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232 months ago

Marcela Alvarado (a guest user) asked this question:

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232 months ago

Traducciones / Translations   wrote:

with his/her chin up - haughtily

My comment:

Keeping one's chin up is not necessarily negative.
Haughtiness in a person is not very well regarded

232 months ago

Patricia Beltrán   wrote:

es un dicho pero que yo lo resummiría en "proudly"

232 months ago

Patricia Beltrán   wrote:

with his head held high

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232 months ago

Vicki Santamaria   wrote:

This is it!

232 months ago

Vicki Santamaria   wrote:

There's no specific indication of whether a "he" or a "she" is involved. So it's better to use the generic "ones" like I did, due to the lack of context.

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232 months ago

Patricia Beltrán   wrote:

Chin up

232 months ago

Isabel Ruivo   wrote:

standing tall

My comment:

In Australia, we say "standing tall" but I guess if you're walking, it will be "walking tall" and running "running tall". :)

swimming tall, bathing tall, driving tall, .... :)

232 months ago

English-Spanish, Spanish-English   wrote:

walking tall

My comment:

This is an expression for the translation of an expression. At the end, it refers to someone being proud.

232 months ago

English-Spanish, Spanish-English   wrote:

with his/her head held high

My comment:

This is the English expression. His/her depending on if you refer to a man or a woman.

232 months ago

English-Spanish, Spanish-English   wrote:

with one's head held high

My comment:

In Haper collins Unabridge Spanish/English Dictionary, con la frente (muy alta=with one's head held high.

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

232 months ago

Vicki Santamaria   wrote:

Sorry about the crummy typos!

232 months ago

Clara Fernández   wrote:

Proudly

My comment:

It's really a colloquial way of saying that you are proudly doing something.