English translation of "—Táte! Por ahí nos duele." - "Easy! retorted Penitente. That's where the shoe pinches"

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59 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:	—Táte! Por ahí nos duele.
Context:	Isagani se tiraba de los cabellos, renegando y sin saber qué hacer. Después de mucho cavilar, repuso: —Hay un medio, por de pronto. —¿Cuál? —El dinero. —Táte!—replicó Penitente, —por ahí nos duele. Isagani, con sonrisa canina, le salió al paso. —De su cuero saldrá la correa, ¿no lo ves?

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59 months ago

CMD wrote:

-- Dad! That way, in fact, it hurts us.

My comment:

[here IMO] táte derived from Old Spanish, in Judeo-Spanish or Ladino: táte = father, and still today in Romanian it means the same (cf https://d-nb.info/992277809/34 , p. 174!!)
cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaeo-Spanish

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59 months ago

wrote:

Thanks, but I don't think it would be "dad", because the only relationship the interlocutors have is a political one. "Old man", maybe?

59 months ago

CMD wrote:

Yes! ... or perhaps: "Hey dude"

59 months ago

CMD wrote:

oR " Hey dog" (picking up the thread to "con sonrisa canina"

59 months ago

CMD wrote:

Easy! retorted Penitente. That's where the shoe pinches

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59 months ago

CMD wrote:

Tate has nothing to do with Dad. It's an exclamation meaning, according to the context: be careful, take it easy, don't get excited. Por ahi nos duele refers to the fact that money is a problem for them.

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