Glossary entry (derived from question below)
español term or phrase:
incómodas concesiones
inglés translation:
uneasy concessions
Added to glossary by
George Rabel
Feb 5, 2005 00:05
19 yrs ago
español term
incómodas concesiones
español al inglés
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European English or plain English
A lo largo de este período, y con la ayuda de todos cuantos lo han hecho posible, hemos logrado penetrar en el tejido cultural de nuestra ciudad sin tener que hacer por ello **incómodas concesiones** a ese otro cine -sobradamente promocionado a lo largo y lo ancho de los grandes circuitos comerciales de exhibición- que ha venido presidiendo nuestras vidas desde tiempos inmemoriales y que, sin duda, lo seguirá haciendo mientras exista, como ha sucedido hasta ahora, un mercado lo suficientemente reactivo que lo demande.
Proposed translations
(inglés)
5 +4 | uneasy concessions | George Rabel |
4 +1 | without making unwanted compromises | Chutzpahtic (X) |
4 | without making any inopportune sacrifices | Rebecca Hendry |
4 | awkward concessions | Susana Galilea |
Proposed translations
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1 minuto
español term (edited):
inc�modas concesiones
Selected
uneasy concessions
: )
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Note added at 21 mins (2005-02-05 00:27:31 GMT)
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Al-Ahram Weekly | International | Of war and exile
... in the coming peace talks and its future status are the main disputed issues, and it is expected that there may have to be \"uneasy concessions\" from both sides ...
weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/453/in2.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] sic.master..sic.072 .. Page243
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... Despite uneasy concessions to the rhetoric of perspective – Heisenberg was hardly a disinterested observer – the scientist had to maintain a dispassionate ...
journals.cambridge.org/article_S0269889703000723 - Similar pages
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Note added at 21 mins (2005-02-05 00:27:31 GMT)
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Al-Ahram Weekly | International | Of war and exile
... in the coming peace talks and its future status are the main disputed issues, and it is expected that there may have to be \"uneasy concessions\" from both sides ...
weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/453/in2.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] sic.master..sic.072 .. Page243
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
... Despite uneasy concessions to the rhetoric of perspective – Heisenberg was hardly a disinterested observer – the scientist had to maintain a dispassionate ...
journals.cambridge.org/article_S0269889703000723 - Similar pages
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "gracias a todos/as"
+1
2 minutos
español term (edited):
inc�modas concesiones
without making unwanted compromises
Espero sirva.
6 minutos
español term (edited):
inc�modas concesiones
without making any inopportune sacrifices
another idea.
21 minutos
español term (edited):
inc�modas concesiones
awkward concessions
another option
awkward ['ɔ:kwəd] adjetivo
1 (persona) torpe, desmañado,-a
2 difícil, pesado,-a
don't be so awkward!, ¡no seas tan pesado!
2 (cosa) incómodo,-a
3 (momento) inoportuno,-a
4 (situación) embarazoso,-a
5 (problema, pregunta) difícil
-- Source: Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe
awkward ['ɔ:kwəd] adjetivo
1 (persona) torpe, desmañado,-a
2 difícil, pesado,-a
don't be so awkward!, ¡no seas tan pesado!
2 (cosa) incómodo,-a
3 (momento) inoportuno,-a
4 (situación) embarazoso,-a
5 (problema, pregunta) difícil
-- Source: Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe
Peer comment(s):
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George Rabel
: Sorry, Susana. No lo interpreto así. Opino que este "incómodo", según el contexto, equivale a "de mala gana".ADDED: Reluctant is perfect!
3 minutos
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could be, I was going to suggest "reluctant concessions"...saludos :)
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