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Oct 10, 2020 13:06
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español term

la mano castiga al culo

español al inglés Otros Modismos / Máximas / Dichos
This seems to be an expression used in the Argentine card game truco. It appears, without much context other than the game itself, in a script I am translating
Thanks!
Proposed translations (inglés)
4 -1 dealer wins
4 +5 the first player always beats the rest
4 you have the upper hand

Discussion

Jessica Higham Oct 18, 2020:
Yes, that is correct, but that person is not the dealer. When the dealer finishes dealing out the cards, he/she must leave the deck of cards on his right, which is why the "mano" will be the person who finds it at his left. The dealer is not mano, I am absolutely sure about this.
David Hollywood Oct 18, 2020:
check this again
David Hollywood Oct 18, 2020:
En caso de que los dos jugadores tengan el mismo puntaje de envido, gana el jugador que sea mano, es decir, el que este más cerca del mazo hacia izquierda (quien tenga el mazo a la izquierda).

Proposed translations

-1
14 horas
Selected

dealer wins

En el caso que dos jugadores tiene el mismo

tanto, gana el jugador mano (la mano castiga el culo)

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Note added at 14 hrs (2020-10-11 03:33:18 GMT)
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or: first in wins

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Note added at 14 hrs (2020-10-11 03:34:29 GMT)
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"mano" means "dealer" in this case

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Note added at 14 hrs (2020-10-11 03:35:23 GMT)
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and I'm absoutely sure of this

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Note added at 14 hrs (2020-10-11 03:39:17 GMT)
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"sos mano" = "you're the dealer"

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Note added at 14 hrs (2020-10-11 03:40:57 GMT)
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En caso de empate, gana el jugador que va de mano.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2020-10-11 03:41:30 GMT)
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I would go with "first in"
Peer comment(s):
disagree Jessica Higham : The dealer does not win, the dealer is pie, not mano! see ref: https://www.nhfournier.es/como-jugar/truco/
4 días
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10 horas

you have the upper hand

Or, “the first player has the upper hand.” That depends on how the game goes.

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+5
18 minutos

the first player always beats the rest

The translation is just one option among many, you could go for something more metaphoric, but I am sure of the meaning: the "mano" (the person who plays a card first in the round, always the person to the right of the dealer- turns to deal rotate anticlockwise) beats the other players if they should play cards of the same value.

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Note added at 4 days (2020-10-15 09:33:29 GMT) Post-grading
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https://www.nhfournier.es/como-jugar/truco/
Peer comment(s):
agree Liliana Garfunkel
5 minutos
thanks
agree MPGS : :-)
18 minutos
thanks
agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
1 hora
thanks
agree María Marta Semberoiz : Aunque la frase más común en el truco es “gana la mano” o “ganar de mano”, este es el significado correcto. Quiero retruco! ;)
5 horas
thanks - quiero vale cuatro! :)
agree Antonella Perazzoni
2 días 1 hora
thanks
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