Sep 12, 2012 06:58
11 yrs ago
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Spanish term
donde comen 8 comen 10
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Sayings
Con la espontaneidad del refrán qe dice donde comen 8 comen 10, invitas a las 8 y llegan a las 9. Podemos seguir pensando en esa linea.
This is a phrase found in a commercial treatment by a movie director.
This is a phrase found in a commercial treatment by a movie director.
Proposed translations
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Accredited translators 20 yrs experience
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish
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there's always enough for one more
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When there’s an unexpected guest for a meal we say “there’s always enough for one more”. In Spanish the equivalent phrase is “donde comen dos comen tres”, which means “where two eat three eat”.
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Benjamin A Flores
: "there's always enough for one more mouth"?
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oligyp
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Laura Daly
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Reed James
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Viviane Blais (X)
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if there's enough for 8 there's enough for 10
In another context I think you might say "There's plenty to go (a)round", which is more of a set phrase, but although the more literal version I've proposed loses the proverbial quality of the Spanish, I think you have to use a version with figures, because of what follows. Of course, since this is not a set phrase you could use any figures you like.
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Claudia Pérez Snead
Germany
Germany
Native in Spanish
&
English
Germany
Architecture, tourism, technical.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
there's plenty to go around
informal slang.
1 day 3 hrs
The more the merrier.
Hi, this may or may not work - depending on the exact context. Obviously it's not food-related idiom, but it certainly conveys spontaneity & generosity.
Example sentence:
Come and join us. The more the merrier
Of course you can have a lift! The more the merrier.
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