Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

caímos en un vacío de inoportunidades

English translation:

lapsed / fell into a bleak state of awkwardness

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
Sep 10, 2014 15:53
9 yrs ago
Spanish term

caímos en un vacío de inoportunidades

Spanish to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters In A Novel
Contexto (love relationship):

Sin embargo, todo se volvió en contra nuestra y lo que en principio fue un sueño, acabó conviertiéndose en una pesadilla de difícil despertar. ¿Habría alguien que nos entendiera? Buscamos por doquier, sin dar con nadie - especialmente que consideran el amor universal pero, en la práctica, exclusivo - hasta que nos rendimos y caímos en un vacío de inoportunidades.

Gracias,

Barbara
Change log

Sep 24, 2014 07:29: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

Discussion

Judith Armele Sep 10, 2014:
I like it. Why don't you suggest your answer?
Patrick Bearne Sep 10, 2014:
Suggestion "...we got stuck in the mire of lack of opportunity"

It's not literal, but...what do you think?

Proposed translations

+3
5 hrs
Selected

lapsed / fell into a bleak state of awkwardness

The main point is what to do about "inoportunidades". This doesn't mean hopelessness, or inconvenience, though I do think that the whole phrase conveys the idea of hopelessness. It means "inopportunenesses", which really amounts to the idea of bad timing: a succession of things happening (or perhaps being said) at the wrong time. I think it really refers to a relationship in which nothing runs smoothly. That's how I got to "awkwardness". In fact, both "inopportuneness" and "untimeliness" are listed in the thesaurus I consulted under "awkwardness". The relationship has just become constantly awkward.

"Caímos en un vacío", for me, expresses falling gradually and almost unconsciously; something close to slipping. I think "lapse" could work, but "fell" would be OK. But I feel that "void" and "abyss" are too dramatic for "vacío". To me, what this expresses is just a state in which there's no joy, no pleasure. It's empty in the sense of being bleak.
Peer comment(s):

agree Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
1 hr
Thank you, Patricia :)
agree Estela Quintero-Weldon
2 hrs
Thank you, Estela :)
agree Jenniferts
2 days 21 hrs
Thank you, Jennifer :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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fell into a void of inconvenience/s

feel into a void OR vacuum of inconvenience/s
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31 mins

fell into an abyss of inopportunity/inconvenience

My suggestion.
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+2
34 mins

fell into the void of hopelessness

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Peer comment(s):

agree George Rabel
50 mins
agree Jessica F. Rhodes
1 hr
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Spanish term (edited): caímos en un vacío de inoportunidades

descended into a vacuum of nothingness

This is about all I can come up with...

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