Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
estar jugado
English translation:
being stuck//between a rock and a hard place
Added to glossary by
Oso (X)
Jun 22, 2005 23:11
18 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Argentina
ACCURACY+SPEED=SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
Native in: Romanian 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Romanian, Spanish to Romanian, Romanian to English, and 3 more.
estar jugado
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Slang
slang
Están jugados... están en la lona. Ya está.
nota: necesito usar TO BE + ADJECTIVE/ PAST PARTICIPLE...
(estar en aprietos y no tener salida, estar "listo")
they're DONE? they're STUCK? (they're TOAST me resulta poco)
Muchísimas gracias!!!!
nota: necesito usar TO BE + ADJECTIVE/ PAST PARTICIPLE...
(estar en aprietos y no tener salida, estar "listo")
they're DONE? they're STUCK? (they're TOAST me resulta poco)
Muchísimas gracias!!!!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | they're stuck//between a rock and a hard place |
Oso (X)
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| 3 | compromised |
Gabo Pena
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Change log
Jun 22, 2005 23:25: Oso (X) changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary"
Proposed translations
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Selected
they're stuck//between a rock and a hard place
"ESTAR JUGADO
Estar jugado significa edstar en una situación límite.
Giuria lo explica bien en su "Indagación del porteño"
"Jugarse", "estar jugado" o "jugarse entero", son expresiones que llegan de la zona íntima de las violentas decisiones del hombre porteño".
Y Celedonio Flores en su poema "Bar, café y minutas" nos permite ejemplificar la sitación cuando dice
Y el que talla en la vida de los otros
(que también es vivir una jugada)
y SE JUEGA el bagallo de su vida
en la macha misión del guardaespalda. "
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Note added at 2005-06-22 23:17:53 (GMT)
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\"...To say that one is stuck \"between a rock and a hard place\" stresses that there are two forces which are restricting one\'s movement. Often it is the opposite direction of these forces that causes the sticking point. One is unable for some particular reason to do something that one would like to do, such as act or not act in a certain way. \"I\'d like to help you but I am stuck between a rock and a hard place.\" To have someone between a rock and a hard place is to have them in a position that causes them to make a choice that they don\'t want to make. \"You\'ve got me between a rock and a hard place; I\'ll sell it to you at the price you quoted.\" ...\"
http://www.goenglish.com/BetweenARockAndAHardPlace.asp
¡Suerte, Andra y muchos saludos del Oso! ¶:^)
Estar jugado significa edstar en una situación límite.
Giuria lo explica bien en su "Indagación del porteño"
"Jugarse", "estar jugado" o "jugarse entero", son expresiones que llegan de la zona íntima de las violentas decisiones del hombre porteño".
Y Celedonio Flores en su poema "Bar, café y minutas" nos permite ejemplificar la sitación cuando dice
Y el que talla en la vida de los otros
(que también es vivir una jugada)
y SE JUEGA el bagallo de su vida
en la macha misión del guardaespalda. "
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Note added at 2005-06-22 23:17:53 (GMT)
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\"...To say that one is stuck \"between a rock and a hard place\" stresses that there are two forces which are restricting one\'s movement. Often it is the opposite direction of these forces that causes the sticking point. One is unable for some particular reason to do something that one would like to do, such as act or not act in a certain way. \"I\'d like to help you but I am stuck between a rock and a hard place.\" To have someone between a rock and a hard place is to have them in a position that causes them to make a choice that they don\'t want to make. \"You\'ve got me between a rock and a hard place; I\'ll sell it to you at the price you quoted.\" ...\"
http://www.goenglish.com/BetweenARockAndAHardPlace.asp
¡Suerte, Andra y muchos saludos del Oso! ¶:^)
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Comment: "Estimado OSO, nuevamente es usted quien me ayuda... Gracias de nuevo!!! I was stuck... :-)"
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Gabo Pena
Native in Spanish
&
English
'meaning, intent, demeanor'
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian) , Spanish (Variants: Mexican, US, Cuban, Canarian, Latin American, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Salvadoran, Argentine, Venezuelan, Dominican)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 4 more.
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