English translation of "cabalgué desbocada" - "Ran rampant"

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150 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	cabalgué desbocada
Context:	Y tampoco le conté que afuera del texto sobre el que cabalgué desbocada durante cuatro...
Keywords:	...años y que se parecía terriblemente a mi ciudad natal, terriblemente a mi padre, profundamente a mí, aquí, en la realidad, me sentía más a salvo....Author describing the process of writing a book.

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150 months ago

wrote:

the text wich I kept riding unbridedly for four years

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150 months ago

wrote:

please read "unbridledly", sorry for typo

150 months ago

wrote:

away from the text where I spent four reckless, unbridled years, and which...

My comment:

Good luck!

150 months ago

giulianoscarpa wrote:

rode unbridled

150 months ago

Clara Fernández wrote:

And I also didn't tell him/her that outside of the text over which I poured myself wildly for over 4 years

My comment:

From the segment I get the sensation that she has been putting all of herself without restraints on the piece she's writing so she likens it to riding wildly on a horse.

150 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

... pen running away [with the author] / runaway pen

150 months ago

Amanda Haste PhD, DipTrans(IoLET), MCIL, CL wrote:

Ran rampant

My comment:

I've heard a few similar phases in Argentina, meaning that the person ran around without concern or with little control. I think "ran rampant" might best fit the tone of the text.

Hope it helps ^_^

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150 months ago

wrote:

Yes, that helps. Sort of like "automatic writing"!

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