Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

consigna tácita

English translation:

unspoken watchword

Added to glossary by Comunican
Jun 22, 2008 14:29
15 yrs ago
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Spanish term

consigna

Spanish to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Struggling with best way to translate this in the context of the following sentence:
"Lo que quizá caracteriza a todas estas propuestas es una especie de consigna tácita entre los artistas más jóvenes, que tratan de alejar el arte de la sordidez de la posguerra mientras miran hacia Europa"

Thanks!
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Proposed translations

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(unspoken) watchword

See liks and examples to follow.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-06-22 17:45:58 GMT)
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"White backlash was the 'unspoken watchword' of the 1964 convention..."

"...' Men, not measures' was the unspoken watchword."

"I think this unspoken watchword of the new..."
www.cfr.org/publication/15582/russia...

"At Bob Jones University. the unspoken watchword has always been, 'It's my way or the highway'. "
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=022-4642...
Suerte. :)

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Note added at 10 days (2008-07-03 03:19:01 GMT) Post-grading
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Mil Gracias,Comunican!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks I thought this worked well"
+5
4 mins

agreement

I think this is what it means, in this context. Good luck.
Peer comment(s):

agree Dave 72 : Think so too!
5 mins
Thanks, Dave (you work weekends, too. "No hay otra", no?
agree David Hollywood : yes María ... maybe "a tacit/unspoken agreement"
7 mins
Thanks, David, you're right
agree Robert Mota : thinks so
38 mins
Thanks, Robert
agree Maria Agustini
2 hrs
Thanks, Virginia
agree eloso (X)
5 hrs
Thanks, eloso
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+1
6 mins

unspoken/tacit pact

I would suggest ...

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Understood without the need for words: an unspoken pact. ...
www.bartleby.com/61/77/U0117700.html - 20k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):

agree Dave 72 : "unspoken pact" also sounds good!
4 mins
thanks Dave :)
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18 mins

non-verbal code used by

like an instruction which they shared, but not in words
Peer comment(s):

agree Sandra Rodriguez : Yes, a sort of coded command or icon. A Masonic page on secret codes calls them "signs".
16 hrs
thanks Sandra, enjoy your start to the week! :-) Deborah
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10 hrs

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