Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
doing doots
Spanish translation:
(estado) defecando
Added to glossary by
RulCas
Aug 30, 2009 17:14
14 yrs ago
English term
doing doots
English to Spanish
Other
Slang
Idioms or expressions
It's part of a line within a theater play. The line says:
"You'd be passive too if you'd been fitting and crying and doing doots."
They're talking about an spastic girl who happened to have a series of fits during the day, and she's now passive.
I found something about a guy named Jan de Doot, who supposedly removed a bladder stone from himself... is it related? What would be the meaning of the expression?
"You'd be passive too if you'd been fitting and crying and doing doots."
They're talking about an spastic girl who happened to have a series of fits during the day, and she's now passive.
I found something about a guy named Jan de Doot, who supposedly removed a bladder stone from himself... is it related? What would be the meaning of the expression?
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 3 | (estado) defecando |
Bárbara Oliver
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| 4 | haciendo bolitas de caca |
Anna Villegas
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| 4 | de puerta en puerta//de persona a persona |
Lydia De Jorge
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| 1 | cagar (??) |
MJ Barber
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Proposed translations
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(estado) defecando
Here goes!
"You'd be passive too if you'd been fitting and crying and doing doots."
"Tú también quedarías en un estado pasivo si hubieras tenido ataques, y estado llorando y defecando."
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Note added at 1 hr (2009-08-30 18:43:45 GMT)
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mejor "y si hubieras sufrido ataques y si hubieras estado llorando y defecando"
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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2009-09-02 06:43:39 GMT) Post-grading
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Hola RulCas,
Muchas gracias por los puntos.
Si la situación con la chica es la que dices, entonces quizás otras opciones serían: que "estaba intentando defecar" o "defecando a duras penas" y esto para que la expresión no suene tan vulgar como otras expresiones más gráficas.
Un saludo.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you. Actually, her problem was that she was constipated and had therefore spent the afternoon "doing doots""
9 mins
cagar (??)
Nunca lo había visto, pero para algunos parece que es cagarse. ¿sabes si la chica tiene control de su esfíncter?
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Note added at 10 mins (2009-08-30 17:24:48 GMT)
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- oh and I very, VERY much doubt it has anything to do Jan de Doot.
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Note added at 10 mins (2009-08-30 17:24:48 GMT)
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- oh and I very, VERY much doubt it has anything to do Jan de Doot.
14 mins
haciendo bolitas de caca
Si es para México, yo traduciría así:
"Tú serías pasiva tambien si te la hubieras pasado atacada y llorando y haciendo bolitas de caca" (es decir, "estar en la baba").
Ref:
A small portion of fecal matter shaped into a small sphere about the size of a pebble. Usually produced by Rabits, or rodents of equal size and/or animals with the capability of producing such an object.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doots
(Mira la núm. 4.)
"Tú serías pasiva tambien si te la hubieras pasado atacada y llorando y haciendo bolitas de caca" (es decir, "estar en la baba").
Ref:
A small portion of fecal matter shaped into a small sphere about the size of a pebble. Usually produced by Rabits, or rodents of equal size and/or animals with the capability of producing such an object.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=doots
(Mira la núm. 4.)
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Lydia De Jorge
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Related KudoZ points
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48
de puerta en puerta//de persona a persona
the expression is 'doing doors' and refers to those that go from door to door or person to person asking for something...
Discussion
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