please translate 'se pone las pilas'
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Please translate 'se pone las pilas'
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updated May 2, 2011
edited by ian-hill
posted by Phillips
Bienvendia al foro. Welcome to the forum. - 0074b507, May 1, 2011
Double quotes ( " ) removed so your post will work using IE. - ian-hill, May 1, 2011
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Literally, it means he/she/it puts batteries in, but it is a metaphor used (in Spain, at least) to mean that you need to put extra efforts into something, as if you were running out of energy and needed an infusion of energy through batteries.
updated May 1, 2011
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907
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I'm curious if this is used outside of Spain.
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We do in Argentina.
updated May 2, 2011
posted by 00e657d4
That suggests that the idiom is not recent. - lazarus1907, May 1, 2011
Gracias, Guillermo. - DR1960, May 2, 2011
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it is a metaphor used (in Spain, at least)
I'm curious if this is used outside of Spain.
updated May 1, 2011
posted by DR1960
