El que espera, desespera

17:55 Aug 13, 2010
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: El que espera, desespera
Refrán de origen latino.
Bárbara Auferil
Argentina
Local time: 14:43


Summary of answers provided
4 +5a watched pot never boils
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
4 +3Hope deferred makes the heart sick
claudia16 (X)
3He who waits ends up losing his patience
Cinnamon Nolan


Discussion entries: 8





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
el que espera, desespera
a watched pot never boils


Explanation:
Saludos

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a watched pot never boils - traducción de español - Diccionario ...a watched pot never boils Interjección. quien espera desespera, el que espera termina perdiendo la paciencia; Sinónimos: he who waits ends up losing his ...
www.wordmagicsoft.com/.../a watched pot never boils.php -


Sayings of timeA watched pot never boils: When somebody is waiting for something to happen, it never seems to happen soon enough. --> El que espera desespera ...
users.servicios.retecal.es/sgarci18/Ingles/.../sayingstime.html - En caché
Translation quien espera, desespera | English-Spanish Dictionary ...quien espera, desespera translation English - Spanish : quiesce vt dejar pendiente ... watched pot never boils, adj. quien espera, desespera. Reverso Dict. ...
dictionary.reverso.net/english.../quien%20espera,%20desespera - Estados Unidos
EEl que espera, desespera (a watched pot never boils): Es un juego de palabras, por el que se expresa la idea de que la ansiedad, llevada al extremo, ...
www.belcart.com/belcart_es/del_dicho/e.htm - En caché - Similares
The Big Red Book Of Spanish verbs - Resultado de la Búsqueda de libros de GoogleRonni L Gordon, David M Stillman - 2008 - Foreign Language Study - 672 páginas
M —Esperen Uds. en la sala de espera. ... Quien espera desespera. ... A watched pot never boils. Did you have to wait a long time at the airport? ...
books.google.es/books?isbn=0071591559...
esperar - significado de esperar diccionarioCrees que volverá después de tu engaño, espera sentado. v pr esperarse [espe'ɾaɾse] permanecer en .... el que espera desespera → a watched pot never boils ...
es.thefreedictionary.com/esperar - En caché - Similares
esperar - Diccionarios online en 10 idiomas: español, inglés ...hacer esperar a ALGN to keep SB waiting › hacerse esperar to keep people waiting › quien espera desespera a watched pot never boils ...
www.diccionarios.com/consultas.php?palabra=esperar... - En caché
The Street-Wise Spanish Survival Guide: A Dictionary of Over 3,000 ... - Resultado de la Búsqueda de libros de GoogleEleanor Hamer, Fernando Díez de Urdanivia - 2008 - Foreign Language Study - 486 páginas
A watched pot never boils. ■ El que espera, desespera. Actions speak louder than words. ■ Obras son amores, no buenas razones. ...
books.google.es/books?isbn=1602392501...

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 19:43
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 84

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jairo Payan
6 mins
  -> Gracias jairo

agree  lorenab23
6 mins
  -> Gracias lorena

agree  Sarah Weston: absolutely, but I don't see why the poetry/literature questions are so often classified as non-pro, when it often takes far more understanding of the two languages to answer the question. I vote pro.
12 mins
  -> Gracias Sarahca

agree  Enrique F Granados-González: Si
29 mins
  -> Gracias

agree  MPGS: :)
14 hrs
  -> Gracias MPGS
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
el que espera, desespera
Hope deferred makes the heart sick


Explanation:
I think this conveys better the idea of hopelessly waiting for something more than the kettle...

claudia16 (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 27

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarah Weston: Another good option, depending on the context, but considering we never had the context, it is very hard to say!
3 hrs
  -> right sarahca, thank you

agree  Cinnamon Nolan: A good option.
10 hrs
  -> thank you

agree  franglish
12 hrs
  -> thank you franglish
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
He who waits ends up losing his patience


Explanation:
I know that most bilingual dictionaries on 'sayings" or "refranes" give "The watched pot never boils" as the equivalent here, but I don't really agree. For me, "The watched pot..." indicates precisely that you should NOT become desperate (think of/do something else to distract yourself), or what you are waiting for will never come/will seem to take forever. So there is an element of advice that is not in the Spanish version.

A few dictionaries list this alternative or Claudia's.

Dictionary Definition - Diccionario Definición - estar desesperado ...
quien espera desespera (a watched pot never boils)
quien espera desespera (he who waits ends up losing his patience)
quien espera desespera (hope deferred makes the heart sick)
www.wikilang.com/English/Spanish/estar desesperado/.../8262...

he who waits ends up losing his patience Interjection
1.el que espera termina perdiendo la paciencia, quien espera desespera; Synonyms: a watched pot never boils, hope deferred makes the heart sick
http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/en-es/he who waits e...



Cinnamon Nolan
Spain
Local time: 19:43
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28
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