Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
año pasado próximo
English translation:
this past year (last year)
Added to glossary by
Michael Powers (PhD)
Oct 3, 2009 15:45
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
año pasado próximo
Spanish to English
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Argentina
Cumple señalar que la convocatoria había sido emitida, allá por el mes de diciembre del año próximo pasado y no pudo concretarse, razones de salud mediante, que me impidieron viajar a esta ciudad de ABC.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +6 | this past year (last year) |
Gad Kohenov
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| 4 +7 | last |
patinba
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| 4 | immediately preceding year |
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
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| 4 | just this last December |
Gregory Vigo
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Proposed translations
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Gad Kohenov
Israel
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30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French 
, Hebrew
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, French to Hebrew, and 8 more.
Related KudoZ points
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28
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this past year (last year)
In Italian it's simpler = l'anno scorso.
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Note added at 58 mins (2009-10-03 16:44:04 GMT)
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http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1427870 --
an interesting discussion.
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Note added at 58 mins (2009-10-03 16:44:04 GMT)
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http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1427870 --
an interesting discussion.
Peer comment(s):
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Silvia Killian Özler
: yes, but for "próximo pasado" :)
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Henry Hinds
: Es "próximo pasado".
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Muchas gracias!
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Caroline Clarke
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Muchas gracias!
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kleiner Kater
: Sí, se debe al referir al ANNO SCORSO. Pero la verdad es que suena rarísimo decir en español "AÑO PRÓXIMO PASADO". O eso me parece a mí.
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Muchas gracias!
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Marcelo González
: "this past year"--to match wordiness of the source text
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Muchas gracias!
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argosys
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Muchas gracias!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, everyone. I appreciate your help. Mike :)"
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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Native in Spanish
Quality Above All...Calidad Sobre Todo
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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17
immediately preceding year
To keep the register of the original, but last year should do it too. Luck!
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last
por el mes de diciembre del año próximo pasado can neatly be translated simply as "last December" or "in December last"
Peer comment(s):
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Jessica Noyes
: Yes to keeping it simple...
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Patricia Wild
: no need to repeat, it's best to keep it simple "last year"
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Rafael Molina Pulgar
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Sara Pacheco
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Wendy Petzall
10 hrs
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Evans (X)
18 hrs
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Sandra Cravero
1 day 22 hrs
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1 day 15 hrs
just this last December
Another option to match the wordiness of the original text.
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