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112 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Spanish > English

Subject:

General

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

no pintaba en esta historia

Context:

Otra oportunidad se le presenta: la invitan a ser reina de la Feria de Aguaclara, y ya sabemos lo que ocurrió: su madre y su abuela se encargaron de que esto no sucediera. Y parece que el padre de Eva no pintaba en esta historia porque entre las dos mujeres tomaban las decisiones.

 

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Eva's father did not have any power of decision / He hadn't any authority

112 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle  See profile wrote:

played no part

My comment:

played no part in this story

The asker rated this answer best

112 months ago

Carlos Pablo MIGUES-LABANCA, BSc.  See profile wrote:

his opinion didn't count/matter (at all)

112 months ago

Carlos Pablo MIGUES-LABANCA, BSc.  See profile wrote:

Had no say in the matter

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

112 months ago

CALENA TRANSLATIONS  See profile wrote:

to me yours is the best option

112 months ago

Charles Ferguson  See profile wrote:

he had nothing at all to do with this

My comment:

Interesting and colorful idiom. I'll remember it!

My references:

Oxford Spanish Dictionary