through provoking

Spanish translation: Intelectualmente estimulante

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English term or phrase:through provoking
Spanish translation:Intelectualmente estimulante
Entered by: Manuel Aburto

00:02 Sep 3, 2020
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
International Org/Dev/Coop / Executive summary
English term or phrase: through provoking
Hola,

Alguna sugerencia con respecto al término "through provoking" en este contexto?

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Manuel Aburto
Nicaragua
Local time: 14:41
Intelectualmente estimulante
Explanation:
Está mal el texto, decir "thought provoking"

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Florencio Alonso
Uruguay
Local time: 17:41
Grading comment
Gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7Intelectualmente estimulante
Florencio Alonso
4debate
Marlys Estrada
4dan qué pensar
Mariana Gutierrez
4reflexivo
Antonella Perazzoni
4hagan pensar
Jessica Higham
3 -3A nivel de provocación (hacer preguntas obscenas)
Ninoslav Matijevic


Discussion entries: 5





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Thought provoking
Intelectualmente estimulante


Explanation:
Está mal el texto, decir "thought provoking"

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Note added at 39 mins (2020-09-03 00:42:29 GMT)
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*debe decir

Florencio Alonso
Uruguay
Local time: 17:41
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  María C Turri
48 mins

agree  Elisa Rey
1 hr

agree  Begoña Recaséns
3 hrs

agree  David Hollywood: definitely a typo in ST
3 hrs

agree  Sara Fairen
8 hrs

agree  Juan Gil
10 hrs

agree  Elisa Ksiazenicki
1 day 13 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
debate


Explanation:
Que genera o da pie al debate

Marlys Estrada
Costa Rica
Local time: 14:41
Native speaker of: Spanish
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dan qué pensar


Explanation:
Una alternativa que suena natural y un poco más ajustada al tono del original en inglés.

Campañas divertidas,o serias y que den qué pensar.

Mariana Gutierrez
Local time: 17:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 84
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
reflexivo


Explanation:
Referido a hablar y a obrar con reflexión (reflexionar: Pensar atenta y detenidamente sobre algo)


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    https://dle.rae.es/reflexionar
Antonella Perazzoni
Argentina
Local time: 17:41
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -3
A nivel de provocación (hacer preguntas obscenas)


Explanation:
"A nivel de provocación (hacer preguntas obscenas)".

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Ok. I fully understood you. Thank you for new useful information to all. For me, the provoking is generally a bad human habit that makes a restlessness, or anger, or anxiety of another person. But good, this context looks for something quite different. Regards.

Ninoslav Matijevic
Serbia
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
Notes to answerer
Asker: NO, NO. Not in this cse Ninoslav; it is not the context here!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Taña Dalglish: Absolutely not! Where on earth Ninoslav do you get the idea that questions are obscene? https://www.wordmagicsoft.com/diccionario/en-es/thought-prov... Is Spanish 1 of working languages, really? Isn't it Serbian?
16 mins

disagree  Begoña Recaséns: It is definitely a typo . The correct expression is thought-provoking
2 hrs

disagree  Juan Gil: El Sr Matijevic todavía no ha entendido que aquí venimos a ayudar, no a confundir.
10 hrs
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7 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
thought provoking
hagan pensar


Explanation:
More in tune with the style of the text.

Jessica Higham
Spain
Local time: 21:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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