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poudre de perlimpinpin

Spanish translation: polvos de la madre Celestina

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French term or phrase:poudre de perlimpinpin
Spanish translation:polvos de la madre Celestina
Entered by: Constantinos Faridis (X)

14:49 Apr 23, 2010
French to Spanish translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: poudre de perlimpinpin
Estimados colegas:

Estoy buscando un equivalente para este término que sea adecuado para el español ibérico.

Según el Robert: " Fam. Poudre* de perlimpinpin. — … de perlimpinpin, se dit d'une chose imaginaire, trompeuse". Y el Larousse: "poudre prétendument douée de vertus merveilleuses ; médicament inefficace, chose sans valeur".

Gracias de antemano,

Nicolás
Nicolás Valencia
Colombia
Local time: 09:04
polvos de la madre Celestina
Explanation:


poudre
[pudr]
nom féminin
1. [substance] polvo m
poudre de perlimpinpin polvos de la madre Celestina
2. [explosif] pólvora f
3. [fard] polvos mpl
4. (locution)
prendre la poudre d'escampette tomar las de Villadiego
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Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 17:04
Grading comment
Gracias a todos.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4polvos de la madre Celestina
Constantinos Faridis (X)
5polvo de hadas
imatahan
4Polvo de la madre Celestina
henry959


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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
polvos de la madre Celestina


Explanation:


poudre
[pudr]
nom féminin
1. [substance] polvo m
poudre de perlimpinpin polvos de la madre Celestina
2. [explosif] pólvora f
3. [fard] polvos mpl
4. (locution)
prendre la poudre d'escampette tomar las de Villadiego


Constantinos Faridis (X)
Greece
Local time: 17:04
Native speaker of: Greek
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Gracias a todos.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohamed Mehenoun: Larousse
2 hrs
  -> gracias
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
5 hrs
  -> gracias
agree  José Joaquín Navarro
18 hrs
  -> gracias
agree  Sylvia Moyano Garcia
1 day 13 hrs
  -> gracias
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Polvo de la madre Celestina


Explanation:
Según el Larousse también. Después, habría que ver el contexto.

henry959
Local time: 16:04
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
polvo de hadas


Explanation:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanita

Campanilla, como otras hadas en las obras de Barrie, puede hacer que otros vuelen espolvoreándoles polvo de hada.

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sininho

Vocês se lembram do que é? Todo mundo que nos idos da infância teve o privilégio de crescer embalado pelos contos de fadas de Walt Disney e de Monteiro Lobato conhece o pó. A Fada Sininho, do clássico da literatura infantil Peter Pan de Walt Disney, e a espevitada Emília das obras do nosso querido Monteiro Lobato, faziam menção a ele.

http://recantodasletras.uol.com.br/artigos/401417

imatahan
Brazil
Local time: 11:04
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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