Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

made any sense

Spanish translation:

aunque eso no tuviera mucho sentido/ si bien eso no tenía mucho sentido

Added to glossary by carmen05
May 22, 2005 10:43
19 yrs ago
English term

made any sense

Non-PRO English to Spanish Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
En un libro que trata de un tipo un tanto crápula. En este fragmento le sucede que se siente diferente con esta chica en particular:

He remembered little after that, which was devilish odd. He usually just watched himself have sex, distantly and dispassionately, not that that made any sense.
But this time, it was as if heat and light rushed through him, driving him into her.

Poco más recordó después de eso, algo realmente extraño en él. Solía contemplarse a si mismo cuando hacía el amor, distante y desapasionado, aunque ...
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Proposed translations

+3
2 hrs
Selected

aunque/ si bien eso no tuviera mucho sentido

traducción literaria: lo más difícil. Espero que ayude

Carmen

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Note added at 2 hrs 44 mins (2005-05-22 13:27:57 GMT)
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perdón:
aunque eso no tuviera mucho sentido
si bien eso no tenía mucho sentido
Peer comment(s):

agree Alejandra Tolj : I like this one! Great !
39 mins
thanks, Ale!! :-)
agree carlie602
9 hrs
Thank you Carlie!
agree Nora Escoms
9 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
11 mins

hiciera algun sentido

'---no era que eso hiciera algún sentido...'
Peer comment(s):

agree Marcela Robaina Boyd : no porque tuviera algún sentido
32 mins
Gracias Marcela
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46 mins

como si no tuviera sentido

Poco más recordó después de eso, algo realmente extraño en él. Solía contemplarse a sí mismo cuando hacía el amor, distante y desapasionado, como si no tuviera sentido.

a ver si ayuda
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1 hr

no por nada/ sin motivo aparente

Creo que este es el sentido.
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3 hrs

sin que tuviera sentido

Saludos.
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4 hrs

...aunque no tenía ningún sentido.

A bit difficult, since the English original is a colloquialism. But you do need the double negative.
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5 hrs

lo queno quiere decir que hubiera algun sentido en esa actitud

para toda la frase: 'not that that made any sense'.

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Note added at 5 hrs 10 mins (2005-05-22 15:54:25 GMT)
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lo que no quiere decir....perdon...

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Note added at 5 hrs 11 mins (2005-05-22 15:54:55 GMT)
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lo que no quiere decir....perdon...
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