Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
padecer la existencia
English translation:
suffer one's own existence
Added to glossary by
Dominique de Izaguirre
Nov 6, 2003 05:04
20 yrs ago
Spanish term
idalia
padecer la existencia
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
literature
esa manera muy particular de padecer la existencia
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | suffer one's own existence |
Dominique de Izaguirre
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| 4 +5 | to endure existence |
Susana Galilea
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| 4 +1 | suffer life |
Nikki Graham
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| 5 | undergo existence |
Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
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| 4 | to bear the pain of existence |
Naomi Mallinson (X)
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Proposed translations
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Dominique de Izaguirre
Native in Spanish
Natural language, accurate words.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish
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4
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suffer one's own existence
Una posibilidad.
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Comment: "muchas gracias, es muy útil esta versión"
+5
2 hrs
Susana Galilea
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
United States
Customized Translation Services ENG>SPA
Native in: Spanish (Variants: US, Latin American, Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
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16
to endure existence
... It seemed intolerable that I should endure existence subject to the arbitrary visitations
of a Magician who could thus play tricks with one's very stomach. ...
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of a Magician who could thus play tricks with one's very stomach. ...
www.alcyone.com/max/lit/flatland/17.html - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
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mbc
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Martin Harvey
: I like this one.
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Sp-EnTranslator
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Patricia Baldwin
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Sol
: ¡Muy bueno, Susana!
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+1
7 hrs
suffer life
I think existencia would be better transalted by life in English (it is an option in dictionaries)
So: that very particualr way of suffering life.
you could even say of putting up with life (which would be a colloquial option)
I always felt cheated by the Christian proposition that I should suffer life on earth for seventy-odd years for some spurious afterlife reward solely based on hearsay, make-believe and nonsensical fairy-tales. When I learnt that in Eastern mysticism you could experience paradise on earth by becoming enlightened, I gladly dropped my Christian belief in an after-death-reward in exchange for the promise of a here-on-earth reward.
So: that very particualr way of suffering life.
you could even say of putting up with life (which would be a colloquial option)
I always felt cheated by the Christian proposition that I should suffer life on earth for seventy-odd years for some spurious afterlife reward solely based on hearsay, make-believe and nonsensical fairy-tales. When I learnt that in Eastern mysticism you could experience paradise on earth by becoming enlightened, I gladly dropped my Christian belief in an after-death-reward in exchange for the promise of a here-on-earth reward.
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undergo existence
cheers
9 hrs
to bear the pain of existence
To endure the pain of disappointment, frustration and loss that inevitably occur in the process of living.
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