Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
For a while, I was living hand to mouth.
Spanish translation:
Durante cierto tiempo, estuve viviendo al día / a salto de mata
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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For a while, I was living hand to mouth.
English to Spanish
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es otra expresión en slang, sin contexto
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
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Spain
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Durante cierto tiempo/un rato, estuve viviendo al día / a salto de mata
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Cristina Heraud-van Tol
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por un tiempo, estuve satisfaciendo solamente mis necesidades básicas
Vocabulary
EXPRESSIONS WITH "HAND"
to live from hand to mouth = satisfacer solamente las
necesidades básicas
EXPRESSIONS WITH "HAND"
to live from hand to mouth = satisfacer solamente las
necesidades básicas
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English term (edited):
for a while, i was living hand to mouth.
Por un tiempo, vivía al día
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LFQ
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Gracias, pero "durante un rato" tambien se usa (vea google), es mas slang aun...
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Maria Garcia
: o durante una temporada
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Egmont
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Jairo Payan
: Creo que traducir "por un tiempo" no es muy apropiado en español . Ejemplo: I lived there for 3 years. Viví alli´"durante" 3 años y no "por" 3 años.
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It's commonly used and has over 1 mio google hits, can't be that wrong then ;-)
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Silvia Brandon-Pérez
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Pilar Royo
Spain
Spain
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durante un tiempo, pasé con lo justo
with only just enough money and food to live and nothing for the future (Longman dictionary of compremproary English).
Pasar con lo justo es una expresión que se utiliza en España.
Pasar con lo justo es una expresión que se utiliza en España.
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Sp-EnTranslator
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Durante un tiempo, apenas sobrevivía.
Durante un tiempo, apenas sobrevivía/vivía con lo poco que me alcanzaba.
otra opción.
otra opción.
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Por un tiempo, lo que ganaba apenas me alcanzaba para comer
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