no puedo mas

English translation: I can't take it anymore

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Spanish term or phrase:no puedo mas
English translation:I can't take it anymore
Entered by: Lydia De Jorge

23:55 Feb 26, 2020
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion / diary
Spanish term or phrase: no puedo mas
Hi everyone,

This is a entry from a diary entry [diary to be published in book form]:

"A casa... Todo el dia en la cama. Hemorragia. Me encuentro mal. No voy al Centro, a la reunion [...]. No puedo mas."

So hard to translate this phrase, that Spaniards use so often!

"I just can't go on" sounds so dramatic, as if one were unable to continue on in some heroic undertaking.

"I'm exhausted" is not quite right.

"I'm finished for the day" is too colloquial and imprecise.

"I can't go on", "I can't go on today", or something else...

Thoughts?

Thanks everybody,

Peter
Peter Waymel
Italy
Local time: 03:03
I can't take it anymore
Explanation:
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 21:03
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Summary of answers provided
4 +9I can't take it anymore
Lydia De Jorge
4 +1I've had enough
Martin Cosgrove (X)
4 +1I can't bear it
Eileen Brophy
3 +2I can't take much more of this
ormiston
5I just can't anymore
Eoghan McMonagle
4 +1couldn't be doing with it
James A. Walsh
4I’ve had all I can take.
Michele Fauble
4It's unbearable
Rebecca Breekveldt
4I'm so sick of it all / I'm so sick and tired of it all.
Debora Blake
3 -4i´am stuffed
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


Discussion entries: 3





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
I've had enough


Explanation:
Alternatively: I'm fed up

Martin Cosgrove (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:03
Native speaker of: English

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agree  philgoddard
1 hr
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
I can't bear it


Explanation:
This is another option not so tragic

Eileen Brophy
Spain
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: Seems to hit the right note albeit we only have a small sample of the overall text
8 mins
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
I can't take it anymore


Explanation:
sugg

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 21:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Phoenix III
2 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  Danielle Coleman: Or 'I can't take any more' - slightly less dramatic.
7 hrs
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agree  Rebecca Breekveldt
10 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  Robert Forstag
13 hrs
  -> Thanks!

agree  Ruth Rubina: yes, this is the most common expression
18 hrs
  -> Thank you, Ruth!

agree  patinba
19 hrs
  -> Gracias!

agree  bcsantos
20 hrs
  -> Gracias!

agree  PARASKEVI KAVAKIOTI
3 days 15 hrs
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agree  MollyRose
4 days
  -> Thanks!
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -4
i´am stuffed


Explanation:
It is a very common slang expression instead of ¨I have enough.¨

https://www.phrasemix.com/phrases/im-stuffed

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 21:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: "i' am" is not English. The phrase "I'm stuffed" means that your stomach is very, very full (at least here in Europe)
6 mins

disagree  Juan Jacob: Ojo ahí, colega.
2 hrs

disagree  Robert Forstag: Allegro has indicated above why this would be an egregious mistranslation here.
13 hrs

disagree  patinba: Wrong in the context
19 hrs
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I’ve had all I can take.


Explanation:
In the context, but I think “I can’t go on like this” also works.


Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 19:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
I can't take much more of this


Explanation:
The expression can mean reaching a physical or emotional limit. What was inside your brackets?! Anyway, this might work...

ormiston
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac
32 mins

agree  patinba
11 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
It's unbearable


Explanation:
Just another option - could be combined with 'I can't take it anymore'.

Rebecca Breekveldt
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
no puedo más
I'm so sick of it all / I'm so sick and tired of it all.


Explanation:
Another approach which plays off the fact that the person is, in fact, actually sick.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sick and tired

NB: "mas" needs an accent. ;-)
No puedo más.

Debora Blake
France
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I just can't anymore


Explanation:
It really depends. A lot of options are possible. But I know I have said this naturally in a lot of similar situations. I'm Irish.

Eoghan McMonagle
Spain
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
no puedo mas
couldn't be doing with it


Explanation:
or "can't be doing with it" if you like.

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Note added at 4 days (2020-03-02 21:27:37 GMT)
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Looking at this diary entry again, and thought about what I would actually think (or write) in the same situation, and the answer is: Not able.

James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 03:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Phoenix III: I don't think so.
1 hr
  -> I do think so for European English

agree  neilmac: I get it, but it may feel a bit too "British" for our dissenting colleague...
7 hrs
  -> Good point. I tend to agree

neutral  patinba: I don't. The person seems to be in bed bleeding. Your suggestion sound like your excuse when you chased the cat out into the garden.
19 hrs
  -> I don't understand what you're getting at here?

neutral  MollyRose: Not U.S. English; it sounds odd.
4 days
  -> As a native U.S. English speaker, thanks for confirming this. I suspected it would sound odd on your side of the pond, but wasn't sure. At any rate, if the target English is for the U.K., this could work...
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