One chance too many

Spanish translation: demasiadas oportunidades/más oportunidades de las que debiera/una (copa) de más

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English term or phrase:One chance too many
Spanish translation:demasiadas oportunidades/más oportunidades de las que debiera/una (copa) de más
Entered by: Michael Powers (PhD)

22:19 Jun 6, 2003
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: One chance too many
"I as a white man from Alabama with those convictions, gave him [probably referring to a black reporter] one chance too many.
thx
aivars
Argentina
Local time: 11:50
demasiadas oportunidades
Explanation:
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Note added at 2003-06-06 22:26:11 (GMT)
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\"one chance too many\" = too many chances

too many chances = demasiadas oportunidades



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... But you have a right to ask if I, as a white man from Alabama, with those convictions,
gave him one chance too many by not stopping his appointment to the ...
209.61.190.23/news2003/may03/may12/ 4_thurs/news3thursday.html - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

Raines Comes Clean—But Soils Times Reputation -- May 15, 2003
... Times executive editor Howell Raines finally answered the big question yesterday,
admitting he gave Jayson Blair, a black reporter, “one chance too many.”. ...
www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0515.asp - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

Bengt Nordin Agency
ONE CHANCE TOO MANY When the young inspector Joakim Hill walks into
a gas station a late spring night, he sees for the first time ...
www.nordinagency.se/BMenchans.html - 3k - Cached - Similar pages

Richard Prince\'s Journal-isms™
... uncensored. “I have never regretted making the decision to stay.”.
Raines Might Have Given “One Chance Too Many”. New York ...
www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/030516_prince/ - 37k - Cached - Similar pages

Reason
... conceded that his belief in \"aggressively providing hiring and career opportunities
for minorities\" had probably led him to give Blair \"one chance too many.\". ...
reason.com/cy/cy052703.shtml - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

Boston Globe Online / Editorials | Opinions / Facing up to the ...
... conceded that his belief in \'\'aggressively providing hiring and career opportunities
for minorities\'\' had probably led him to give Blair \'\'one chance too many ...
www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/146/oped/ Facing_up_to_the_race_issue_in_the_Jayson_Blair_debate+.shtml - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

BBC - Pure Soap - Talk Soap Homepage
... What would you do in Sharon\'s situation? Do you think Vicki\'s had
one chance too many? Would you pack her off back to the States? ...
www.bbc.co.uk/puresoap/talksoap/ - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

1999 Belgian Grand Prix Preview
... In the race, Micahel Schumacher did his usual rainmaster act, until he took one chance
too many lapping David Coulthard\'s McLaren, running into the back of the ...
www.rastus.force9.co.uk/Belgium99PV.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Tribune Media Services International | Products
... After all, Howell Raines, the executive editor of the Times, has admitted
that he gave Blair \"one chance too many\" because of his race. ...
www.latsi.com/latsi/ subcategory.jsp?custid=70&catid=1028 - 14k - Cached - Similar pages

BLEATING PRESS... MORE RED WHINE!
... reported that Raines told employees, ‘You have a right to ask if I, as a white
man from Alabama, with those convictions, gave him one chance too many by not ...
www.etherzone.com/2003/lang051903.shtml - 16k - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 2003-06-06 22:42:27 (GMT)
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Examples witih \"demasiadas oportunidades\"

Yahoo! Noticias - F1-Montoya dice Schumacher no tiene muchos ... - [ Translate this page ]
... PAULO (Reuters) - El piloto colombiano Juan Pablo Montoya dijo que el pentacampeón
mundial Michael Schumacher no tiene demasiadas oportunidades de conseguir ...
ar.news.yahoo.com/030403/10/59n3.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

Página/12 - Suplemento RADAR - Buenos Aires - [ Translate this page ]
... Pequeño, el hermano menor, la promesa constante, el eterno postergado al que no
se le admitían demasiadas canciones ni se le daban demasiadas oportunidades. ...
www.pagina12.com.ar/2001/suple/radar/ 01-12/01-12-23/PAGINA3.HTM - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

FUTBOLPERUANO.COM: Pumpido lamenta las oportunidades perdidas - [ Translate this page ]
... potentes del planeta. \"Creímos siempre en la victoria, pero sencillamente
fallamos demasiadas oportunidades\". El técnico lamentó ...
www.peru.com/futbol/AutoNoticias/ DetalleNoticia21367.asp - 44k - Cached - Similar pages

ITT: Marzo 2003: Novedades del programa: Menu - [ Translate this page ]
... En el mundo tan cambiante de las tecnologías de la sociedad de la información,
se pierden demasiadas oportunidades de explotación de nuevas investigaciones ...
www.cordis.lu/itt/itt-es/03-2/prog-menu.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

E-Negocios - No creo que tengamos una nueva economía - [ Translate this page ]
... negocio. Es demasiado grande, tiene demasiadas piezas y ofrece demasiadas
oportunidades para los nuevos jugadores en el mercado. ...
www.analitica.com/cyberanalitica/enegocios/3241315.asp - 26k - Cached - Similar pages

Los Wizards traspasan a Alexander a los Hornets - [ Translate this page ]
... para sus intereses profesionales porque con los Wizards y Jordan, ahora con las
intenciones de jugar de base, no iba a tener demasiadas oportunidades. ...
marca.recoletos.es/marca_usa/nba/ 02/06/26/26%20alexander.html - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

El mundo del cuento. Los mejores cuentos en español. - [ Translate this page ]
... en Nueva York. Llegó a la ciudad procedente del sur, de un pueblo sin
demasiadas oportunidades. Su pasión: cantar. Desde muy pequeña ...
www.elcuento.com/Textos/Num015/torresj1015.php - 39k - Cached - Similar pages

ESPNdeportes.com: Básquetbol: Uno para ganar, dos para luchar - [ Translate this page ]
... los otros dos volverán a afrontar, como hicieron en el torneo 2000-2001, la dura
lucha por mantenerse en un ambiente que no suele dar demasiadas oportunidades ...
yupimsn.espndeportes.espn.go.com/basquetbol/ columnas/perezargnba20021029.html - 46k - Cached - Similar pages

Nuestra Comunidad Página 8 - [ Translate this page ]
... Sin embargo, reconoce que las altas calificaciones se deben, en gran medida, a que
se dan demasiadas oportunidades, incluso para presentar los exámenes cuando ...
www.uia.mx/ibero/noticias/nuestracom/02/nc49/8.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

La Sección Femenina - [ Translate this page ]
... controlada en su mayoría por la raza calé, ya que el oficio encaja con su forma
de vivir y la sociedad no les ofrece demasiadas oportunidades diferentes de ...
www.lapaginadefinitiva.com/secfem/mercadillo.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages
Selected response from:

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 10:50
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +12una oportunidad de más
Oso (X)
4 +2más oportunidades de las que hubiera debido (darle)
Susana Galilea
4 +1demasiadas oportunidades
Michael Powers (PhD)
4mas de una oportunidad
Maria Ravalli
4una oportunidad de más y no merecida
lincasanova


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
demasiadas oportunidades


Explanation:
+

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Note added at 2003-06-06 22:26:11 (GMT)
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\"one chance too many\" = too many chances

too many chances = demasiadas oportunidades



--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2003-06-06 22:27:40 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

... But you have a right to ask if I, as a white man from Alabama, with those convictions,
gave him one chance too many by not stopping his appointment to the ...
209.61.190.23/news2003/may03/may12/ 4_thurs/news3thursday.html - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

Raines Comes Clean—But Soils Times Reputation -- May 15, 2003
... Times executive editor Howell Raines finally answered the big question yesterday,
admitting he gave Jayson Blair, a black reporter, “one chance too many.”. ...
www.timeswatch.org/articles/2003/0515.asp - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

Bengt Nordin Agency
ONE CHANCE TOO MANY When the young inspector Joakim Hill walks into
a gas station a late spring night, he sees for the first time ...
www.nordinagency.se/BMenchans.html - 3k - Cached - Similar pages

Richard Prince\'s Journal-isms™
... uncensored. “I have never regretted making the decision to stay.”.
Raines Might Have Given “One Chance Too Many”. New York ...
www.maynardije.org/columns/dickprince/030516_prince/ - 37k - Cached - Similar pages

Reason
... conceded that his belief in \"aggressively providing hiring and career opportunities
for minorities\" had probably led him to give Blair \"one chance too many.\". ...
reason.com/cy/cy052703.shtml - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

Boston Globe Online / Editorials | Opinions / Facing up to the ...
... conceded that his belief in \'\'aggressively providing hiring and career opportunities
for minorities\'\' had probably led him to give Blair \'\'one chance too many ...
www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/146/oped/ Facing_up_to_the_race_issue_in_the_Jayson_Blair_debate+.shtml - 29k - Cached - Similar pages

BBC - Pure Soap - Talk Soap Homepage
... What would you do in Sharon\'s situation? Do you think Vicki\'s had
one chance too many? Would you pack her off back to the States? ...
www.bbc.co.uk/puresoap/talksoap/ - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

1999 Belgian Grand Prix Preview
... In the race, Micahel Schumacher did his usual rainmaster act, until he took one chance
too many lapping David Coulthard\'s McLaren, running into the back of the ...
www.rastus.force9.co.uk/Belgium99PV.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages

Tribune Media Services International | Products
... After all, Howell Raines, the executive editor of the Times, has admitted
that he gave Blair \"one chance too many\" because of his race. ...
www.latsi.com/latsi/ subcategory.jsp?custid=70&catid=1028 - 14k - Cached - Similar pages

BLEATING PRESS... MORE RED WHINE!
... reported that Raines told employees, ‘You have a right to ask if I, as a white
man from Alabama, with those convictions, gave him one chance too many by not ...
www.etherzone.com/2003/lang051903.shtml - 16k - Cached - Similar pages


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Note added at 2003-06-06 22:42:27 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Examples witih \"demasiadas oportunidades\"

Yahoo! Noticias - F1-Montoya dice Schumacher no tiene muchos ... - [ Translate this page ]
... PAULO (Reuters) - El piloto colombiano Juan Pablo Montoya dijo que el pentacampeón
mundial Michael Schumacher no tiene demasiadas oportunidades de conseguir ...
ar.news.yahoo.com/030403/10/59n3.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

Página/12 - Suplemento RADAR - Buenos Aires - [ Translate this page ]
... Pequeño, el hermano menor, la promesa constante, el eterno postergado al que no
se le admitían demasiadas canciones ni se le daban demasiadas oportunidades. ...
www.pagina12.com.ar/2001/suple/radar/ 01-12/01-12-23/PAGINA3.HTM - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

FUTBOLPERUANO.COM: Pumpido lamenta las oportunidades perdidas - [ Translate this page ]
... potentes del planeta. \"Creímos siempre en la victoria, pero sencillamente
fallamos demasiadas oportunidades\". El técnico lamentó ...
www.peru.com/futbol/AutoNoticias/ DetalleNoticia21367.asp - 44k - Cached - Similar pages

ITT: Marzo 2003: Novedades del programa: Menu - [ Translate this page ]
... En el mundo tan cambiante de las tecnologías de la sociedad de la información,
se pierden demasiadas oportunidades de explotación de nuevas investigaciones ...
www.cordis.lu/itt/itt-es/03-2/prog-menu.htm - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

E-Negocios - No creo que tengamos una nueva economía - [ Translate this page ]
... negocio. Es demasiado grande, tiene demasiadas piezas y ofrece demasiadas
oportunidades para los nuevos jugadores en el mercado. ...
www.analitica.com/cyberanalitica/enegocios/3241315.asp - 26k - Cached - Similar pages

Los Wizards traspasan a Alexander a los Hornets - [ Translate this page ]
... para sus intereses profesionales porque con los Wizards y Jordan, ahora con las
intenciones de jugar de base, no iba a tener demasiadas oportunidades. ...
marca.recoletos.es/marca_usa/nba/ 02/06/26/26%20alexander.html - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

El mundo del cuento. Los mejores cuentos en español. - [ Translate this page ]
... en Nueva York. Llegó a la ciudad procedente del sur, de un pueblo sin
demasiadas oportunidades. Su pasión: cantar. Desde muy pequeña ...
www.elcuento.com/Textos/Num015/torresj1015.php - 39k - Cached - Similar pages

ESPNdeportes.com: Básquetbol: Uno para ganar, dos para luchar - [ Translate this page ]
... los otros dos volverán a afrontar, como hicieron en el torneo 2000-2001, la dura
lucha por mantenerse en un ambiente que no suele dar demasiadas oportunidades ...
yupimsn.espndeportes.espn.go.com/basquetbol/ columnas/perezargnba20021029.html - 46k - Cached - Similar pages

Nuestra Comunidad Página 8 - [ Translate this page ]
... Sin embargo, reconoce que las altas calificaciones se deben, en gran medida, a que
se dan demasiadas oportunidades, incluso para presentar los exámenes cuando ...
www.uia.mx/ibero/noticias/nuestracom/02/nc49/8.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

La Sección Femenina - [ Translate this page ]
... controlada en su mayoría por la raza calé, ya que el oficio encaja con su forma
de vivir y la sociedad no les ofrece demasiadas oportunidades diferentes de ...
www.lapaginadefinitiva.com/secfem/mercadillo.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages


Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 10:50
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 207

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Egmont: s7 el periodista negro mentiroso del NYT...
3 mins
  -> imagínate - y un periódico tan bueno para comenzar. - Mike :)
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +12
una oportunidad de más


Explanation:
Hola aivars,
Una opción.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 2003-06-06 22:29:25 (GMT)
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Esta frase usualmente se usa en relación a las copas (tragos):

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner\'s Dictionary)
one too many INFORMAL
If you have had one too many, you have drunk too much alcohol.

Oso (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 210

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Becky Spangle
0 min
  -> Muchas gracias, Becky ¶:^)

agree  Egmont
2 mins
  -> Mil gracias a mi pal, Al ¶:^)

agree  Refugio: This is it. Too many opportunities is not quite the same as one too many.
19 mins
  -> D'accordo! Muchas gracias, Ruth ¶:^)

agree  mónica alfonso: hic!
19 mins
  -> Hic-hic, hurray! ¶;^) Mil gracias, Mónica ¶:^)

agree  ingridbram
59 mins
  -> Muchas gracias, Ingrid ¶:^)

agree  Marva
2 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Marva ¶:^)

agree  Ricardo Posada Ortiz: si
3 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, posada ¶:^)

agree  nataliazam (X)
3 hrs
  -> Mil gracias, nataliazam ¶:^)

agree  izy: lo más exacto, es solo una!!
9 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, izy ¶:^)

agree  Edwal Rospigliosi
17 hrs
  -> Muy agradecido, Edwal ¶:^)

agree  Jennifer Brinckmann
22 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias, Jennifer ¶:^)

agree  colemh: 8-)
2 days 1 hr
  -> Muchas gracias, colemh ¶8^)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
más oportunidades de las que hubiera debido (darle)


Explanation:
En realidad, no se trata literalmente de una oportunidad de más, sino de que le dio más oportunidades de las que hubiera debido darle, considerando el resultado...

Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 09:50
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sol
2 hrs

agree  Christina Green
14 hrs
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mas de una oportunidad


Explanation:
Un saludo, Soledad

Maria Ravalli
Local time: 10:50
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1 day 11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
una oportunidad de más y no merecida


Explanation:
hth

lincasanova
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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