Translations for a rajatabla

Question

France is banning praying in the streets. This article about it in El País has the sentence:

El gobierno hará cumplir a rajatabla la prohibición de rezar en las calles

The D R A E defines rajatabla as:

rajatabla.

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1. loc. adv. coloq. Cueste lo que cueste, a toda costa, a todo trance, sin remisión.

I would take this to mean that the government is going to enforce the ban "at all costs", or "whatever it takes". Maybe even, "without reprieve".

The translators here sort of agree on:

...strictly enforce the ban...

I guess that sort of jibes, now that I write it down. It's a phrase I was not familiar with. It's going into the flashcards.

Wow that's heavy! - Yeser007, Sep 16, 2011

Answer 1

Mountaingirl123 had contributed this to our phrasebook, about a year ago:

cumplir a rajatabla

Answer 2

Rajatabla can be translated by Strictly.

Thanks. That makes sense in context. - KevinB, Sep 16, 2011