Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

servir de carril

English translation:

pave the way/lay de groundwork for

Added to glossary by patyjs
Jun 13, 2013 22:48
10 yrs ago
Spanish term

servir de carril

Spanish to English Other Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Hello everyone. This is from a paper on civil society in the Cuba of recent decades.

En las revistas Palabra Nueva y Vitral se discutía abiertamente contra “el miedo a reconstruir una sociedad civil”, afirmando que la apelación a la sociedad civil no es ni “pasar gato por liebre”, ni proponer la anarquía social, ni minar la soberanía y unidad nacionales y se niega que el llamado a la sociedad civil signifique “servir de carril de una ley extranjera”, ni defender el neoliberalismo ni hacerse eco de tendencias del exilio.


Thank you in advance.

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pave the way/lay de groundwork for

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Note added at 58 minutos (2013-06-13 23:47:29 GMT)
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lay "the" groundwork... sorry for that.
Peer comment(s):

agree Richard Hill
3 mins
Thank you, Richard!
agree Billh : the not de, this is not the Afrikaaans page....
8 hrs
Thank you, Billh. I am still trying to figure out where I got the "de" from, hehehe.
agree James A. Walsh
9 hrs
Thank you, James!
agree Nikki Graham
9 hrs
Thanks, Nikki!
agree Marcelo González
1 day 1 hr
¡Gracias, Marcelo!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, Luis. This works just fine."
42 mins

to influence

A suggestion. Though guide and direct might be more literal translations, I think influence works better in this context.
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serves as precursor (element) for ...... / trailblazer for ...

might blaze the trail for ......
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