Glossary entry (derived from question below)
español term or phrase:
"dar bote"
inglés translation:
bounce/d around/tried different things
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español term
"dar bote"
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Cuando salí del colgio no sabía que estudiar, estuve tres años dando bote hasta que encontré lo que me gustó.
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español term (edited):
dar bote
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bounce/d around/tried different things
DAR BOTE: En esta expresión lo de dar bote no se refiere a ninguna embarcación, menos a la entrega de una de ellas, más bien este bote es ir de un lado a otro, es decir, como pelota. "Dar bote" se aplica a la gente inexperta que poco o nada que sabe y a la gente inestable que va por la vida sin rumbo.
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walking to and fro / from here to there / walking about
Es como estar yendo "de aquí para allá"
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going/drifting from one thing to another
"... drifting..." hace hincapie en en sentido de "...a la deriva/sin rumbo..." que yo creo idoneo en este contexto.
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MJ Barber
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Cheers MJ
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Janet Ross Snyder
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Thanks j
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Robert Copeland
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kironne
: drifting
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español term (edited):
estuve tres años dando bote
I drifted [around] for three years
I think that this would be the most idiomatic solution. Perhaps better without "around".
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Suerte.
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Suerte.
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kicking about/bouncing around
"Bote" implies a thrusting (hence "kicking") or other strong motion forward. Pink Floyd used the expression "kicking about in your home town" in one of the songs on their album "Dark Side of the Moon" to describe someone who was wasting away their time and getting nowhere with their life.
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