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Jan 28, 2020 22:09
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Spanish term
Argentina
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, Canadian) 
Works in: English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish, and 12 more.
“la regada de las cuarenta”
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
This is from a catalogue text about Remedios Varo, who worked with mystical themes
Ya radicada en México, Remedios Varo se interesa por el trasiego de los naipes y su cifra como posible sistema para la clarividencia; pendula sin empacho entre la factura de interrogantes a desentrañarse a partir de los hexagramas del I Ching y la prestidigitación, que le resulta familiar y culturalmente propia con “la regada de las cuarenta”.
Though it is between quotation marks, I couldn't find anything on the internet. Might it refer to her generation?
Thanks
Ya radicada en México, Remedios Varo se interesa por el trasiego de los naipes y su cifra como posible sistema para la clarividencia; pendula sin empacho entre la factura de interrogantes a desentrañarse a partir de los hexagramas del I Ching y la prestidigitación, que le resulta familiar y culturalmente propia con “la regada de las cuarenta”.
Though it is between quotation marks, I couldn't find anything on the internet. Might it refer to her generation?
Thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | the itching of the forties |
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
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| 2 | arrival (of the surrealists) in the 1940s |
Jennifer McNeel
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References
| This might help |
Helena Chavarria
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Proposed translations
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Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Mexico
Native in Spanish
Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 6 more.
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the itching of the forties
¨La regada de los cuarenta¨ is similar and has the same meaning as ¨las metidas de pata de los cuarenta¨ They are in reference to those classical mistakes a person in his 40´s are able to commit.
I remember something like ¨la comezón de los 40´s¨: the itching of the forties.
I remember something like ¨la comezón de los 40´s¨: the itching of the forties.
Peer comment(s):
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Jennifer McNeel
: Excellent catch, a bit like midlife crisis. You can't actually say " the itching of the 40's" but now I see what they were getting at..."midlife crisis madness"?
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52 mins
Jennifer McNeel
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Experienced medical translator
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish
arrival (of the surrealists) in the 1940s
The only thing I can think of is that "las cuarenta" might be a typo. "Regada de los cuarenta" might then refer to the arrival of the surrealists - http://www.uam.mx/difusion/casadeltiempo/40_may_2017/casa_de... "Las cuarenta" is a card term from tute but I can't see how that would fit here.
Reference comments
13 mins
Helena Chavarria
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Works in field
Spain
Striving for excellence
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
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56
Reference:
This might help
La baraja española es un mazo o conjunto de cuarenta naipes o cartas de la baraja. Antiguamente era muy frecuente la regada de cuarenta naipes. Existen versiones menos regadas de cincuenta y cinco naipes para poder jugar a otros juegos. Los naipes están divididos en cuatro "familias" o "palos". Los palos son "oros", "copas", "espadas" y "bastos", a cada uno de los cuales le corresponde su iconografía característica. Cada palo tiene doce cartas: nueve cartas numeradas del uno al nueve, llamadas cartas numéricas y tres figuras numeradas correlativamente del diez al doce. En la actualidad, las figuras son la "sota" (con el número 10), el "caballero", llamado coloquialmente "caballo" a pesar de que es un caballero montado (con el número 11) y el "rey" (con el número 12). Todas las figuras se representan de cuerpo entero.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraja_española
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Note added at 17 mins (2020-01-28 22:27:35 GMT)
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I think it might mean 'deck of 40 playing cards'.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraja_española
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Note added at 17 mins (2020-01-28 22:27:35 GMT)
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I think it might mean 'deck of 40 playing cards'.
Note from asker:
| Thanks! It had to do with the deck! |
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
neilmac
: I think you may be on to something here... (Y)
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I dunno, she says, shrugging her shoulders.
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Román René Orozco
: I feel that this might be the right answer
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It's a shame no one can find a definition of 'regada' en this context. Thank you, Román :-)
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Discussion
... the I-Ching (...) is familiar to her and [culturally] close to the "deck nonsense" [divination-cards nonsense]
Question marks, quote marks, unnecessary capitalization and anything else that would not be found in a dictionary, should not be entered.
https://www.proz.com/siterules/kudoz_general/1.4#1.4