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juegos de dormitorio

English translation: bedroom sets

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Spanish term or phrase:juegos de dormitorio
English translation:bedroom sets
Entered by: tazdog (X)

17:27 May 7, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Ficitonal Argentine narrative
Spanish term or phrase: juegos de dormitorio
This is the passage of an Argentine novel, where a man and wife are speaking. She asks him to visit her in the afternoons and he apologizes that he cannot and gives this as an explanation of why:

—Me paso el día contestando las cartas que te mandan a vos. Son más de tres mil cartas, y en todas te piden algo: una beca para los hijos, ajuares de novia, juegos de dormitorio, trabajos de sereno, qué sé yo.—
Alexis Rhyner
United States
Local time: 05:41
bedroom sets
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tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 14:41
Grading comment
Not as tricky as I made it, thank you so much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +10bedroom sets
tazdog (X)
4dorm room games
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dorm room games


Explanation:
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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 06:41
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 3
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
bedroom sets


Explanation:
Compare:

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENES3...

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENES3...

tazdog (X)
Spain
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 52
Grading comment
Not as tricky as I made it, thank you so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bill Greendyk: Couldn't agree more, Cindy! ¡Saludos!
7 mins
  -> Hi Bill! Long time no see!
agree  Henry Hinds: Could be "bedroom games", but your answer makes more sense in the context.
19 mins
  -> thanks, Henry
agree  Eileen Banks: :) absolutely:)
34 mins
agree  Mirtha Grotewold
1 hr
agree  Linda Grabner
1 hr
agree  Lourdes Zalcik: I have heard it more in the context of what happens inside of a bedroom, but what I've hear may be a game of words, so in this context, I agree with bedroom sets rather than bedroom games.
1 hr
agree  Lydia De Jorge
1 hr
agree  Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi): Yes, it seems to make more sense in this context.
1 hr
agree  Charles Davis: Also known as bedroom suites, particularly in the UK. I'm sure you're right!
3 hrs
agree  Christian [email protected]
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, everyone!
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