"you'll be bold"

Spanish translation: vas a ser "cava"

12:01 May 10, 2023

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Slang / Significado de "you'll be bold" para contestar un comentario fuera de lugar

English term or phrase: "you'll be bold"

-Your drawing looks like you when you'll be 30. You'll be bold, wallah.

-It's your sister who's bold.

-No it's your mum, talk to me fine.

Son niños haciendo manualidades. No tengo claro cómo traducir "you'll be bold" en este caso. (Wallah ya sé qué significa).
El audio está en francés y me baso en una traducción previa al inglés.

Gracias.

MarinaSP
Spain

Spanish translation:vas a ser "cava"

Explanation:
Si entiendo bien, se trataría de un equívoco de la primera niña que dice "bold" en vez de "bald", lo que genera en la segunda la sensación de que "bold" es un insulto.

Si es así -y no se trata de un typo u otro tipo de error-, lo ideal sería utilizar una palabra que permitiese al lector adulto identificar lo que la primera niña quería decir en realidad ("calva").

Por ejemplo así,

- En tu dibujo pareces tú cuando tengas 30. ¡Ala, vas a ser "cava"!
- Es tu hermana la que es "cava"
- No, tu mamá lo es. Háblame bien.

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Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 13:27

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3 +2

vas a ser "cava"

Chema Nieto Castañón

bold could be heavy, big, overweight

Maria Babcock

2 +1

serás calva

Mónica Hanlan

serás una gorda

patinba

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1 hr confidence:

serás una gorda

Explanation:
fr "gros" can mean "bold" as in type but it also means "fat". "You'll be fat?"

"Serás una gorda"

"Más gorda será tu hermana"

"No, es tu madre"

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 08:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 28

4 hrs confidence:

\"you\'ll be bold\" bold could be heavy, big, overweight

Explanation:
Heavy or big in English could be translated as "gorda" "grandota" in Spanish.

Maria Babcock
Canada
Local time: 07:27
Native speaker of:

Spanish

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

you'll be bold

vas a ser "cava"

Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 13:27
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

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23 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

serás calva

Explanation:
Pongo como respuesta mi opinión anterior... que sea un typo y en realidad signifique "bald". No creo que sea un error de la niña, como dice en otra respuesta... aunque puede ser. Todo depende del audio original.
Suerte!

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Note added at 23 hrs (2023-05-11 11:47:44 GMT)
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o "vas a ser calva"

Mónica Hanlan
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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