Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a la "Señorita Pepis"
English translation:
exagerado, recargado, lleno de cosas innecesarias, superfluo rozando en lo ridículo
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Marina Torroja
Sep 29, 2004 00:19
19 yrs ago
Spanish term
la senorita pepis
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Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
A film character is referred to as having a dresing table a la"Senorita Pepis" and I can only assume that this is a Barbie-like character familiar to Iberian Spanish culture, but as yet, I've had no luck in finding out exactly what it means.
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Marina Torroja
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Se refiera a algo "exagerado, recargado, lleno de cosas innecesarias, superfluo rozando en lo ridículo". Así era todo lo de la Señorita Pepis.
Te mando algunos links para que veas:
... El osito gaditano trae un neceser fucsia precioso que más bien parece el bolso de
la señorita Pepis: ahí lleva fotos de su novio David, vaselina para los ...
www.cronicasmarcianas.telecinco.es/enportada_3358.htm
... Qué curioso, en la Italia de su amigo Berlusconi, quien lleva camino de convertirse
en la una nueva señorita Pepis, con tanto culto a la imagen, tanto ...
www.javierortiz.net/Telemarat/telemarat90.htm -
... Los Depredadores por su parte, lucen nuevos trajes, rastas más largas y un
kit de lucha, que ya lo querría para sí la Señorita Pepis. ...
www.interlink.es/cookies/secciones/pase.htm - 22k
Te mando algunos links para que veas:
... El osito gaditano trae un neceser fucsia precioso que más bien parece el bolso de
la señorita Pepis: ahí lleva fotos de su novio David, vaselina para los ...
www.cronicasmarcianas.telecinco.es/enportada_3358.htm
... Qué curioso, en la Italia de su amigo Berlusconi, quien lleva camino de convertirse
en la una nueva señorita Pepis, con tanto culto a la imagen, tanto ...
www.javierortiz.net/Telemarat/telemarat90.htm -
... Los Depredadores por su parte, lucen nuevos trajes, rastas más largas y un
kit de lucha, que ya lo querría para sí la Señorita Pepis. ...
www.interlink.es/cookies/secciones/pase.htm - 22k
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Comment: "excellent examples of the meaning, and how it can be applied metaphorically."
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Lorena Roqué
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Taken From : http://www.lasemana.es/periodico/noticia.php3?cod=3986
"....diré que el opening consiste en que en una academia de Miss Josephine (que es la traducción de la Señorita Pepis) le dicen a usted que va a aprender inglés mejor que Bush y le garantizan que al final del curso podrá escribir hasta sonetos en la lengua del Imperio (británico, por supuesto..."
Another one taken from: http://www.molineconsulting.com/Reinventando/polemiCARO.html
is "...Se ha pensado que internet es un medio de-la-señorita-pepis,
un juguete con el que cualquiera puede jugar sin mayor conocimiento ni habilidad..."
it's a kind of game for kids (girls)
Ojala te sirva de ayuda
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"....diré que el opening consiste en que en una academia de Miss Josephine (que es la traducción de la Señorita Pepis) le dicen a usted que va a aprender inglés mejor que Bush y le garantizan que al final del curso podrá escribir hasta sonetos en la lengua del Imperio (británico, por supuesto..."
Another one taken from: http://www.molineconsulting.com/Reinventando/polemiCARO.html
is "...Se ha pensado que internet es un medio de-la-señorita-pepis,
un juguete con el que cualquiera puede jugar sin mayor conocimiento ni habilidad..."
it's a kind of game for kids (girls)
Ojala te sirva de ayuda
Suerte
Reference:
http://www.lasemana.es/periodico/noticia.php3?cod=3986
http://www.molineconsulting.com/Reinventando/polemiCARO.html
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Thierry LOTTE
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The spanish constitution of 1812
"la señorita Pepa" : because it were promulgated March 19, 1812 which is the "Saint joeseph" day, i.e. "Pepe" as a diminutive for Joseph in spanish,
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Mapi
: me temo que no tiene nada que ver con esto; ah, y a la constitucion del 12 la llamaban simplemente La Pepa
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de juguete, de broma, de mentira
Not that don't agree with Lorena's reply, but I just think that those hits from Google aren't enough, and this needs some explanation.
I wish I could tell you for sure where this originates from, I assume it could be a very old toy's brand that made dolls and the sort for girls, but it is something I have heard all my life, and nowadays when not talking of a real toy it applies to anything that is a bit of a joke, or can't be taken seriously.
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The dressing table thingy would be translated as \"el tocador de la Señorita Pepis\" which was one of the most representative things associated with the name.
I wish I could tell you for sure where this originates from, I assume it could be a very old toy's brand that made dolls and the sort for girls, but it is something I have heard all my life, and nowadays when not talking of a real toy it applies to anything that is a bit of a joke, or can't be taken seriously.
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Note added at 2 hrs 30 mins (2004-09-29 02:49:31 GMT)
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The dressing table thingy would be translated as \"el tocador de la Señorita Pepis\" which was one of the most representative things associated with the name.
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Peter Haden
: It was a doll that you could make up - there still seem to be old kits on sale on internet. Certainly a real forerunner of Barbie and all her ilk.
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thanks Peter, I do remember the kits on tv ads from the 70s...
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smoralestrad
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Explicación.
"El maletín de la señorita Pepis" was a "toy" for girls consisting of make-up, eye shadows, lipsticks, ..., so that girls could make-up themselves as if they were grown ups.
It can also be used to imply that the character's dressing table has a lot of make-up products. Depending on the context the meaning can be this simple, or imply what Marin pointed out
It can also be used to imply that the character's dressing table has a lot of make-up products. Depending on the context the meaning can be this simple, or imply what Marin pointed out
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all frills and flounces / fancy-schmancy
any help in getting the idea across?
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Barbie doll
"A chintzy/cheesy/twee little Barbie doll dressing table" or something like that could do the trick ...
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