Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

dejarte una jubilación

English translation:

leave you something to retire on

Added to glossary by David Ronder
Jan 27, 2010 18:36
14 yrs ago
Spanish term

dejarte una jubilación

Spanish to English Art/Literary History
Hi!
I wonder could anyone help me with this phrase in the following context? I don't understand why it's "dejarte": does it just mean to get a pension? It's from an interview with Miguel Delibes and he's talking about how after the civil war people with connections on the right side did well job-wise. Thank you very much!

Y no te hablo de los grandes enchufados, no, ésos aparte; me refiero, más bien, a aquellos pequeños “enchufitos”, lo suficientemente pingües para vivir decorosamente la vida y dejarte luego una jubilación.
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Feb 10, 2010 12:42: David Ronder Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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leave you something to retire on

That's how I read it - you can live well and have something to retire on (or a nice little nest -egg).
Peer comment(s):

agree Fiona Kirton
1 min
Thanks, Fiona
agree Carol Gullidge
19 mins
Thanks, Carole
agree twiginbeak
29 mins
Thanks, Richard
agree Christina Courtright : the "you" in this sense is used in the impersonal - colloquial language
55 mins
Yes - thanks, Christina
agree Jenni Lukac (X)
1 hr
Thanks, Jenni
agree Evans (X)
13 hrs
Thanks, Gilla
agree Richard Boulter
20 hrs
Thanks, Richard
agree marinallamas
2 days 20 hrs
Thanks, marina
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8 mins

granted you a pension

a job that provided a decent living, and then granted you a pension
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+1
14 mins

and leave you a pension

Es mi sugerencia. ...enough to have a respecful life and leave you with a pension (afterwards)
Peer comment(s):

agree Rosa Paredes : Exacto. :)
5 hrs
Muchas gracias Rosa.
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