Lorena sueña con aprender alta cocina
What does alta mean in this sentence'
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Lorena's dream is to learn "Haute Coisine".
Sorry I don't know the exact english term for Haute Coisine.
This is fron Wikipedia:
La Haute Cuisine (palabra del idioma francés - Alta cocina), denominada también grande cuisine se refiere a la cocina practicada en los grandes hoteles y restaurantes del mundo occidental. Se caracteriza por el empleo de los productos de más extrema calidad, por las presentaciones más cuidadas y artísticas, por las elaboraciones más complejas y refinadas. La haute cuisine no está definida por estilos particulares, se trata más de una práctica general.
You can read more about this:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/alta_cocina
Meanwhile, the asker has probably forgotten they asked! (I don't see an "accepted" - hint, hint.)
In this sentence, it simply means "high" or "grande". I suppose you could use "sophisticated" or "elaborate" but it just means 'high'.
I have never heard that "Todo lo que va, vuelve", but I can't help feeling that is a literal translation from English. I don't get the same feeling with the other two, which do sound Spanish to me, and I didn't know either.
Thanks, mateuj! I have heard that one, but had forgotten it. I don't know if it comes from the English, or is purely Spanish, but I like it because it gives me the same visual image as the English. I imagine something going around the earth and then coming back again, like the sun every day. (And, yes, I know the sun doesn't really revolve around the earth.) It's similar to "Todo lo que sube, baja," but not exactly the same.
Thanks for that. I didn't know that one.
I now recall hearing "Lo que se hace se paga," which might be equivalent in some situations. In this particular case (the English borrowing French words first, and now the French borrowing English), I wonder if we could say "A todo cerdo le llega su San Martín." That is, although the English were down before, now they are on top and the French are down (in this very limited sense).
As to this language inferiority, it seems to be a common thread for humans. Some other language is always looked up to. Unfortunately, the native speakers of that language usually become arrogant and lose interest in learning other languages, which could be said of most English speakers today (especially Brits and Americans).
Donde las dan las toman. Expresión con que se comenta el que alguien que se ha portado mal con otro reciba el mismo trato, o se predice que así ocurrirá.
Diccionario María Moliner.
Como dije antes, no es exactamente igual, pero se acerca.
I'd say "Donde las dan, las toman", although this sentence is used only for bad actions and their consequences.
Funny enough, the whole word seems to have an inferiority complex now when it comes to English, especially for newly created terms. Spaniards, at least, seem to feel inferior in this respect.
You definitely have to learn French if you want to speak English properly.
Yes, for centuries we anglophones had sort of an inferiority complex regarding the French language, and we would steal French words and phrases right and left, although that seems to have stopped now. I think it was inbred in us because the English lived under French rule for so long, so everything French was très chic.
Now the French are importing English words, much to the chagrin (oops, there's another one!) of L'Académie française. What goes around, comes around. And how do we say THAT in Spanish'
You definitely have to learn French if you want to speak English properly. I have never seen this "haute" before.
By the way, answering your question:
alto/a
13. adj. Dicho de una cosa: Noble, elevada, santa, excelente. Alto tribunal
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It's spelled haute cuisine, and it is used frequently in English. In fact, it is now considered English, and appears in English dictionaries.
Trivia: I remember an ad for a healthy bran snack, called "Oat Cuisine." Get it? (The H in haute is silent.)
