Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term
Ready Comprehensive 30 year experience
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
...¡Oye mi estimado tocayo! Te voy a descrestar porque estoy estrenando finca...
Proposed translations
'meaning, intent, demeanor'
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, US) , Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Salvadoran, Argentine, Venezuelan, Dominican, Mexican, US, Cuban, Canarian)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 4 more.
Hey, old namesake, I am gonna make you look bad, cause I've just got me a new little spread...
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Note added at 2005-08-03 21:39:12 (GMT)
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making someone else look bad or putting to shame, as Jesi said, before he/she retracted-
I am following the friendly-rivalry, colloquial tone of the original.
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J Celeita (X)
: I thought it was put to shame o "bajarle el orgullo", but my mother in law told me it means to amaze...I dunno..shes colombian Im argentinian...we say "bajarle el copete" which literally means descrestar, but I dunno.
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thnx!
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Marina Soldati
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thnx!
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Marcelo González
: "a new little spread" may be a little too liberal/creative
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perhaps, thnx!
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: I think it's brilliant. Jesijay may not understand that "bad" doesn't mean "bad" any more.
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perhaps, "I'm bad, jam on it..." thnx Muriel! How a bout a cigar?
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Fabrizio Perotti Coello
: i think this one really does the job....
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con ese nombre te dire, grazie, Fabrizio!
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United States
PASSION AND EXCELLENCE
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Listen my dear homonymous! I'm going to rumple you because I just bought a new ranch/farm
Panama
Synesthete with a flair for tasty words!
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Nicaraguan, Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban, Honduran, Argentine, US, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Latin American, Colombian, Costa Rican, Panamanian)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
my dear namesake, etc. (no para KudoZ porque me falta más de la mitad :P)
James Baldwin My Dungeon Shook
Now, my dear namesake, these innocent and well-meaning people, your countrymen,
have caused you to be born under conditions not very far removed from those ...
www.valdosta.edu/~cawalker/baldwin.htm - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
The Naismith Chronicles - -
My poor dear Harmon has been most attentive since my return but I feel so little
interest in ... Has my namesake given up the habit of sucking her thumb? ...
collections.ic.gc.ca/naismith/ james/chronicles/chapter4.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages
The Hungarian Quarterly, VOLUME XLIII * No. 165 * Spring 2002
My dear namesake! A great sorrow is about to befall you, therefore I counsel you
to prepare for it. But inevitable as is death, so inevitable is it that you ...
www.hungarianquarterly.com/no165/3.html - 31k - Cached - Similar pages
Hey dear namesake, Im going to amaze you with the new ranch I bought
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sorry I meant to say \"listen\" not \"hey\"...lol
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Marsha Wilkie
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Thanks Marsha. I think I will stay out of this one now..lol. especially now that I dont understand what bad means...rofl
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United States
PhD in Translation Studies
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Hey, (my) dear namesake! I'm going to rumple your (crest) feathers, because I've just bought a...
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Note added at 1 hr 31 mins (2005-08-03 22:07:49 GMT)
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Another option might be \"Hey, my dear namesake! Your crest feathers are going to get (all) rumpled, because I\'ve just bought a ranch.\"
Colombia
True meaning, right feeling
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
Just for the record.. No points
Now, brother, I am really going to piss you off, because I have bought myself a new pad
'meaning, intent, demeanor'
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, US) , Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Salvadoran, Argentine, Venezuelan, Dominican, Mexican, US, Cuban, Canarian)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 4 more.
Gracias Tocayo! ---Bo=Gabo=Gabriel
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'meaning, intent, demeanor'
Native in: English (Variants: Canadian, US) , Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Salvadoran, Argentine, Venezuelan, Dominican, Mexican, US, Cuban, Canarian)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English to French, and 4 more.
Gracias Tocayo! ---Bo=Gabo=Gabriel
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