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hacen juego de

English translation: imitate/mirror

00:09 Oct 10, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Spanish term or phrase: hacen juego de
About a drawing by an Italo-Venezuelan artist:
Esas mujeres entrelazadas, concatenadas en un trágico acontecer, incompletas e ideales son un llamado a una tradición iconográfica del mundo cultural del cual procede la autora. Estas danzarinas redondas hacen juego de un tablero simbólico más largo: las diosas madres fenicias, la Dama de Elche ibérica, las bailarinas rituales en los muros de Micenas.

Act as? Make reference to?
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 07:54
English translation:imitate/mirror
Explanation:
I would suggest

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Note added at 2 hrs (2021-10-10 02:28:24 GMT)
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hark back to

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Note added at 2 hrs (2021-10-10 02:29:32 GMT)
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but "hark back to" is maybe a bridge too far...
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David Hollywood
Local time: 07:54
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3imitate/mirror
David Hollywood
3are/make part of
O G V
3Have (broader symbolic) connotations
ormiston


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
imitate/mirror


Explanation:
I would suggest

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Note added at 2 hrs (2021-10-10 02:28:24 GMT)
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hark back to

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Note added at 2 hrs (2021-10-10 02:29:32 GMT)
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but "hark back to" is maybe a bridge too far...

David Hollywood
Local time: 07:54
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I like 'mirror' best.
6 mins
  -> ty Muriel and greetings from BA
agree  neilmac: Neat :-)
5 hrs
  -> thanks Neil
agree  AllegroTrans
13 hrs
  -> thanks Chris
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
are/make part of


Explanation:
part of a larger symbolic chessboard
diría que sugiere eso
formar parte de un tablero, quizá jugar en un tablero...

tb pensé en
hacen juego CON
match with
van en línea con
pero creo que va a ser formar parte la idea
match with

O G V
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Have (broader symbolic) connotations


Explanation:
I.e. these female figures can also reflect these other symbols

ormiston
Local time: 12:54
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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