Nov 14, 2018 12:47
5 yrs ago
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Catalan term
arriscar més del compte
Catalan to English
Bus/Financial
Business/Commerce (general)
Entrepreneurship
"És difícil tenir un negoci que perduri en el temps, així que s'ha de saber tallar i no arriscar més del compte."
Do you take "compte" to mean bank account? ie "you have to know how not to risk more than your bank account"?
Many thanks
Do you take "compte" to mean bank account? ie "you have to know how not to risk more than your bank account"?
Many thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | overreach yourself |
Tony Isaac
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| 5 | take too big a risk |
Helen Blair
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| 4 | to risk too much |
psicutrinius
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Proposed translations
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overreach yourself
It means taking too many risks, biting off more than you can chew.
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psicutrinius
Spain
Spain
Works in field
Spain
30 yrs+. Very accurate, demonstrably
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Catalan to English
to risk too much
"més del compte" means actually (and quite literally) "more than it is worth". Depending on context, it might mean "too much" as well.
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Helen Blair
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Chartered Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English, French to English, and 1 more.
take too big a risk
It just means to take too big a risk, risk more than you should, or as they say, 'bite off more than you can chew'
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