Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

rain check

Spanish translation:

vale canjeable [improrrogable]

Added to glossary by Susie Rawson
May 26, 2014 13:33
10 yrs ago
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English term

rain check

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A detailed explanation on terms and conditions for a certain Gift Card.
It says "While supplies last. No *rain checks*. Subject to availability".

I can see that a rain check is a coupon issued to a customer by a shop, guaranteeing that a sale item which is out of stock may be purchased by that customer at a later date at the same reduced price.

Now how would you word that in Spanish without going into all the explanation?

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vale canjeable [improrrogable]

Otra de las opciones.
En el contexto, la frase entera "no rain checks" = improrrogable. O "No se admiten aplazamientos" (o postergaciones)

Oferta improrrogable...

Suerte.

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Note added at 6 days (2014-06-01 21:03:44 GMT) Post-grading
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De nada, me alegro de que te sirva!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Correctísimo! Muchas gracias John."
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vale / cupón

Entiendo que en este sentido, "rain check" es un vale o un cupón que una tienda puede darte para próximas compras o descuentos.
¡Espero que los enlaces te sirvan!
Example sentence:

http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/search?source=auto&query=rain+check

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agree Luis Antezana
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agree Jillian Pandor : agreed!
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agree Victoria Frazier
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agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
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[oferta] válida sólo por hoy

Es un "idiom": "Rain Check" es una promesa aceptada para recibir algo, pero en el el futuro.

"I'll take a rain check (American, British & Australian informal) also I'll get a rain check (American informal)
something that you say when you cannot accept someone's invitation to do something but you would like to do it another time (often + on )
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rain check (on something):

a reissuance of an invitation at a later date. (Said to someone who has invited you to something that you cannot attend now, but would like to attend at a later time. *Typically: get ~; have ~; take ~; give someone ~.)

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/I'll take a rain ch...
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[Oferta válida] hasta agotar existencias

This means: once the reduced price items are all sold out, the offer expires, even if the items are restocked at a later time.

It is not a literal translation, but it is the most common way of phrasing it in Mexico.
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