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Conges terminology question
140 months ago
Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:
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Language pair: |
Spanish > English |
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Subject: |
General |
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Level of diffculty: |
Easy / medium |
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Word or term in question: |
a la iluminada |
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Context: |
A la iluminada de mi suegra Katy (la llamaba suegra aunque en verdad no era, mira que vida tan triste) se le ocurrió levantarme a las seis de la mañana, después de mis noches de borrachera. |
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140 months ago
María P. Álvarez 
wrote:
My brilliant mother-in-law, Katy,... had the bright idea of waking me up...
140 months ago
María P. Álvarez
wrote:
My mother-in-law Katy ... had the brilliant idea of waking me up at six
My comment:
With the long parenthesis which cuts the sentence, I find it more convenient to transfer the meaning of "iluminada" to the word idea.
140 months ago
Clara Fernández
wrote:
"my bright mother-in-law" or, if you want to be a little more risqué, "my smart ass mother-in-law"
My comment:
The speaker is being sarcastic. He's been out drinking all night and she wakes him up at six.
The asker rated this answer best
140 months ago
To my illuminated of mother-in-law
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