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Не было ни гроша, да вдруг алтын

Spanish translation: Andar descalzo y de repente ponerse las botas

10:47 Dec 23, 2012
Russian to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Russian term or phrase: Не было ни гроша, да вдруг алтын
Es el nombre de una obra de Ostrovsky de 1872. Estuve ayer y hoy buscando y me ha sido imposible encontrar la traducción oficial al español...igual no la hay...
María Perales
Spain
Local time: 22:31
Spanish translation:Andar descalzo y de repente ponerse las botas
Explanation:
Не было ни гроша, да вдруг алтын — Andar descalzo y de repente ponerse las botas.
Esoto es la traducción del proverbio, que da el ABBYY Lingvo diccionario. Pero no se si te sirve.
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HalynaKrylinska
Local time: 22:31
Grading comment
Gracias por la propuesta! :-)
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5 +3Andar descalzo y de repente ponerse las botas
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Andar descalzo y de repente ponerse las botas


Explanation:
Не было ни гроша, да вдруг алтын — Andar descalzo y de repente ponerse las botas.
Esoto es la traducción del proverbio, que da el ABBYY Lingvo diccionario. Pero no se si te sirve.

HalynaKrylinska
Local time: 22:31
Native speaker of: Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Gracias por la propuesta! :-)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Unfol
1 hr
agree  Maria Popova: Muy buena variante!
6 hrs
agree  Julio Pinel: Buena variante. Entiendo que "grosh" se refiere a dinero, en este caso sería "no tener ni un duro", mientras que altyn es una palabra de origen túrquico (probablemente tártara) que quiere decir "oro", si no me equivoco.
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