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Babysitting my grandsons...

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I was investigating a way to say "I have been babysitting my grandsons." to use in one of my threads and I decided to go with - "Estaba cuidando a mis nietos."


But along the way I also found this, but was a bit nervous about using it..

"Estoy haciendo de canguro..." - is this right - or is my leg being pulled?

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updated Aug 21, 2011
edited by nonombre
posted by nonombre
LOL! Muy divertido. Pero no tengo ningun idea si tiene sentido. - Jeremias, Aug 20, 2011
si, va bien - lagartijaverde, Aug 20, 2011

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...estaba cuidando a mis nietos

canguro

. babysitter (informal) (persona) (peninsular Spanish)

hacer de canguro -> to babysit

either of your grandkids named "Joey"?

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updated Aug 20, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
:D Very funny - chica_caliente23, Aug 20, 2011
Si, de acuerdo chica - y gracias Q - he añadido "a" en mi primera pregunta.. - nonombre, Aug 20, 2011
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It's definitely out there hacer de canguro but I can't say how common its use is, the uses I've found have been in Spain smile

Synonyms: quedarse a cuidar a los niños, servir de niñera, cuidar a los niños, cuidar niños, estar de canguro

updated Aug 21, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by Kiwi-Girl
sorry, not sure why the link's not working :( - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 20, 2011
because it has blank spaces in the title - 0074b507, Aug 20, 2011
Hope you don't mind my edit, Kiwi! I fixed your link. - SonrisaDelSol, Aug 20, 2011
Oops! I probably overwrote your correction. Doing it at same time. - 0074b507, Aug 20, 2011
awesome thanx guys :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 21, 2011
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En España por lo menos es bastante normal la frase "Estoy haciendo de canguro..." he escuchado muchas veces en Barcelona y sus alrededores.

updated Aug 20, 2011
posted by lagartijaverde
Gracias a todos :) Me voy a usar "Estoy haciendo de canguro" el siguiente tiempo. - nonombre, Aug 20, 2011
¿Qué gran frase de verbo no? Y para mi, muy apropriado :) - nonombre, Aug 20, 2011