English translation of "sin saber quién cata" - "With out knowing who is watching"

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140 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	General
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	sin saber quién cata
Context:	Y el miedo a la locura, visto desde lejos, es esto: una esfera vacía, insoportablemente ruidosa, que somos capaces de confundir con una mirada mónada molécula sin saber qué estamos diciendo. Sin saber qué es nada. Sin saber quién habla ni a quién se dirige. Sin saber quién eres. Sin saber quién cata. Sin saber qué suena. Sin saber esto:

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140 months ago

Mauricio N. wrote:

With out knowing who is watching

My comment:

Catar tiene un sentido casi en desuso que es sinónimo de mirar o buscar.

My references:

Rae.es

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140 months ago

Mauricio N. wrote:

without knowing who is staring at (watching) whom

My comment:

I think "catar" is stronger than just "mirar". In movie scenes, when somebody walks through an asylum ward, he looks, a bit panicked, at all the lunatics' faces but he feels that the lunatics are staring, not only at him but into him.

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