What does Que observadora eres mean in english?
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What does the phrase Que observadora eres! mean in english?
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updated Dec 2, 2010
edited by Dennis_the_Adventurer
posted by Dennis_the_Adventurer
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Observadora can mean observant, so it's How observant you are!
updated Dec 2, 2010
edited by KevinB
posted by KevinB
Observant = observante, creo. - webdunce, Dec 2, 2010
True, but that's an adjective and this is a noun. It doesn't translate word for word. - KevinB, Dec 2, 2010
What I mean is that observadora, by itself, does not mean observant, does it? Surely not. However, I, too, would translate the phrase as a whole as "How observant you are!" - webdunce, Dec 2, 2010
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True, but that's an adjective and this is a noun. It doesn't translate word for word.
Preserving word-for-word correspondences should be a minor goal and yield precedence to the sorts of things that people actually (or are likely to) say.
What an observer you are!
supplied by Globos-Rojos does, indeed retain the noun correspondence but is much less "natural" sounding.
updated Dec 2, 2010
posted by samdie
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It means that you pay attention to details carefully
updated Dec 2, 2010
posted by mediterrunio
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What an observer you are!
updated Dec 2, 2010
edited by globos-rojos
posted by globos-rojos
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As Kevin says, that's the literal meaning. Depending on context, maybe it has a sarcastic element and means "nosy parker" = un fisgón 
updated Dec 2, 2010
posted by lagartijaverde
