Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
las mil y una
English translation:
cliff-hangers, moments of suspense
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Bubo Coroman (X)
Mar 15, 2009 23:30
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Spanish term
Spain
Quality- Professionalism - Experience
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British, US, US South)
Works in: Spanish to English
las mil y una
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Theatre
Talking about a recent play:
El autor ha inventado las mil y una y ha hecho bien en utilizarlas.
OK, "a thousand and one"... things? Is there a better way to express this?
Thanks.
El autor ha inventado las mil y una y ha hecho bien en utilizarlas.
OK, "a thousand and one"... things? Is there a better way to express this?
Thanks.
Proposed translations
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Mar 16, 2009 09:38: Bubo Coroman (X) Created KOG entry
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has invented a series of cliff-hangers and used them to good effect
moments of suspense in the story when all seems lost...
I think it's a reference to the Arabian Nights
http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q="leaving each evening's ...
I think it's a reference to the Arabian Nights
http://www.google.es/search?hl=es&q="leaving each evening's ...
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Comment: "Many thanks to everyone for their help! I choose this answer because I was already leaning towards "stories", and Deborah jogged my mind about the "Thousand and One Nigfhts". Thanks again."
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a host of / a ton of / a wealth of
Posibles alternativas.
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a thousand plus one
EEEeeek I was about to answer and my computer froze for 30 minutes!! Almost lost all my work, whew!
OK, I think this suits the best.
One Big Food Life List « Mon AppétitHowever, for cooks and travelers who want a handy, photo-heavy quick reference for a-thousand-plus-one foods (most of which have ID shots), this will make ...
http://cynthianims.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/one-big-food-lif...
Blame the Healer - Warhammer Online , MMO20 Jan 2009 ... I decided not to bring you any WAR news, since there’s already a thousand plus one place where you can get the info from. ...
http://massiveblips.dailyradar.com/story/blame_the_healer/
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thousand words, it will probably take a thousand plus one word to explain them, and even then, mystery remains (Fischman, 2001). ...
http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/send-pdf.cgi?acc_num=ucin1069275...
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Deborah Workman
United States
United States
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United States
Telecom/new media tech, law, bus, mktg
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, French to English, and 1 more.
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every/all ... and then some
For example:
He used every trick in the bag and then some, and successfully, too.
He pulled out all the stops and then some ...
He provided a surprises at every turn and then some ...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-03-16 03:59:53 GMT)
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More examples:
He has come up with a slew of new ideas and then some ...
He creates twists and turns and then some ...
Your context will determine the actual details, but the construction is possibly useful for your purposes.
He used every trick in the bag and then some, and successfully, too.
He pulled out all the stops and then some ...
He provided a surprises at every turn and then some ...
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-03-16 03:59:53 GMT)
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More examples:
He has come up with a slew of new ideas and then some ...
He creates twists and turns and then some ...
Your context will determine the actual details, but the construction is possibly useful for your purposes.
Discussion
Or maybe it's the author real life they're talking about. Do you know anything about him/her? Maybe he/she's someone with a lot of experiences in life, and he's using them in his narrative. Sometimes, "hacer las mil y una" means "to have lived a lot"
Hi again, Cinnamon. If there's nothing between the title and this, then take a look at the title *smile*
Could be a typo.
Or sometimes, omitting the "what" is done on purpose. Is it a long text? I have a feeling you'll know by the end of the text.
In general, "las mil y una" means "gazillion" or "80.000" or whatever big number you want, to express "a whole lot, plus one".