Please translate. Thank you
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I know valor and verguenza have different meanings depending on the context used. If it makes any difference, the speaker is Cuban.
"No e tenido el valor ni la verguenza de ablarte."
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updated Jan 3, 2013
posted by jujubear96
Hi and welcome to the forum. - francobollo, Jan 3, 2013
Welcome to th e forum JuJubear! - pmikan-pam, Jan 3, 2013
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Run by our dictionary (blue box located at the top of the page) the following revised phrase:
No he tenido el valor ni la vergüenza de hablarte.
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updated Jan 3, 2013
posted by francobollo
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I have not had the value nor the shame to talk to you.
I have not had the courage or the shame of talk to you.
I have had neither the value nor the shame to speak to you.
Courage makes sense in the English translation but verguenza?
Thank you again!
updated Jan 3, 2013
posted by jujubear96
I have not had the courage or the nerve to talk to you is how I would translate it. Vergüenza is being used as courage here too. It's a colloquial form widely accepted despite its inaccuracy. - francobollo, Jan 3, 2013
