What does "opone" mean ?

Question

Can anybody explain what the main theme is in this sentence ? "Cuando hay un abismo desnudo que se opone entre los dos" gracias

Answer 1

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oppose

To place so as to be opposite something else.

Answer 2

For me, when we know we are trying to translate/interpret a song, we know we are dealing with lyrics that have substantially the same qualities as poetry. The meaning cannot be properly discerned using only the scholar's mind and vision. In many ways, your spirit, essence and ethereal self must be invoked to find meaning in poetry and lyrics. Even then, perhaps only the poet/lyricist will ever know his/her own intent. Meaning is often discerned in the sense or feeling of the words rather than the concrete meaning of the words.

For a serious interpretation challenge, try to explain every line and nuance of, say, Paul Simon's "Graceland" or Don McLean's "American Pie".

As for this question about Juanes' "Fotografía" here are some thoughts.

Here are some things I found in the dictionaries I searched:

"hay un abismo" was used in one dictionary as follows - 'de sus ideas a las mías hay un abismo' means 'our views are worlds or poles apart.' For me, this is a positive indicator that 'hay un abismo' may be an idiom meaning 'worlds apart' or 'poles apart'.

desnudo when used in reference to landscape means "bare, barren, featureless"

"oponerse" as already stated by sv2qp means "to be opposed". I would choose to use it in the sense of "in the way" like an impediment or blockage. I know that's a bit of a stretch, but, as I said, this is poetry and not necessarily best grammar.

Based on those findings or explanations, I suggest that:

"Cuando hay un abismo desnudo, que se opone entre los dos", means

"When we are worlds apart separated by a barren void between us"

Muchos saludos/Best regards,

hear, hear!!! - margaretbl, Jan 20, 2011

Muchas gracias. Now I can understand better in the light of your explanation. I do appreciate your kind assistance.Kind Regards - bulutoguzhan, Jan 21, 2011

Answer 3

opone = 3rd person of the verb oponer see here

oponer transitive verb
1. to put up (resistencia)
2. to put forward, to give (argumento, razón)

oponerse pronomial verb
1. to be opposed

Answer 4

If you Google the lyric you'll find loads of answers.

Basically - when there is a naked abyss between us.

google tranlators are incorrect and they cannot give the real meaning. - bulutoguzhan, Jan 20, 2011

Google as in search, not translate. Many have asked what that lyric means, there are stacks of answers out there, much better than I could give. - afowen, Jan 20, 2011

Thank you for your kind assistance. I would prefer an explanation that I could undertand the core of waht is thought and said here. For example, I wonder what was the writer's feeling here ? - bulutoguzhan, Jan 20, 2011

I know, I´m not a native speaker and so offered you my basic go, seriously man, google the lyric and you will find discussion on other sites that can help. It was the first thing I did when I read your post hours ago. - afowen, Jan 20, 2011

There are plenty of people on this forum with poetic level Spanish, maybe hold out for one of them to come online and help you out. - afowen, Jan 20, 2011