Ladies in waiting
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Dictionary says dama de una reina is lady in waiting, how do I correctly pluralize that? Is damas de unas reinas correct for Ladies in waiting ?
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updated Aug 18, 2010
posted by cheeseisyummy
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Ok, took me a bit to make sure but here you have it.
"Ladies in Waiting" are literally "Damas de Compañía". We need to be careful with that term, because nowadays that usually means something else.
The link a referred above provides a number of the related terms., including: Damas de la cámara privada, Damas de honor, and Doncellas de cámara. A very nice and informative page!
updated Aug 17, 2010
posted by Gekkosan
jeje, si es buena, no tenía ni idea que había tanta variedad... - kawalero, Aug 17, 2010
This appears to be the most accepted answer on the internet that i can find - cheeseisyummy, Aug 17, 2010
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"Damas de una reina" if ladies of one queen
"Damas de unas reinas" if ladies of two or more queens
updated Aug 17, 2010
posted by kawalero
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Damas de una reina.... they aren't ladies in waitings.
updated Aug 18, 2010
posted by soarchrist
I agree. Kawalero's interpretation (and whatever dictionary you are looking at) are not right. Please un-accpet the answer, Cheese. - Gekkosan, Aug 16, 2010
i disagree, reinas isn't 'waitings' its queens. - cheeseisyummy, Aug 17, 2010
and im looking at the spanishdict dictionary, fyi - cheeseisyummy, Aug 17, 2010
In WordReference : dama de honor (de reina) -> lady-in-waiting, de novia ->bridesmaid, - kawalero, Aug 18, 2010
pero dama de honor sería "maids of honor" y según http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady-in-waiting -> - kawalero, Aug 18, 2010
" The Maids of honour were the single, unmarried ladies-in-waiting", entiendo que son una "subclase" de ladies-in-waiting. - kawalero, Aug 18, 2010
Por cierto yo no interpreto nada, porque lo estoy mirando ahora, a posteriori, solo traduje al plural las frases porque no tenía ni idea del origen. - kawalero, Aug 18, 2010
