How is "echado que hubo pie a tierra" translated?

Question

Can anyone help me to translate "echado que hubo pie a tierra" ?

Thanks

Welcome to the forum, :) - 00494d19, Jan 15, 2012

Welcome to the forum :) - cogumela, Jan 15, 2012

Welcome to the forum :) - territurtle, Jan 16, 2012

Answer 1

Hi cg, please give is the complete sentence, we might be able to help you then

Answer 2

It makes sense now, but nobody speaks in that way nowadays I would say: "en cuanto puso los pies en el suelo" or "en cuanto bajó del burro" or "en cuanto desmontó"

So glad you gave that interpretation, Cordo, because I was thinking in English and assumed it meant being stubborn! ;D - territurtle, Jan 16, 2012

Answer 3

I would say:

Once he landed...

But Heidi is right, more context would be helpful.

This way of saying things in Spanish sounds a bit oldfashioned. Where did you find the sentence? I bet it's not from a modern text!

By the way, I cannot quote my sentence as I liked to do before. :( - cogumela, Jan 15, 2012

Answer 4

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I'm ordering my copies now. Thanks Wild Jasmin!! :-> - territurtle, Jan 16, 2012

Answer 5

Thanks very much. Yes the book is a very old publication. Probably I should not be using it to learn spanish. Anyone willing to recommend a modern book of short stories?

Answer 6

The complete sentence is as follows:

"[No sé qué día de Agosto de año 1816 llego a las puertas de la capitanía general de Granada cierto haraposo y grotesco gitano, de oficio esquilardor y de apellido o sobrenombre Heredia, caballero en flaquísimo y destartalado burro mohino, cuyos arneses se reducían a una soga atada al pescuezo; y echado que hubo pie a tierra, dijo con la mayor frescura "que quería ver al Capitán general"]"

This is taken from the story La Buenaventura in the book Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon. The notes to the book says "echado que hubo" means the same as "asi que hubo echado". But I still do not understand.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Answer 7

translated into English? The sentence makes no sense in Spanish.

"makes· no sense, bienvenida de nuevo cordo:) - 00494d19, Jan 15, 2012

Thank you, Heidita!! :) - Cordobesa, Jan 15, 2012

Answer 8

I would translate it as "threw his feet on the ground/jump onto the ground" based on context.