Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
vejámenes más delirantes
English translation:
outrageous taunts and insults
Added to glossary by
Kate Major Patience
Jan 14, 2009 15:29
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Spanish term
Spain
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vejámenes más delirantes
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
modern novel
A bunch of guys come out of some nightclub toilets after taking cocaine. A new bunch of their friends are entering the cubicle for the same reason. The first group leaves:
Van saliendo a trompicones y moqueando, meciéndose al son de olas psicotrópicas, agasajándonos con sus vejámenes más delirantes, hablando a gritos y a la vez.
Am very unsure of an accurate translation in English, having read and re-read the DRAE definition...
UK English. Thanks in advance. :)
Van saliendo a trompicones y moqueando, meciéndose al son de olas psicotrópicas, agasajándonos con sus vejámenes más delirantes, hablando a gritos y a la vez.
Am very unsure of an accurate translation in English, having read and re-read the DRAE definition...
UK English. Thanks in advance. :)
Proposed translations
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outrageous taunts and insults
regaling us with their...
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Remy Arce
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Thanks, Remy!
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Carol Gullidge
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Thank-you, Carol!
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Christine Walsh
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Thank-you, Christine!
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kironne
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Comment: "I wish I could split the points here, as you all came up with great options. Thanks everyone. :)"
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Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Specializes in field
United Kingdom
WorldWideWords
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
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piss-taking/hurling abuse
As "vejamen" comes from "vejar" - to humiliate (see DRAE) then anything that relates to this kind of banter would be appropriate.
45 mins
Eileen Banks
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Argentina
Thorough, fast and dependable
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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delirious lampoons
The big couple's frisky frolics at a beachside resort are a delirious lampoon of perfume and jewelry commercials. Rotund romps aside, even those who have ...
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: satire 1 ; specifically : a harsh satire usually directed against an individual
vejámen;Sátira festiva sobre los defectos físicos o morales de una persona.
es una idea ...
www.filmunio.hu/object.36b42c98-b64a-4639-ac4e-19534612e494...
: satire 1 ; specifically : a harsh satire usually directed against an individual
vejámen;Sátira festiva sobre los defectos físicos o morales de una persona.
es una idea ...
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Nelida Kreer
Native in Spanish
English/Spanish/Eng Certified Translator
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Uruguayan, Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 1 more.
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[regaling us with their] most obnoxious gibes
Otra opción.
Como el tono de la frase es totalmente irónico, para retener lo de "agasajándonos" sugiero "regaling us with...".
Como el tono de la frase es totalmente irónico, para retener lo de "agasajándonos" sugiero "regaling us with...".
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Gabriel Csaba
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Argentina
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Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine) 
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Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, German to English, and 1 more.
outlandish insults
I think outlandish reflects "delirante": they are not trying to offend each other; they're just wasted out of their minds and exchanging cheerful insults as compliments.
I know we Argentinians do that -even without cocaine- and some American idiolects also use wordsa like motherf***er as a greeting.
I know we Argentinians do that -even without cocaine- and some American idiolects also use wordsa like motherf***er as a greeting.
Example sentence:
greeting each other with their most outlandish insults
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Carol Gullidge
: I like outlandish! How about "treating us to the most outlandish insults (etc)"? But I do like patinaba's "regaling" However, that isn't part of the question...
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I like treating/regaling US even better than my own "greeting each other" - in fact, I initially misread "agasajándoNOS" as "agasajándoSE" (unos a otros), which is clearly not the case here. My bad!
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Marcelo González
: This sounds good. Now the question becomes, what to precede it with. Perhaps "regale" could be used in a satirical way (as Carol has suggested in her neutral below)...
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Regale is great, see my answer to Carol above.
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kironne
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Thanksalotta!
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Reference comments
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
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Reference:
vejamen
vejamen
vejación
(=pasquin) satire, lampoone
(=pulla) shaft, taunt
vejación
humiliation / ill-treatment
vejamen s. m.
1 Vejación.
2 Burla o sátira festiva.
Diccionario Manual de la Lengua Española Vox. © 2007 Larousse Editorial, S.L.
vejamen
m. vejación.
Reprensión satírica con que se manifiestan los defectos de una persona.
vejación
(=pasquin) satire, lampoone
(=pulla) shaft, taunt
vejación
humiliation / ill-treatment
vejamen s. m.
1 Vejación.
2 Burla o sátira festiva.
Diccionario Manual de la Lengua Española Vox. © 2007 Larousse Editorial, S.L.
vejamen
m. vejación.
Reprensión satírica con que se manifiestan los defectos de una persona.
Discussion
"reprensión satírica y festiva con que se ponen de manifiesto y se ponderan los defectos físicas y morales de alguien". HTH