English translation of "lo envolvieron promiscuamente" - "surrounded him completely like the grotesque fingers of an invisible specter"

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168 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Sciences / Non-fiction books
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	lo envolvieron promiscuamente
Context:	Cuando Judas Iscariote atravesó la Puerta de Estercolero, tosió; las columnas de humo que
Keywords:	...ascendían lo envolvieron promiscuamente, como los groseros dedos de un espectro invisible.

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168 months ago

P Diane wrote:

surrounded him completely like the grotesque fingers of an invisible specter

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168 months ago

Rita Solis Radius - Conseil en Création Littéraire wrote:

Smokes coated him near the body

168 months ago

LOGOS TRANSLATIONS wrote:

smoke columns surrounded him promiscuously

My comment:

or 'in a promiscuous way/manner'

168 months ago

LOGOS TRANSLATIONS wrote:

he was kind of engulfed in that smoke

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168 months ago

wrote:

engulfed him in smoke...not that

168 months ago

wrote:

I put "that smoke" because of the anaphoric word "smoke" I could have suggested: He was engulfed in the big plumes of smoke that rose (ascended) or he was engulfed in the smoke that ascended in big plumes

168 months ago

Margarita Viada wrote:

enveloped him in a haze

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