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great-hearted desires

Spanish translation: espíritu magnánimo

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English term or phrase:great-hearted desires
Spanish translation:espíritu magnánimo
Entered by: anivlis

22:55 Mar 12, 2013
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Religion / religious book
English term or phrase: great-hearted desires
I'm translating an article on young people in the Church. The whole sentence goes like this: The Church has young people with a profound experience of God and with great-hearted desires.” The target audience are religious people in Spain and Latin America
anivlis
Local time: 11:43
espíritu magnánimo
Explanation:
En la Iglesia hay jóvenes de espíritu magnánimo y con una profunda experiencia de Dios.
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María Luisa Balseiro
Spain
Local time: 11:43
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2deseos elevados
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
4 +1deseos de corazón noble
Magdalena Balibrea Vich
4 +1deseos valerosos
Marcio Cambraia
4espíritu magnánimo
María Luisa Balseiro
3deseos de almas nobles y valerosas
Mónica Algazi


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
deseos de corazón noble


Explanation:
great·heart·ed (grthärtd)
adj.
1. Noble or courageous in spirit


Magdalena Balibrea Vich
Spain
Local time: 11:43
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anthony Ottey
6 mins
  -> thanks!
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
deseos valerosos


Explanation:
"...deseos valerosos de emprender cosas grandes con que mostrar el valor y grandeza de ánimo."




    Reference: http://books.google.com.br/books?id=2MBhh8j49doC&pg=RA7-PA25...
Marcio Cambraia
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mike Yarnold (X): I agree with you all but I think that in this situation we are talking about the "spirit" an elevated spirit which is best represented by "valeroso"
3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
deseos elevados


Explanation:
desearymerecer.www.indiacultural.es/descargas/Chidananda/desearymerecer.rt...
Por lo tanto debemos respaldar nuestras aspiraciones, deseos elevados, con una vida llena de paciencia y sincero esfuerzo

blog - Non coerceri maximo, contineri tamen a minimo, divinum estwww.espiritualidadignaciana.org/index.php?
Amar el cielo y la tierra, lo grande y lo pequeño, comprobando en el amor cotidiano que mis deseos elevados son según Dios y buenos para los demás,


Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 11:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 1286

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis
58 mins
  -> Gracias, Charles - Bea
agree  Oliver Romero
9 hrs
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
deseos de almas nobles y valerosas


Explanation:
Yo hablaría de almas.

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 06:43
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 92
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1 day 12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
espíritu magnánimo


Explanation:
En la Iglesia hay jóvenes de espíritu magnánimo y con una profunda experiencia de Dios.

María Luisa Balseiro
Spain
Local time: 11:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Muchísimas gracias
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