Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
empty lies
Spanish translation:
una sarta de mentiras
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2014-12-14 11:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
English term
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empty lies
He proposed; I accepted. Yes, it was far too soon — but I'd heard all those fairy tales about love at first sight. Why couldn't it happen to me? I didn't realize that all his expressions of affection were empty lies.
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Proposed translations
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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una sarta de mentiras
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Note added at 28 minutos (2014-12-11 11:18:45 GMT)
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Otra opción que se me ocurre: mentiras carentes de lógica (absurdas y sin sentido)
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Gisela Bocco
5 mins
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Gracias Gisela
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Judith Armele
2 hrs
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Gracias Judith
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Pablo Cruz
8 hrs
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Mónica Algazi
23 hrs
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mentiras vacías
Uruguay
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Works in: English to Spanish
tan solo mentiras
Spain
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mentiras huecas
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George Rabel
: es lo que yo iba a sugerir
2 hrs
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Gracias George, great minds...saludos
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Mónica Algazi
: También.
22 hrs
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Gracias Mónica, saludos.
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mentiras vanas/fatuas
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Cándida Artime Peñeñori
: Vanas me parece ideal. Creo que la inversión de los términos (vanas mentiras) pudiera resultar más eufónico. Saludos.
1 day 1 hr
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¡Muchas gracias, Cándida! ¡Un saludo!
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