una factura especial, incisiva, malintencionada y emponzoñada

English translation: crafted in a particularly caustic, malicious and venomous way

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Spanish term or phrase:una factura especial, incisiva, malintencionada y emponzoñada
English translation:crafted in a particularly caustic, malicious and venomous way
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

19:40 Dec 14, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / In An Autobiography
Spanish term or phrase: una factura especial, incisiva, malintencionada y emponzoñada
Contexto:

Lyrics from a vaudeville performance:

Para hacer presa del ser amado
solo me basta mi telaraña;
espero, acecho con gran cuidado,
y en ell momento más deseado
víctima tiene la "Miss Araña".

Son versos de una factura especial, incisiva, malintencionada y emponzoñada, que son su mejor aliciente para despertar torpes apetitos.

Mil Gracias,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 11:28
crafted in a particularly caustic, malicious and poisonous way
Explanation:
They are verses crafted in a particularly caustic, malicious and poisonous way, his best strategy to appeal to coarse/base appetites.
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Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
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3 +2crafted in a particularly caustic, malicious and poisonous way
Cecilia Gowar
3a special, incisive, ill-intentioned, and stinging posture
Steven Huddleston


  

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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a special, incisive, ill-intentioned, and stinging posture


Explanation:
I'm going with a creative application of one of the lesser used meanings for "factura," mainly (#2, in reference below) the way that something is made or done.


    https://dle.rae.es/factura
Steven Huddleston
Mexico
Local time: 09:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 39
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
crafted in a particularly caustic, malicious and poisonous way


Explanation:
They are verses crafted in a particularly caustic, malicious and poisonous way, his best strategy to appeal to coarse/base appetites.

Cecilia Gowar
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 227

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: I like caustic and malicious, but think I would prefer venomous to poisonous :)
38 mins
  -> Thanks Carol! I thought about that too!

agree  neilmac: I like "crafted" there, and agree with Carol :-)
10 hrs
  -> Thanks Neilmac!
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