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atizando a los caballos

English translation: goad the horses forward, spur on the horses, gee up the horses, urge on the horses

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Spanish term or phrase:atizar a los caballos
English translation:goad the horses forward, spur on the horses, gee up the horses, urge on the horses
Entered by: Darius Saczuk

22:40 Apr 23, 2024
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Spanish term or phrase: atizando a los caballos
A Spanish writer describing how a man admired his wife:

Se la imaginaba dirigiendo una fila de caravanas a la conquista del lejano Oeste y se la pintaría en pijama atizando a los caballos.

Gracias
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 03:43
goading the horses ahead, spurring on the horses
Explanation:
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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 02:43
Grading comment
thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3geeing up the horses
neilmac
3 +3goading the horses ahead, spurring on the horses
Darius Saczuk


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
goading the horses ahead, spurring on the horses


Explanation:
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Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 02:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ormiston: prefer to spur. But metaphorically as he's not on horseback but traveling in a wagon.
9 hrs
  -> Right. Thank you,, Ormiston.
agree  philgoddard: 'Goading ahead' doesn't sound right to me, though. 'Urging on' is another possibility.
15 hrs
  -> I think "goad FORWARD" would do the trick. Thank you, Phil.
agree  Wardys Mejia
20 hrs
  -> Thank you, Primo. :-)
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
geeing up the horses


Explanation:
An option.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gee-up

Example sentence(s):
  • Then Maggie was in the driving seat, geeing up the horses
  • ... geeing up the horses that pulled the carts...

    Reference: http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2010/07/online-story-f...
    Reference: http://books.google.es/books?id=7K3CbD3Riv8C&pg=PT198&lpg=PT...
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 08:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 82

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos
1 hr
  -> Cheers :)
agree  Michele Fauble
9 hrs
  -> Tx :)
agree  MollyRose
14 hrs
  -> Thanks .-)
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