Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
echar el resto a las primeras de cambio
English translation:
he exhausted/exposed his (inspirational) reserves far too soon/ the first chance he got
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bcsantos
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Spanish term
United States
echar el resto a las primeras de cambio
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
The story was getting long and repetitive and the storyteller:
... había empezado demasiado fuerte -habia echado el resto a las primeras de cambio.
... había empezado demasiado fuerte -habia echado el resto a las primeras de cambio.
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Mar 1, 2012 08:33: bcsantos Created KOG entry
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he exhausted/exposed his (inspirational) reserves far too soon/ the first chance he got
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Andres Larsen
Venezuela
Venezuela
Native in English
Venezuela
freelance translator
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, German to English, and 3 more.
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he went for broke as soon as he had the chance
Echar - Learn Spanish Verbs
spanish.about.com/od/usingparticularverbs/a/echar.htm
The Spanish verb 'echar' can be translated in literally dozens of ways, ... echar en saco roto (to do something in vain); ***echar el resto (to go for broke)***; echar un ... echar la primera papilla (to vomit); echar una mano, echar un capote (to help out, ...
go for broke, went for broke, gone for broke, goes for broke, going for ...
www.wordwebonline.com/en/GOFORBROKE
New: WordWeb for Mac OS X; also try the iPhone app. Get the FREE one-click ... "the cyclist ***went for broke*** at the end of the race". Derived forms: went for broke, ...
primera - Diccionario Inglés-Español WordReference.com
www.wordreference.com/.../translation.asp?...prim...
primera - Traduccion ingles de diccionario ingles. ... ***a la primera de cambio, as soon as one has the opportunity, given half a chance***: no está a gusto en la empresa, así que se irá a la primera ... de buenas a primeras, suddenly, unexpectedly ...
spanish.about.com/od/usingparticularverbs/a/echar.htm
The Spanish verb 'echar' can be translated in literally dozens of ways, ... echar en saco roto (to do something in vain); ***echar el resto (to go for broke)***; echar un ... echar la primera papilla (to vomit); echar una mano, echar un capote (to help out, ...
go for broke, went for broke, gone for broke, goes for broke, going for ...
www.wordwebonline.com/en/GOFORBROKE
New: WordWeb for Mac OS X; also try the iPhone app. Get the FREE one-click ... "the cyclist ***went for broke*** at the end of the race". Derived forms: went for broke, ...
primera - Diccionario Inglés-Español WordReference.com
www.wordreference.com/.../translation.asp?...prim...
primera - Traduccion ingles de diccionario ingles. ... ***a la primera de cambio, as soon as one has the opportunity, given half a chance***: no está a gusto en la empresa, así que se irá a la primera ... de buenas a primeras, suddenly, unexpectedly ...
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David Hollywood
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Works in field
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
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had put everything on the table
my ideas
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James A. Walsh
Spain
Spain
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English
Spain
A cut above the rest in translation...
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK, Irish) , Spanish (Variants: Standard-Spain, Latin American)
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
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Spanish term (edited):
habia echado el resto a las primeras de cambio
cut to the chase as soon as possible
Would be my reading.
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to spill the beans up front (too early)
to spill the beans = to let the secret out
up front = at the outset, at the beginning
I chose "to spill the beans" because "spill" is similar to "echar"
up front = at the outset, at the beginning
I chose "to spill the beans" because "spill" is similar to "echar"
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Andres Larsen
Venezuela
Venezuela
Native in English
Venezuela
freelance translator
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, German to English, and 3 more.
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12
Reference:
he went for broke as soon as he had the chance
Echar - Learn Spanish Verbs
spanish.about.com/od/usingparticularverbs/a/echar.htm
The Spanish verb 'echar' can be translated in literally dozens of ways, ... echar en saco roto (to do something in vain); ***echar el resto (to go for broke)***; echar un ... echar la primera papilla (to vomit); echar una mano, echar un capote (to help out, ...
go for broke, went for broke, gone for broke, goes for broke, going for ...
www.wordwebonline.com/en/GOFORBROKE
New: WordWeb for Mac OS X; also try the iPhone app. Get the FREE one-click ... "the cyclist ***went for broke*** at the end of the race". Derived forms: went for broke, ...
primera - Diccionario Inglés-Español WordReference.com
www.wordreference.com/.../translation.asp?...prim...
primera - Traduccion ingles de diccionario ingles. ... ***a la primera de cambio, as soon as one has the opportunity, given half a chance***: no está a gusto en la empresa, así que se irá a la primera ... de buenas a primeras, suddenly, unexpectedly ...
spanish.about.com/od/usingparticularverbs/a/echar.htm
The Spanish verb 'echar' can be translated in literally dozens of ways, ... echar en saco roto (to do something in vain); ***echar el resto (to go for broke)***; echar un ... echar la primera papilla (to vomit); echar una mano, echar un capote (to help out, ...
go for broke, went for broke, gone for broke, goes for broke, going for ...
www.wordwebonline.com/en/GOFORBROKE
New: WordWeb for Mac OS X; also try the iPhone app. Get the FREE one-click ... "the cyclist ***went for broke*** at the end of the race". Derived forms: went for broke, ...
primera - Diccionario Inglés-Español WordReference.com
www.wordreference.com/.../translation.asp?...prim...
primera - Traduccion ingles de diccionario ingles. ... ***a la primera de cambio, as soon as one has the opportunity, given half a chance***: no está a gusto en la empresa, así que se irá a la primera ... de buenas a primeras, suddenly, unexpectedly ...
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