Glossary entry

Catalan term or phrase:

em ballen

English translation:

I find confusing

Added to glossary by Jeanne Zang
Jan 25, 2016 22:46
8 yrs ago
Catalan term

em ballen

Non-PRO Catalan to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
This appears in an email. I believe CV is a sales agreement.
Necessito que ens veiem un moment per comentar aixo de la CV de X. Hi ha uns números que em ballen.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 I find confusing

Proposed translations

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I find confusing

Or 'I'm not sure of'; 'I don't understand', etc.

2 6 [LC] fer ballar el cap a algú Atabalar-lo.
3 1 intr. [LC] Una cosa, no estar segura sobre la seva base, no estar ben fixada, venir baldera. Aquesta taula balla: l’heu de falcar. Dins aquestes sabates, els peus m’hi ballen.

http://dlc.iec.cat/results.asp?txtentraDa=ballar

4 intr 1 No estar segura, una cosa, sobre la seva base, no estar ben fixada, anar baldera. Falcar una taula perquè no balli. Ballar la nansa d'una cassola. Ballar un piu dins el forat.

2 ballar les lletres d'un llibre No estar ben arrenglerades, de manera que les ratlles resulten tortuoses.

http://www.diccionari.cat/lexicx.jsp?GECART=0016040

Perhaps someone else can come up with a better translation.
Peer comment(s):

agree Montse Ballesteros : That's what I thought too. And CV might stand for "compra-venda".
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Thank you for your confirmation, Montse :-)
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