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tufete

English translation: whiff

21:32 Apr 11, 2022
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Spanish term or phrase: tufete
A text by an Argentine artist. Is it an expression based on "tu fe te ha sanado"? If so, is there an analogous expression in English? If not...
Por otra parte, pienso en la ribera como esa costa, ese yuyo de caraguatás y plantitas, la miasma originaria, que en realidad viene de Osvaldo Baigorria, que recorriendo la reserva me dijo: “Esta es la miasma originaria. Esa podredumbre de los charquitos de donde todo nace”. Como una especie de tufete entre todas esas cosas, pensaba.

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Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 21:00
English translation:whiff
Explanation:
Tufo = smell and -ete = a diminutive. QED.
Another question is how you would incorporate "whiff" into the translated text.

IMHO, translating it as "stink, stench, reek, unpleasant smell" would be over-egging the pudding, as "podredumbre de los charquitos" already evokes the rotten smell.

Another option could be "miasma" if the author hadn't already used that in the sentence.

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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 02:00
Grading comment
I went with stench. Thanks
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neilmac
Summary of reference entries provided
Ref.
Taña Dalglish
tufete en casos parecidos
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whiff


Explanation:
Tufo = smell and -ete = a diminutive. QED.
Another question is how you would incorporate "whiff" into the translated text.

IMHO, translating it as "stink, stench, reek, unpleasant smell" would be over-egging the pudding, as "podredumbre de los charquitos" already evokes the rotten smell.

Another option could be "miasma" if the author hadn't already used that in the sentence.



Example sentence(s):
  • He leaned towards me and I caught/got a whiff of garlic...
  • I caught the whiff of whisky on his breath...

    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/whiff
    https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/whiff
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 02:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 82
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I went with stench. Thanks
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28 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Ref.

Reference information:
https://www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/es-en/tufitos.php
Translate "tufo" to English: stink, stench, reek, unpleasant smell
Spanish Synonyms of "tufo": mal olor, fetidez, hediondez, hedor, olor fétido, pestilencia, catinga, fato, berrinche, cante

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
13 mins
  -> Gracias Bea.
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36 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: tufete en casos parecidos

Reference information:
Tú procastinas y lo sabes - Aula Creactivahttps://www.aulacreactiva.com › Blog › Copy
8 ago 2016 — La procrastinación en nuestro campo puede suponer la diferencia entre acertar plenamente o ser un segundón con tufete a plagio.


14 dic 2007 — Me da lástima porque el pobre sólo quiere mimos y darme lametones pero da un tufete... Yo creo que cuando lo adopte definitivamente tendré ...
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Holaaa!!! Vereis,mis perros son de raza pequeña y me dijo la veterinaria que los perros ...

GORDOS de Daniel Sánchez Arévalo - 2009 - EL GABINETE ...http://cinemagnificus.blogspot.com › 2013/01 › gordos-d...
23 ene 2013 — ... y en el tufete moralizador innecesario y hasta casposo que algunas situaciones desprenden y, sobre todo, en el retrato extremadamente ...

O G V
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
5 mins
agree  neilmac: Tufete moralizador -> "moralising whiff"
9 hrs
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