de parado

English translation: off the top of my head

10:32 Mar 28, 2020

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Spanish term or phrase: de parado

This term appears in the following sentence:

"Ahora no recuerdo nada de parado, pero bueno, al principio fue un disgusto grande."

I can't find any suitable translation for this. I wondered about something like "straight off" or "right away" but they are just guesses so I would be grateful if anyone knows.

Maggie

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Local time: 13:20

English translation:off the top of my head

Explanation:
Could she have meant "de pie" as in "pensar de pie" to think on your feet, without much preparation?

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Contestar preguntas, charlar, pensar de pie. Es malo que te pregunten algo y no sepas la respuesta: pero es peor aún que no le pregunten sobre un tema en el ...

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patinba
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Local time: 09:20

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This fitted the context perfectly so thanks you very much
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off the top of my head

patinba

being unemployed

neilmac

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35 mins confidence:

being unemployed

Explanation:
"Parado" is an unemployed or jobless person in Spain. So one possible meaning of the sentence could be something like this:

"Now I don't remember anything about being unemployed, but hey, at first it was a big upset."

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On the other hand, if the context has nothing to do with unemployment, perhaps some expression like "right now" (I don't remember anything right now…), might work, as you suspected.

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"Parado" can mean standing still, so it could be a colloquial thing, like "as I stand here right now"... or words to that effect.

https://loentiendo.com/nueva-ayuda-parados/
https://www.mundopsicologos.com/articulos/como-huir-de-la-depresion-por-desempleo

neilmac
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off the top of my head

patinba
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This fitted the context perfectly so thanks you very much

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