Can someone tell me how to translate the following into spanish:
"i'm not fluent in spanish, but i can hold my own" or
"i don't speak spanish fluently, but i can hold my own"
i have some friends that speak spanish, but they haven't been able to give me a good translation for "fluent" or "hold my own"
2007-04-12 07:43:33 · 10 answers · asked by blaze 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
No hablo español fluido, pero puedo darme a entender.
That's a way to say it.
2007-04-12 07:52:41 · answer #1 · answered by moseal 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That's because it's not just as simple as translating each word. In Spanish "hold my own" would actually mean "hold myself" and that is not what you want to say. The closest translation to "fluent' is the same as fluid, which is not what you want to say either. You have to think in words and phrases that do not use English idioms.
2007-04-12 08:00:46 · answer #2 · answered by FLTeacher 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-05 11:04:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the most direct translation for fluently is "with ease" which is "con facilidad". pronounced cohn faw see lee dahd. accent on the last syllable.
Hold my own is best translated as "i can defend myself", which is "me defiendo". pronounced may deaf yen doe, accent on yen.
(edit) So the whole phrase would be "No hablo español con facilidad, pero me defiendo."
Hope this helps.
2007-04-12 07:53:35 · answer #4 · answered by anon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No hablo español fluido, pero puedo hacerme entender.
2007-04-12 09:00:16 · answer #5 · answered by Martha P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No hablo mucho español, pero lo entiendo y me doy a entender.
2007-04-12 07:57:40 · answer #6 · answered by Millie 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no hablo español perfecto
pero ahi le ago
that's how you would say it to your friends
to other people you would have to say
no hablo tanto español, pero se defenderme
2007-04-12 08:09:28 · answer #7 · answered by Giovanni 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No hablo de corrido español, pero me defiendo bastante bien.
2007-04-12 07:51:18 · answer #8 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
!no se hablar bien español, pero puedo soportarlo, well i don't know let me ask you what did you mean with "hold it on my own"
2007-04-12 07:55:12 · answer #9 · answered by LuissM 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no hablo espanol.
2007-04-12 07:51:03 · answer #10 · answered by msk2jazzy4u 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋