English translation of "lo miraba con cara de que fuera al grano" - "Gave him a look that said "go to the point""

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74 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:	lo miraba con cara de que fuera al grano
Context:	Es el hombre más huraño que he conocido en mi vida. Ha venido hasta aquí en deferencia hacia mí, porque fui alumno suyo en la universidad. Ya entonces era raro, pero ahora… —movió la cabeza incrédulo y los miró. Los dos esperaban impacientes, su amigo lo miraba con cara de que fuera al grano y Brianna se retorcía las manos por la angustia.

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74 months ago

Clara Fernández wrote:

Gave him a look that said "go to the point"

My comment:

Ir al grano means to get to the point of whatever you're saying.

My references:

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74 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

looked at him with determination

My comment:

several ways of saying this & this is one of them

74 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle wrote:

looked at him with the face of someone getting to the point

My comment:

Hoping it makes sense in your context. Not sure if it's in the sexual field (like your previous question; in this case, look at the last set of meanings in the below references) or in general. You know best! :-)

My references:

"¡Al grano! interj (céntrate) Get to the point!, Cut to the chase!, Get on with it! Spit it out! "

"directo al grano loc adv (directo a lo principal) straight to the point, to the heart of the matter expr
(colloquial) cut to the chase"

"ir al grano loc verb (centrarse en lo que importa) get to the point v expr
to not beat around the bush"

"ir al grano loc verb coloquial (sexo: sin rodeos) (colloquial) get in there v expr
(figurative: sex) get to first base v expr
get to the point "

at https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=grano