im Dingens

Spanish translation: por ahí

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German term or phrase:im Dingens
Spanish translation:por ahí
Entered by: materol

22:47 May 17, 2004
German to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Media / Multimedia / documentales
German term or phrase: im Dingens
A: - Sind die anderen noch hinten?
B: - Ja, sie sind im Dingens
materol
Argentina
Local time: 01:52
por ahí
Explanation:
Dings / Dingens es una muletilla cuando a uno no se le ocurre el nombre. der Dings sería "la tía", im Dings "por ahí", "en el coso ahí"..

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Note added at 58 mins (2004-05-17 23:45:37 GMT)
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der Dings el tío.. obvio, perdon,
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Katrin Zinsmeister
Local time: 01:52
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5 +2por ahí
Katrin Zinsmeister
3en esa cosa
ingridbram


  

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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
por ahí


Explanation:
Dings / Dingens es una muletilla cuando a uno no se le ocurre el nombre. der Dings sería "la tía", im Dings "por ahí", "en el coso ahí"..

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Note added at 58 mins (2004-05-17 23:45:37 GMT)
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der Dings el tío.. obvio, perdon,

Katrin Zinsmeister
Local time: 01:52
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
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agree  Karlo Heppner
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
en esa cosa


Explanation:
si, Dingens es lo mismo que Dings.

Si fuera persona, se le podría decir fulano o mengano o perengano, pero en este caso, dependiendo también del resto del contexto yo pondría en esa cosa.

ingridbram
Local time: 22:52
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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