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Clamant words

Spanish translation: palabras imperiosas

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English term or phrase:clamant words
Spanish translation:palabras imperiosas
Entered by: Beatriz Ramírez de Haro

18:36 Sep 1, 2017
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Religion / Religious book
English term or phrase: Clamant words
One day, I emotionally begged the Lord saying, “Father, speak to me. What is the purpose of my life? I have reached a dead end.”

The Lord answered, “I cannot speak to you until you are calm.”

This made me think of a wife shouting at her husband, screaming, “I can’t get through to you.” How do you think such loud, aggressive plaints work out?

We need to quiet our emotions.

Nearly ten years before I completed Messages from God, God sent a message to my friend, Lou, to tell me to write quickly as I would need to return to Los Angeles, soon. Look at the message. It says “quickly.” When Lou shared this message with me, it was like a “shout.” Certainly, it was not a soft voice. Like the husband in the screaming-wife scenario, the clamant words put me under severe stress. How could it be “time to return,” time to “quickly” finish the book? AAAHhhhhhh!
Andrea Kalaydjian
South Africa
Local time: 08:35
palabras imperiosas/ insistentes/ exigentes/ apremiantes/ perentorias
Explanation:
clamant

adj.
1. clamorous;
noisy.
2. compelling or pressing;
urgent:
e.g. a clamant need for reform.
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/clamant

Entiendo que en este contexto se aplica la segunda acepción. No se trata de algo físico (por eso "shout" va entrecomillado), sino de un mensaje exigente que produce la misma tensión que el grito de la pelea conyugal.

De todas las opciones que propongo, la que más me gusta es "palabras imperiosas"
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 08:35
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Gracias
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Summary of answers provided
4palabras imperiosas/ insistentes/ exigentes/ apremiantes/ perentorias
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
3las palabras clamorosas - sus gritos
JohnMcDove
3la urgencia que denotaban sus palabras
Mónica Algazi
2la aflicción en esas palabras/esas palabras llenas de aflicción
Verónica Lassa


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
clamant words
las palabras clamorosas - sus gritos


Explanation:
Diría yo.

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Note added at 19 mins (2017-09-01 18:56:19 GMT)
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Sus palabras a voz en grito

Las palabras a grito herido - a grito limpio - a grito pelado -

Palabras alzando el grito...

Por ahí iría la cosa, creo yo.

Saludos cordiales.


JohnMcDove
United States
Local time: 23:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 75
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
clamant words
la urgencia que denotaban sus palabras


Explanation:
Otra posibilidad.

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 03:35
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 92
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
clamant words
palabras imperiosas/ insistentes/ exigentes/ apremiantes/ perentorias


Explanation:
clamant

adj.
1. clamorous;
noisy.
2. compelling or pressing;
urgent:
e.g. a clamant need for reform.
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/clamant

Entiendo que en este contexto se aplica la segunda acepción. No se trata de algo físico (por eso "shout" va entrecomillado), sino de un mensaje exigente que produce la misma tensión que el grito de la pelea conyugal.

De todas las opciones que propongo, la que más me gusta es "palabras imperiosas"

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 08:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 1286
Grading comment
Gracias
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
clamant words
la aflicción en esas palabras/esas palabras llenas de aflicción


Explanation:
Puede que venga por aquí. No sabemos de qué se trataba la escena entre marido y mujer a la que se refiere. Ojalá te ayude. Saludos.

Verónica Lassa
Argentina
Local time: 03:35
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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