Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
play around in the mud
Spanish translation:
chapotear en el fango
Added to glossary by
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Aug 10, 2017 01:48
6 yrs ago
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English term
South Africa
Play around in the mud
English to Spanish
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Religion
Religious
One less exciting way your ears can see is when you feel absolutely sick, so much so, that you feel dirty, as if you were defiled. For example, there was a book that everyone recommended I read. This work contained many explicit sexual scenes rife with premarital sex. Halfway through the book, I felt physically sick and dirty. I realized I don’t have to play around in the mud to know that it is mud. My spiritual ears were telling me this was not good food.
Note: Not sure how to say this, or if it has any sexual connotation
Note: Not sure how to say this, or if it has any sexual connotation
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 +8 | chapotear/meterse en el fango/lodo // enredar/jugar con basura |
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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| 4 -1 | tener sexo anal |
David Hollywood
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Change log
Aug 11, 2017 18:56: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro Created KOG entry
Aug 11, 2017 18:56: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/669496">Beatriz Ramírez de Haro's</a> old entry - "Play around in the mud"" to ""chapotear en el fango ""
Proposed translations
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Spain
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Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish
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chapotear/meterse en el fango/lodo // enredar/jugar con basura
No creo que en este contexto la expresión haga referencia explícita al sexo anal. Entiendo que, aun refiriéndose al sexo, tiene un sentido metafórico y se debe mantener la metáfora en la traducción. Sugerencias:
- "Comprendí que no necesito chapotear en el fango/lodo para saber que es fango/lodo"
- "Comprendí que no necesito jugar/enredar con basura para saber que es basura"
- "Me di cuenta de que no necesito meterme en el fango/lodo para saber que es fango/lodo"
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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2017-08-11 07:05:24 GMT)
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O también "no me hace falta" en vez de "no necesito"
- "Comprendí que no necesito chapotear en el fango/lodo para saber que es fango/lodo"
- "Comprendí que no necesito jugar/enredar con basura para saber que es basura"
- "Me di cuenta de que no necesito meterme en el fango/lodo para saber que es fango/lodo"
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Note added at 1 day5 hrs (2017-08-11 07:05:24 GMT)
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O también "no me hace falta" en vez de "no necesito"
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David Hollywood
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tener sexo anal
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?...playing%20in%20the%...
1 feb. 2006 - "Playing in the mud" means anal sex. Playing in the mud is usually applied to homosexuals, but can also be used in reference to heterosexual ...
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I would say that in your context it does and we're translating so that would be my suggestion
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Note added at 52 mins (2017-08-10 02:41:37 GMT)
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but you have the full context so ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-08-10 02:57:51 GMT)
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but I'm pretty sure it has a sexual connection in this case
1 feb. 2006 - "Playing in the mud" means anal sex. Playing in the mud is usually applied to homosexuals, but can also be used in reference to heterosexual ...
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Note added at 14 mins (2017-08-10 02:02:48 GMT)
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I would say that in your context it does and we're translating so that would be my suggestion
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Note added at 52 mins (2017-08-10 02:41:37 GMT)
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but you have the full context so ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-08-10 02:57:51 GMT)
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but I'm pretty sure it has a sexual connection in this case
Peer comment(s):
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Robert Forstag
: This seems way off base. It seems most unlikely that a Christian woman would use what would be a very raunchy term for anal sex in her spiritual diary. In any event, such an expression would also not make logical sense coming from a woman.
11 hrs
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| disagree |
Robert Carter
: Sorry, David, this is completely wrong, IMO. It's a metaphor not a euphemism. How would you then translate "to know that it is mud"? :-)
12 hrs
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| neutral |
Verónica Lassa
: I agree with Robert F, but I still think it is a metaphorical expression. Maybe not about sex (or not only). We should find a metaphorical expression to talk about messing with the dirt.
15 hrs
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