en pelo

English translation: ad hoc

05:06 Apr 10, 2023

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Spanish term or phrase: en pelo

Creo que estamos todos contestes en que el partido en que milita el que os habla no podría pretender conseguir que se incluyera en este documento la aspiración de la estadidad, en pelo, como comúnmente se dice, por cuanto no podríamos tener la presunción de que vosotros, compañeros de la mayoría, propusierais el programa del partido de la minoría. Pero yo entiendo que ... encauzado ahora el problema político, podemos incluir esta enmienda que, desde nuestro punto de vista--como una minoría de éste, en esta Convención--no nos incluye la estadidad pero nos enfila por la ruta de la estadidad.

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English translation:ad hoc

Explanation:
Ad hoc is used as an adjective describing the temporary, provisional, or improvised (=without preparation) methods to deal with a particular problem.
Although a search for "ad hoc statehood" only gets a couple of results, I think it could work in this context.

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I think that in the US, "on the fly" has a similar meaning to "on the hoof", although to me it suggests someone or something underhand, as that is one of the meanings it has where I come from.
Fly : [Slang, chiefly Scottish] in secret, sneakily (cf. "fly tipping")....

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neilmac
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Local time: 07:40

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4 +5

ad hoc

neilmac

3 +1

on the hoof

AllegroTrans

3 +1

just like that / as it is

Chema Nieto Castañón

without preparation or directly

O G V

Summary of reference entries provided

parece ser de montar a pelo o en pelo

O G V

Discussion entries: 3

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1 hr confidence:

without preparation or directly

Explanation:
interpretación según contexto y las referencias encontradas
without preparation or directly
quizá sin los medios necesarios, pero es aventurar sin haber leído el texto

O G V
Spain
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 24

12 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

on the hoof

Explanation:
A more casual saying than "ad hoc"
Maybe it would work

informal•British
without proper thought or preparation.
"policy was made on the hoof"

AllegroTrans
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Local time: 06:40
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2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

ad hoc

...at an 1893 ad hoc statehood convention...
What prevents stateless hierarchies from trending toward ad hoc statehood over time?

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hoc

neilmac
Spain
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Thanks so much to everyone. I appreciate your help!

2 days 18 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

just like that / as it is

Explanation:
El original plantea que la minoría no puede pretender que la mayoría asuma su propuesta (la estadidad) así, sin más ni más, "a pelo", "sin anestesia"; no puede pretender que la mayoría "se trague este sapo". Es por ello que, como fórmula de compromiso, proponen una enmienda que si bien no incluye la estadidad sí apunta de alguna forma hacia ella.

Creo así que el sentido de "desnudo" (en pelo, a pelo) debe leerse en este caso como "tal cual", as it is; sin más ni más, just as it is; "tal y como nosotros proponemos". En caso de existir y funcionar en este contexto, podría plantearse alguna fórmula figurada de uso común que pudiera acercarse un poco más al estilo original.

Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 07:40
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Spanish

Reference comments

1 hr peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: parece ser de montar a pelo o en pelo

Reference information:
es decir sin montura o silla
(un caballo o una yegua, vamos)
https://culturatabasco.gob.mx/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/...
lo interpreto como directamente, sin miramientos ni reservas, sin peros

en https://www.asale.org/damer/correr
hay un sentido algo similar
~la en pelo. loc. verb. Gu. Arriesgar alguien algo.

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https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/eramos-una-chinaca-e...
en el mismo sentido de cabalgar a pelo, sin silla

y algo que sugiere desnudez (como cuando se dice en pelota(s))

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/en-pelo.2093307/

pero diría que es presentar la propuesta sin preparación o directamente

O G V
Spain
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Spanish
PRO pts in category: 24

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