Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ir de relleno
English translation:
to make up the numbers
Added to glossary by
Katya Robledo
Mar 11, 2010 03:44
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term
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Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
ir de relleno
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Es un diálogo en un comercial argentino. Una pareja discute sobre la compra de un regalo para un casamiento:
-Mi amor, nos invitan después de las 12. Se casan un sábado y nosotros vamos un domingo.
- No a mi me invitó a las 8, para poder ir con vos le pedí que lo cambie a después de las 12.
-Ah, que soy yo el problema? Que ***voy de relleno.***
Ideas?? =)
-Mi amor, nos invitan después de las 12. Se casan un sábado y nosotros vamos un domingo.
- No a mi me invitó a las 8, para poder ir con vos le pedí que lo cambie a después de las 12.
-Ah, que soy yo el problema? Que ***voy de relleno.***
Ideas?? =)
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+7
4 hrs
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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Specializes in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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214
Selected
to make up the numbers
So I'm just there to make up the numbers
to fill the pews [if there is to be, e.g, a church ceremony]
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ie, not invited for his own sake, but merely to help fill the room/church, etc
to fill the pews [if there is to be, e.g, a church ceremony]
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ie, not invited for his own sake, but merely to help fill the room/church, etc
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muchas gracias!! Difícil decidir, muchas buenas respuestas!! Saludos =)"
19 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
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&
English
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United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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187
filling in//last minute resource
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46 mins
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
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Portuguese translations
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, Mozambican, Angolan, South African, European/Portugal, Cape Verdean)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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20
stand in
otra posibilità
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as a stand-in
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Note added at 46 mins (2010-03-11 04:31:04 GMT)
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as a stand-in
+2
1 hr
go as a makeweight
or as a mere makeweight
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Nick Robinson
: As the the phrase is a sarcasm, I think your option fits nicely here.
3 hrs
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| agree |
Noni Gilbert Riley
: Good expression
4 hrs
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+1
5 hrs
be superfluos/ just tacked onto the guest list as an afterthought/ tagging along
The term "ir de relleno" is often used for "telonero", so "as a sidekick" might work (although I wouldn't use "warm-up act" here). Several of the above answers are also fine and give the same feeling of not being an important guest.
17 hrs
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
United States
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United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
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Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
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52
I'll just be there to fill out the ranks.
HTH
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