Jan 21, 2020 21:03
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Spanish term
United States
PhD Spanish, Certified Medical and Court
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English, English to Spanish
amarres
Spanish to English
Other
Slang
Country: Honduras
phrase is "rituales, hechizos y amarres" in a newspaper report
Everything I find lists "amarres" as something to do with ships. This contexts has to do with gang symbols and use of "Santa Muerte".
I find "hechizos y amarres" listed together a lot.
phrase is "rituales, hechizos y amarres" in a newspaper report
Everything I find lists "amarres" as something to do with ships. This contexts has to do with gang symbols and use of "Santa Muerte".
I find "hechizos y amarres" listed together a lot.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | love spells |
neilmac
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| 3 | attraction spells |
Chema Nieto Castañón
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love spells
The idea is an enchantment or spell which has an effect akin to putting a rope around someone, like a tether. A more cogent description could be "tethering spells".
"Amarre" is a mooring post for a boat, to stop it floating away... Hence the metaphor.
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Note added at 6 mins (2020-01-21 21:10:35 GMT)
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Wraith - Google Books Result
"I wasn't bound as before. There weren't any kind of tethering spells on my ankles."
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Note added at 7 mins (2020-01-21 21:11:47 GMT)
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https://www.white-magic-help.net/About_White_Magic/love_spel...
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Note added at 8 mins (2020-01-21 21:12:38 GMT)
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https://www.alittlesparkofjoy.com/love-spells/
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Note added at 1 day 12 hrs (2020-01-23 09:24:39 GMT)
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Obviously, there are different kinds, as Chema mentions below, but in general, I'd say that the popular catch-all term for this kind of thing would be love spell/potion/enchantment. For a monoglot audience, leaving "amarre" in italics might evoke a frisson of otherness that could prove desirable in flogging this sort of mumbo-jumbo to the gullible.
"Amarre" is a mooring post for a boat, to stop it floating away... Hence the metaphor.
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Note added at 6 mins (2020-01-21 21:10:35 GMT)
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Wraith - Google Books Result
"I wasn't bound as before. There weren't any kind of tethering spells on my ankles."
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Note added at 7 mins (2020-01-21 21:11:47 GMT)
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https://www.white-magic-help.net/About_White_Magic/love_spel...
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Note added at 8 mins (2020-01-21 21:12:38 GMT)
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https://www.alittlesparkofjoy.com/love-spells/
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Note added at 1 day 12 hrs (2020-01-23 09:24:39 GMT)
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Obviously, there are different kinds, as Chema mentions below, but in general, I'd say that the popular catch-all term for this kind of thing would be love spell/potion/enchantment. For a monoglot audience, leaving "amarre" in italics might evoke a frisson of otherness that could prove desirable in flogging this sort of mumbo-jumbo to the gullible.
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Comment: "Hard to choose! They both sound great depending on the type of text and audience. "
19 hrs
Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Spain
Psychologist & Emergency Physician
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish
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attraction spells
Aunque los amarres de amor son los más frecuentes, éstos no son el único tipo de amarre.
Un amarre es un tipo de conjuro que se realiza para fomentar que una situación cambie, principalmente causada por un problema. Con la realización de este ritual se busca una solución. Hay distintos tipos de amarres pero los más frecuentes y utilizados son los amarres de amor.
https://www.tarotyritualesdeeva.com/2019/09/17/la-magia-de-l...
No sé si hay otro equivalente en inglés, pero attraction spells parece funcionar como equivalente genérico de amarre. Ver pej.,
https://al-lovespells.com/voodoo-money-attraction-spells-tha...
See also here (attraction spell): https://www.carolinaconjure.com/spells-a-to-l.html
Por otro lado, la sugerente idea de tethering spells parece tener otro sentido en inglés;
https://forum.atlas-games.com/t/tethering-spells-what-is-the...
Un amarre es un tipo de conjuro que se realiza para fomentar que una situación cambie, principalmente causada por un problema. Con la realización de este ritual se busca una solución. Hay distintos tipos de amarres pero los más frecuentes y utilizados son los amarres de amor.
https://www.tarotyritualesdeeva.com/2019/09/17/la-magia-de-l...
No sé si hay otro equivalente en inglés, pero attraction spells parece funcionar como equivalente genérico de amarre. Ver pej.,
https://al-lovespells.com/voodoo-money-attraction-spells-tha...
See also here (attraction spell): https://www.carolinaconjure.com/spells-a-to-l.html
Por otro lado, la sugerente idea de tethering spells parece tener otro sentido en inglés;
https://forum.atlas-games.com/t/tethering-spells-what-is-the...
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