"dándole pila"
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Acabo de escuchar unos Cubanos usando estas palabras. Sin embargo, no logro de llegar a una traducción que no se refiera a baterías.
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updated Mar 13, 2012
edited by farallon7
posted by CrazyGeorge
George, welcome to the forum. Please fill out your profile. It helps us to know where you are and your fluency in English and Spanish. - JoyceM, Mar 12, 2012
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sera...algo que se refiere al verbo animarse? o cargar tal cosa?
updated Mar 12, 2012
edited by Rey_Mysterio
posted by Rey_Mysterio
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Pila in Spanish, besides "battery" means a stack of something.
- Una pila de libros = A stack of books.
- I am guessing the expression you are referring to has to do with giving somebody "a lot of something" In my search online, I came across a statement about some police officers hitting repeatedly a man. So the officers were giving this man a "pila de golpes" hitting him many, many times.
updated Mar 12, 2012
edited by farallon7
posted by farallon7
Estaba en un restaurante al lado de una pareja que obviamente se pelearon. La frase entera era algo como "Escucha, no le debes… y le estás dando pila." Por eso suponge se trata de algo emocional. - CrazyGeorge, Mar 12, 2012
Hmm, interesting! - farallon7, Mar 12, 2012
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yo pienso que puede significar comenzar a hacer alguna taréa o encender algun aparato, en españa se dice darle caña, podrías decir la frase entera o en contexto en el que la has escuchado?
updated Mar 12, 2012
posted by Jaime_
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Tazer him.
updated Mar 13, 2012
posted by albert-fabrik-
You mean actually, to apply high voltage? - CrazyGeorge, Mar 13, 2012
