish and English.

Saludinhos

Eliana

seeker50 · 12-20-2008, 12:53 PM

From what I've been reading, it looks like most of commentaries match the same result: busy. Someone who is busy, someone who is fully engaged in a sort of multitasking-related life.
In my turf( Honduras), we associate this expression with a person who is either running, leaving a place, driving a car, and so on. But the thing is that this person performs this action by "speeding up", "stepping on it" .. It has nothing to do with "being busy"

seeker50.

aleCcowaN · 12-20-2008, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tapatepe

That reminds me of when they want to thank you for something and they say "gracias a mil" or "gracias un millon" or "un millon de gracias" (thanks a million times or thanks a thousand times)

Quiz� hayas querido poner "gracias mil" pues "gracias a mil" significa que te dan las gracias a toda velocidad.

Comentario en general:

a mil = a toda velocidad
(mil o mil por hora -sin unidades, pues se sobreentiende velocidad-)

a full = a plena capacidad, a m�xima capacidad

ambas se confunden con:

a toda m�quina = a todo vapor = el m�ximo de potencia que el sistema permite para lograr la m�xima velocidad

El hotel est� a full (esta completo)
Estoy trabajando a full (estoy trabajando a m�xima capacidad)
Hubo 34� y la playa estaba a full (figuradamente, no hab�a un metro cuadrado de arena o agua baja donde no hubiera una persona)
Estoy a mil (no me detengo un solo momento y hago todo siguiendo un mismo impulso acelerado -simb�lico, no f�sico-)
Pas� la se�al a mil (claramente no aminor� la velocidad ante el sem�foro)
Los ladrones huyeron a mil (se largaron tan r�pido como pudieron)

11-13-2008, 02:31 PM	#12
tapatepe New Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Age: 36 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 16	Re: "A mil" That reminds me of when they want to thank you for something and they say "gracias a mil" or "gracias un millon" or "un millon de gracias" (thanks a million times or thanks a thousand times)

11-13-2008, 03:31 PM	#13
Fara� Contributing User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: مصر‎, Posts: 132 Rep Power: 202	Re: "A mil" Hi! This that I'm going to add here may not be of much help, but in Portuguese we have a "saying" which is pretty close from the Spanish one. We don't use "mil" but "cem" (hundred): "A cem, cento e vinte" (to do something in a rush/in a hurry) Last edited by Fara� : 11-13-2008 at 03:33 PM.

11-17-2008, 10:49 AM	#14
andreap Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 321 Rep Power: 87	Re: "A mil" I hate the sound of "a full" , sounds like Spanglish to me.

11-17-2008, 11:53 AM	#15
GraceReborn New Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Re: "A mil" Ok, thanks so much for all your help! Good to know I was reading it right by context, but even better to hear the origin. And always helpful to hear another way of saying the same thing (ie: "a full"). So, thank you!

12-02-2008, 03:33 PM	#16
Itan Forum User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Milan - Italy Age: 39 Posts: 35 Rep Power: 52	Re: "A mil" In Italy we use to say the same when we want to describe : "A lot of.." "Very fast" "Without rest" Is right what you say about the 1000 km/h: expecially when we talk about work, we use to say (for example) "Hey, how's the work going" "It's going at 1000" But now means everything that's too much or really faster. __________________ Quando ti morde un lupo, pazienza. Quel che secca � quando ti morde una pecora.

12-20-2008, 12:53 PM	#18
seeker50 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Leicester, NC. USA. Age: 49 Posts: 206 Rep Power: 584	Re: "A mil" From what I've been reading, it looks like most of commentaries match the same result: busy. Someone who is busy, someone who is fully engaged in a sort of multitasking-related life. In my turf( Honduras), we associate this expression with a person who is either running, leaving a place, driving a car, and so on. But the thing is that this person performs this action by "speeding up", "stepping on it" .. It has nothing to do with "being busy" seeker50. __________________ "He who rides a tiger, cannot dismount." --Chinese proverb.

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