Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
sacarse clavos
English translation:
revenge / getting one's own back / getting even
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2013-03-22 16:54:12 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Mar 19, 2013 16:29
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Spanish term
sacarse clavos
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Slang
Colombian Spanish
Colombian or Central American experts, please could you tell me what exactly this phrase means?
Thanks!
As in:
Ortega: “Lo que no se vale es sacarse clavos”
www.lacarretica.com › Servicios › Noticias › Noticias de Deportes04/05/2012 – “En esto lo que no se vale es sacarse clavos u otras cosas a través de decisiones que se puedan ver en la asamblea. Es un tema de legalidad” ...
Santos criticó a quienes "por dividir" están promoviendo paros ...
www.caracol.com.co/noticias/actualidad/la.../1857385.aspxha... 7 días – ... de los odios, la política del rencor, la política de dividir por dividir, la política de sacarse clavos, esa política no nos lleva a ningún lado”.
LOS CLAVOS
www.latribuna.hn/2013/03/01/los-clavos/01/03/2013 – ... revestidos de poder, para ir a sacarse clavos y malgastar el tiempo -en vez de cumplir con las faenas encomendadas- propagando infundios ..
Thanks!
As in:
Ortega: “Lo que no se vale es sacarse clavos”
www.lacarretica.com › Servicios › Noticias › Noticias de Deportes04/05/2012 – “En esto lo que no se vale es sacarse clavos u otras cosas a través de decisiones que se puedan ver en la asamblea. Es un tema de legalidad” ...
Santos criticó a quienes "por dividir" están promoviendo paros ...
www.caracol.com.co/noticias/actualidad/la.../1857385.aspxha... 7 días – ... de los odios, la política del rencor, la política de dividir por dividir, la política de sacarse clavos, esa política no nos lleva a ningún lado”.
LOS CLAVOS
www.latribuna.hn/2013/03/01/los-clavos/01/03/2013 – ... revestidos de poder, para ir a sacarse clavos y malgastar el tiempo -en vez de cumplir con las faenas encomendadas- propagando infundios ..
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +4 | revenge / getting one's own back / getting even |
Simon Bruni
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| 3 +1 | engage in tit-for-tat (retaliation) |
Lisa McCarthy
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Proposed translations
+4
2 mins
Selected
revenge / getting one's own back / getting even
From the Oxford Spanish
sacarse el clavo (Colombia, Venezuela) to get even (familiar), get one's own back (inglés británico familiar)
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Note added at 11 mins (2013-03-19 16:41:16 GMT)
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http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/es-en/sacarse el cla...
sacarse el clavo (Colombia, Venezuela) to get even (familiar), get one's own back (inglés británico familiar)
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Note added at 11 mins (2013-03-19 16:41:16 GMT)
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http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/es-en/sacarse el cla...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
kalungo
6 mins
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| agree |
philgoddard
: I don't fully understand the context, but this is a good reference.
7 mins
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| agree |
Rafael Calvo Fernández
: En español muy frecuentemente usamos la expresión "sacarse el clavo o la espina", cuando nos referimos a una manera de desquitarnos de algo o de alguien nos ha hecho sentir mal.
16 mins
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| agree |
Mariano Wadi Jacobo
20 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "You have quite literally nailed it, instantly! Many Thanks. "
+1
1 hr
Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Spain
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Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
engage in tit-for-tat (retaliation)
Another option that might work, depending on how your sentence is constructed.
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Jun 4, 2012 – China has cautioned its citizens against visiting India, in what is seen a "tit-for-tat" policy following India's recent warning to its traders against ...
Cork Board refuse to engage in 'tit-for tat' campaign - Hoganstand.com
www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=103323
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Steven Pifer: US-Russia Relations in Obama's Second Term
www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org › Articles, Briefs & Papers
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Note from asker:
| Yes, that's it too. Thanks, Lisa! |
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