Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
bien llamado así
English translation:
rightly called
Added to glossary by
Maru Villanueva
Nov 9, 2008 22:38
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term
bien llamado así
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
general idioms
there's a common English equivalent for this that escapes me at the moment. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | rightly called |
Maru Villanueva
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| 4 +2 | aptly named |
Juliana Brown
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| 3 | so called |
AliciaNGS
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Change log
Nov 9, 2008 23:25: Maru Villanueva Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
42 mins
Maru Villanueva
Mexico
Mexico
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Mexico
Financial, legal & corp. Spanish-English
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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14
Selected
rightly called
Es mi recomendación.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "That's the closest rendering I've seen so far, though there are obviously different acceptable renderings."
+2
10 mins
Juliana Brown
Israel
Israel
Native in English
Works in field
Israel
Translating language, context & nuance
Native in: English 
, Hebrew
Works in: Spanish to English, Hebrew to English, English to Hebrew, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
aptly named
As swisstell says, you've provided no context at all, so really this could be anything. This is one option, if the case below is what you're after.
El bien llamado Género Chico - [ Translate this page ]Tras el florecimiento de la zarzuela grande, así llamada porque tenía varios actos y no ... no está nunca mal llamado sino muy bien llamado género chico. ...
www.elcultural.es/version_papel/OPINION/13393/El_bien_llama... - 44k
El bien llamado Género Chico - [ Translate this page ]Tras el florecimiento de la zarzuela grande, así llamada porque tenía varios actos y no ... no está nunca mal llamado sino muy bien llamado género chico. ...
www.elcultural.es/version_papel/OPINION/13393/El_bien_llama... - 44k
Note from asker:
| that's close; something like that |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
swisstell
: now that we know a bit more, this is certainly the answer
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thanks SwissTell! As you said though...it could have been anything...
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| agree |
Carol Gullidge
: without any context, this is probably as good as it'll get!
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thanks Carol!
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39 mins
so called
another option
Note from asker:
| the English phrase I'm looking for is not "so called", but rather something more like "properly"; the idea is to distinguish between things so called and things more "aptly" named -- though that isn't the rendering I'm looking for either. I'll know it when I see it. |
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