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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Síndrome de alcancía

English translation:

Piggy-bank syndrome

Added to glossary by patinba
Jul 20, 2019 14:13
4 yrs ago
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Spanish term

Síndrome de alcancía

Spanish to English Medical Psychology Group activity
I'm working on an evaluation sheet that the therapist uses to circle the behavior that he observes in his patient. One section reads: FOLLOW-UP ON NEXT GROUP ACTIVITY and that is where the term "síndrome de alcancía" shows up.
I appreciate your help with this.
Proposed translations (English)
2 +2 Piggy-bank syndrome
References
piggy-back vs piggy-bank
Change log

Aug 11, 2019 12:53: patinba Created KOG entry

Discussion

Chema Nieto Castañón Jul 21, 2019:
El problema realmente está en el original. Síndrome de (la) alcancía es denominación extraña -y ambigua sin contexto específico. Tal vez Karla pueda especificar un poco más el contexto particular donde aparece la frase para imaginar a qué se refiere el original, que podría hacer referencia desde a la pica al Diógenes pasando por una alusión genérica al acaparador con dificultad para compartir...
Charles Davis Jul 20, 2019:
@Juan The phrase neilmac has quoted is "piggy-backing" emotions, not "piggy-banking". Although there's only one letter different, the two expressions have nothing to do with each other.

The pychological condition that leads people to swallow coins (and other non-edible things) is called pica syndrome, but I'm not sure it refers to that.

Maybe it means hoarding disorder.
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón Jul 20, 2019:
This is the first time I read ¨piggy-banking your own emotions.¨ It seems logigal but in psychology we use ¨introjection¨ for such situtation. Although it might be a reference of children who have the habit of ¨eating¨ coins.

Proposed translations

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Selected

Piggy-bank syndrome

It certainly exists, but I can't find any reference in the context of psychology
Peer comment(s):
agree Chema Nieto Castañón : Neither in Spanish. Some specific context might surely help
1 day 23 hrs
agree Maria Benmaor : I can only think about its relation with the 'group activity' so it can be related to group therapy as its context?
21 days
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Reference comments

2 hrs
Reference:

piggy-back vs piggy-bank

I have no idea if this has much to do with the query, as the lack of context isn't helping much. However, all the references to "piggy bank" I found in a brief search repair to financial contexts, whereas "piggyback" (with or without a hyphen) appears in medical, mainly post-hepatic transplant contexts.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-07-20 17:10:25 GMT)
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https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/piggyba...

The term is used here in a psychology context:
Connectedness in Psychology: Definition & Theory | Study.com
https://study.com/academy/lesson/connectedness-in-psychology...
... It is feeling someone's emotion the way that person feels it, rather than piggy-backing your own emotion onto what the other person is ...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-07-20 17:12:38 GMT)
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The term is used here in a psychological context:
Connectedness in Psychology: Definition & Theory | Study.com
https://study.com/academy/lesson/connectedness-in-psychology...
... It is feeling someone's emotion the way that person feels it, rather than piggy-backing your own emotion onto what the other person is ...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-07-20 17:13:11 GMT)
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Sorry for posting twice, it didn't seem to have uploaded the first time.

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Note added at 1 day 17 hrs (2019-07-22 07:36:32 GMT)
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FWIW, in Spain the only term I've heard for piggy-bank is "hucha"...

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hucha
Example sentence:

The piggy-back caval anastomosis technique is widely used in ..

Reference:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18549945

Peer comments on this reference comment:
neutral Charles Davis : But "alcancía" means a piggy bank; it can't have anything to do with"piggy-backing".
4 hrs
Exactly. That's the problem - and why I posted the reference rather than trying to suggest a solution.
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