genial donde lo haya

Question

¿Cómo se dice "donde lo haya" en inglés?

The comment "genial donde lo haya" was left on a recent answer of mine and I'm at a loss as to how that would be said in English.

I searched it online and the only thing I could find w/an English translation was: ...plato hispánico donde lo haya - ...one of the “top ten typical Spanish dishes”. That's quite a loose translation but what would be better?

I've tried to translate the following that I also found. Am I anywhere close?:

...fue campeón tres veces consecutivas de "Wrestling" -deporte duro donde lo haya- y una a nivel ... a hard sport if there ever was one

Tengo un problema curioso donde lo haya. I have a strange problem if their ever was one.

El material de esqui es un material caro donde lo haya. Ski equipment is some of the most expensive equipment there is.

Esto es garaje primitivo donde lo haya. This is a primitive garage if I've ever seen one.

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

"Donde lo haya": "wherever it may be found / wherever you may find it".

Answer 2

Hi!

The use of "LO" is a very interesting issue in some of our latin cultures. - We know that "LO" has a use as a neutral article but also as a personal pronoun: "TE LO DI antes de venir". This kind is known as "átono" because it has no meaning by itself, it only has a reference with the verb. In this example, the meaning (or better, the correct reference) is: TE DI el LO ("I gave you the" or "I gave it to you").

This interesting use of "LO" has a certain aroma of our old spanish, heritage from The Colony where the latin (illum and illud; illos pl.) is used with the singular acusative. LO is used with the direct complement.

The spoken use of LO reports a phenomenon known as "loismo" ("laismo" refering to "LA" and "leismo" refering to "LE") a common influence from some dialects of Argentina, Bolivia and Peru where we can find: "No LO conozco a sus hermanos"; "La leche LO cuajaban para hacer queso" see Real Academia de la Lengua. I think this is the type of "loismo" shown in your question.

The use of "haya" (latin: habere to have, hold, possess; consider, regard) is also curious in your example but I can observe that the biggest importance is in this use of "LO".

Hope this helps! Marissa

Answer 3

Your interpretation of ´donde lo haya´ with ´´ if´´ is good for ´si lo hay´, expressing doubt, or ´si lo hubiera´ expressing unlikelihood.

Now, ´donde lo haya´ in relation to that dish could be wherever you may find it (will be a great dish)

Also, you may find expressions like ´un problema curioso si los hay`meaning that among all the curious problems this is one of the most representative of its kind.