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Conges terminology question
150 months ago
Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:
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Language pair: |
Spanish > English |
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Subject: |
Sciences / Non-fiction books |
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Level of diffculty: |
Easy / medium |
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Word or term in question: |
palabra "rata" |
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Context: |
Porque fuera de estos dos momentos repentinos (footnote), los habitantes de Barcelona... |
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Keywords: |
...apenas nos damos cuenta de que las palomas están aquí...The footnote reads "viaje en moto, palabra "rata"...The protagonists are riding on a motorcycle, at which time th doves are whirling around them in a threatening kind of way, like in, teh author says, Alfred Hitchcock's movie "The Birds". |
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strange word
My comment:
is it palabra rara?
150 months ago
giulianoscarpa 
wrote:
"rata" = "errata" = "typing mistake"
My comment:
I don't think I completely understand the question. Nevertheless, should it be of any help, I remind you that in the publishing world the word "rata" is jokingly used as short for "errata". I wonder if the author's footnote plays on words with this second (or third) meaning of the word.
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150 months ago
giulianoscarpa
wrote:
so to speak
My comment:
if it refers to moto, its rata because it isn't really a motorcycle..
but you should post the text in a coherent manner, which you don't
Comments by other colleagues on this answer:
150 months ago
And you should start a sentence with a capital letter and end it with a punctuation mark, which you didn't.
150 months ago
Just so evryone knows, and which I failed to make clear, the residents of Barcelona refer to the doves as "ratas."
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