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Spanish term
aspas
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Poetry & Literature
aspas
Tal vez nadie averigüe las aspas del verano ni cómo vienen de pronto el rocío y el día los cometas furtivos el implacable asombro de ser jóvenes simplemente quietud desmayada vigilia mañana un diferente bigote apresurado bragueta
Es un texto muy largo, casi una página sin comas y puntos. ¿Qué quiere decir con aspas?
Es un texto muy largo, casi una página sin comas y puntos. ¿Qué quiere decir con aspas?
Proposed translations
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6 hrs
vanes
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/weather/mstein-weathervane.h...
"Fast bound: the fickle vane, emblem of change," from:
The Naturalist's Summer-Evening Walk
White, Gilbert (1720 - 1793)
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/naturalists-summer-even...
:))
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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-01-13 15:55:07 GMT)
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Words in World Literature - Page 61 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com.mx/books?isbn=1434918343
Mark Corwin - 2012 - Foreign Language Study
... sino molinos de viento, y lo que en ellos parecen brazos son las aspas, que, ... appear arms are the vanes that, turned by the wind, make the millstone go".
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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-01-13 15:56:53 GMT)
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Hope this helps you, amelie08.
eski :))
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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-01-13 16:09:35 GMT)
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You must make this a separate post.
:))
"Fast bound: the fickle vane, emblem of change," from:
The Naturalist's Summer-Evening Walk
White, Gilbert (1720 - 1793)
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/naturalists-summer-even...
:))
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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-01-13 15:55:07 GMT)
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Words in World Literature - Page 61 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com.mx/books?isbn=1434918343
Mark Corwin - 2012 - Foreign Language Study
... sino molinos de viento, y lo que en ellos parecen brazos son las aspas, que, ... appear arms are the vanes that, turned by the wind, make the millstone go".
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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-01-13 15:56:53 GMT)
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Hope this helps you, amelie08.
eski :))
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Note added at 6 hrs (2015-01-13 16:09:35 GMT)
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You must make this a separate post.
:))
Note from asker:
| what about the venir de pronto what does it mean? |
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Thomas Walker
: I think "vanes" is technically OK, but in English I think it's more common for old-fashioned windmills to use the term "sails."
4 days
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Hi Tom: thanks for your comment, I agree with you as far as common usage. However poetry often uses uncommon terms. Cheers! :)) eski
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