Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"getting up in someone's grille"
Spanish translation:
buscarle las cosquillas a alguien
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Marina Herrera
Jul 21, 2005 15:17
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"getting up in someone's grille"
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the phrase appears in an article explaining the confrontational styles of American culture. Someone translated it as "contar las costillas", but I have never heard the expression in Spanish. Does any one have a better alternative!
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Marina
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Marina
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Anabel Martínez
Spain
Spain
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buscarle las cosquillas a alguien
en España esta expresión se usa y me parece que es equivalente, por todo lo que veo.
FARK.com: Comments Thingee (358765) - [ Traduzca esta página ]... 2002-11-19 12:59:41 PM, squidloe, Death of Rats, I'm not trying to get up in your grill, but rap is the shiatz. It is rhyming and talking fast. ...
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SSCU Trench Wars Forums - Video Game Industry Faces 'Crisis of ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]... Read what he says... he's not trying to get up in your grill about your personal finances. _____ Evil will always triumph! Because good... is dumb. ...
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the world has turned and left me here: interstellar gnat dust - [ Traduzca esta página ]... feeling of all these tiny bodies slamming into you is a strange one; you definitely do not want to bare your teeth, as they will "get up in your grill" so to ...
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FARK.com: Comments Thingee (358765) - [ Traduzca esta página ]... 2002-11-19 12:59:41 PM, squidloe, Death of Rats, I'm not trying to get up in your grill, but rap is the shiatz. It is rhyming and talking fast. ...
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SSCU Trench Wars Forums - Video Game Industry Faces 'Crisis of ... - [ Traduzca esta página ]... Read what he says... he's not trying to get up in your grill about your personal finances. _____ Evil will always triumph! Because good... is dumb. ...
forums.trenchwars.org/showthread.php?t=10362 - 101k - Resultado Suplementario - En caché - Páginas similares
the world has turned and left me here: interstellar gnat dust - [ Traduzca esta página ]... feeling of all these tiny bodies slamming into you is a strange one; you definitely do not want to bare your teeth, as they will "get up in your grill" so to ...
csce.unl.edu/~agrow/weblogs/archives/000222.html - 6k - Resultado Suplementario -
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Comment: "Thanks for the examples, too. And you confirmed the use of the phrase, unknown to me. I used your recommendation"
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Maria_Elena Garcia Guevara
Peru
Peru
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Peru
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Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish to English
ponerse en el lugar de otro
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estar en los zapatos de otro
Comment: "Este significado no tiene nada de la connotación de confrontación sino de "empatía"."
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Marcelo González
United States
United States
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United States
PhD in Translation Studies
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
English term (edited):
getting up in someone's grille
meterse en la cara de alguien / meterse con otro / enfrentarse a alguien
Respetar la distancia interpersonal. No meterse “en la cara” de nadie;...Nunca hablar de manera condescendiente a nadie. ...
www.oba-bolivia.org/pdf/obapub014.pdf
...meterse en la cara del toro y sacar pases citando al pitón contrario. ...
www.caretas.com.pe/2004/1847/articulos/toros.html - 33k -
someone's grill = someone's face ([up] in their face)
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Note added at 55 mins (2005-07-21 16:13:25 GMT)
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Another option might be \"caerle encima de otro\" (en el sentido figurado, claro está) :-)
www.oba-bolivia.org/pdf/obapub014.pdf
...meterse en la cara del toro y sacar pases citando al pitón contrario. ...
www.caretas.com.pe/2004/1847/articulos/toros.html - 33k -
someone's grill = someone's face ([up] in their face)
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Note added at 55 mins (2005-07-21 16:13:25 GMT)
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Another option might be \"caerle encima de otro\" (en el sentido figurado, claro está) :-)
Discussion
Is part of a conversation that also uses the expression "in your face".