How to translate, "y bien pegan"? Thanks!
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Okay here's an oral testimony from an elderly Nicaraguan campesino regarding the Miskitu Indians in the time of the Sandino rebellion: "Sí, andaban con nosotros, y buenos eran los mosquitos; y bien pegan!" How to translate, "y bien pegan"? Thanks!
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updated Aug 9, 2011
posted by bienpegan
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According with that text, he describes that the mosquitoes beat hard...
updated Aug 9, 2011
posted by Animalescus
Well yes, literally, but it's an idiomatic expression and while I'm grateful for your efforts, that doesn't quite seem to capture it. (the Miskitu, recall, are an indigenous group that speak Miskitu, e.g.). They worked hard? As in they "busted ass"? - bienpegan, Aug 9, 2011
