suerte de castidad zen

English translation: a sort of zen-like chastity

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Spanish term or phrase:suerte de castidad zen
English translation:a sort of zen-like chastity
Entered by: Lorena Zuniga

10:51 Mar 9, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: suerte de castidad zen
Más bien desactivan el principio de hostilidad que las enemista con una neutralidad prescindente, una abstinencia, una suerte de castidad zen.
Lorena Zuniga
Costa Rica
Local time: 10:58
a sort of zen-like chastity
Explanation:
Chirenon's Rules — Zen and the Art of Chastity.
chirenon.tumblr.com/post/74488943841/zen-and-the-art-of-chastity
25 Jan 2014 - “Trent Meets the Vice” (Part 2/Results): During a fun holiday weekend where two local chastity boys spent the weekend waiting upon me and ...
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Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:58
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4 +2a sort of zen-like chastity
Andrew Bramhall
3 +3a kind of Zen chasteness
Robert Forstag
4 +1a kind of Zen chastity
Martin Harvey
Summary of reference entries provided
What's the difference?
neilmac

  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a kind of Zen chastity


Explanation:
a sort of Zen Chastity

Martin Harvey
Argentina
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: Not sure how necessary the capital Z is... but no biggie :)
35 mins
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a sort of zen-like chastity


Explanation:
Chirenon's Rules — Zen and the Art of Chastity.
chirenon.tumblr.com/post/74488943841/zen-and-the-art-of-chastity
25 Jan 2014 - “Trent Meets the Vice” (Part 2/Results): During a fun holiday weekend where two local chastity boys spent the weekend waiting upon me and ...

Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 70
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac
34 mins
  -> Thanks!

agree  Martin Harvey
57 mins
  -> Thanks!
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
a kind of Zen chasteness


Explanation:
A literal translation seems to work here.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 12:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 195

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: Definitely chasteness, not chastity!
24 mins
  -> I agree. Major difference. Thank you, Charles.

agree  neilmac: For me, to all intents and purposes, chasteness/chastity are synonyms (although 100% synonymy is always moot)
34 mins
  -> But there is a difference. Thank you, Neil.

agree  franglish: With Charles
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Franglish.
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Reference comments


43 mins
Reference: What's the difference?

Reference information:
They say you can never have perfect synonyms, but in this case, I see very little to distinguish chasteness from chastity.


    Reference: http://wikidiff.com/chasteness/chastity
neilmac
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 155

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Robert Forstag: "Chastity" is a synonym of "virginity" or "sexual abstinence," whereas "chasteness" is a synonym of "modesty."
1 hr
neutral  Charles Davis: As Robert has explained, "chastity" would mean neutralising hostility by not having sex.
11 hrs
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