Algos

English translation: some things

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Spanish term or phrase:Algos
English translation:some things
Entered by: Yini

19:19 Feb 3, 2018
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: Algos
Context: "Debo confesar, no obstante, que aquello no me sorprendió ni me enseñó nada, porque desde luego vi que el animalito tenía algo de hombre y ALGOS de mujer. Y voy a probarlo."


Sigue una serie de ejemplos en que los hombres y las mujeres se muestran tan desagradecidos como el perro a que se refiere la oración arriba.

Tomado de: Memorias de un Hombre Bondadoso, 1869 por Eusebio Blasco.
Yini
United States
Local time: 07:08
some things about it that reminded one of women
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 07:08
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No estoy segura, pero creo que es el sentido que le quiere dar el autor, gracias
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3some things about it that reminded one of women
Barbara Cochran, MFA
3Algos/Sorrow
Marie Wilson


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some things about it that reminded one of women


Explanation:
My take on it.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 07:08
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No estoy segura, pero creo que es el sentido que le quiere dar el autor, gracias
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Asker: Gracias

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Algos/Sorrow


Explanation:
I've looked at the original and algos is in italics, which makes me think it has a different meaning to "algo":

PDF]Año XIV. Núm. 25, noviembre 5 de 1870 - Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de ...
www.cervantesvirtual.com/.../la-ilustracion-espanola-y-amer...

Definitions of algos:

Ilustres autores guatemaltecos del siglo XIX y XX
https://books.google.es/books?isbn=8489766541 -
La nostalgia. Esta palabra proveniente del griego-nostos, regreso, y algos, dolor-un dolor por regresar al pasado.

Algos - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algos
Algea is used by Hesiod in the plural as the personification of sorrows and griefs, which are there represented as the daughters of Eris, Greek goddess of strife.


The Greek Idea: The Formation of National and Transnational Identities
Nostalgia is a composite of the Greek nostos (return) and algos (sorrow).
The Greek Idea: The Formation of National and Transnational Identities
https://books.google.es/books?isbn=0857713116

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ALGEA - Greek Gods or Spirits of Pain, Grief & Tears (Roman Dolores)
www.theoi.com › Greek Gods
Pain, Grief (algos). THE ALGEA were the personified spirits (daimones) of pain and suffering--body and mind--, grief, sorrow and distress. They were the bringers of weeping and tears.

Marie Wilson
Spain
Local time: 12:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Hola, gracias Marie, pero no estoy de acuerdo contigo - no creo que en este tipo de escritos E. Blasco no se haya limitado a un lenguaje común y la anteposición de algo de hombre a algos de mujer me hace sospechar que se trata de decir que tiene una caract. de hombre, pero muchas de mujer como lo demuestran los ej. que siguen. Sin embargo, es mi opinión y sería bueno oír de otros.

Asker: Gracias Marie - es otra perspectiva interesante.

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