Mar 14, 2010 17:21
14 yrs ago
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putrum putrum
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yo también veraneo por el maresme. Bueno, en realidad son mis papis, pero yo me acomplo (sic) para aprovechar el sol y la piscina, jeje. Aunque para salir me quedo con Barcelona, en el maresme hay demasiado putrum putrum y mucho guiri...
I have no idea what this is. I see there is a Facebook profile inviting to do putrum putrum but can't figure it out. A way of dressing, behaving? An urban Tribe? Motorbiking?
Guiri I understand are foreign tourists, I am right?
Thank you!
yo también veraneo por el maresme. Bueno, en realidad son mis papis, pero yo me acomplo (sic) para aprovechar el sol y la piscina, jeje. Aunque para salir me quedo con Barcelona, en el maresme hay demasiado putrum putrum y mucho guiri...
I have no idea what this is. I see there is a Facebook profile inviting to do putrum putrum but can't figure it out. A way of dressing, behaving? An urban Tribe? Motorbiking?
Guiri I understand are foreign tourists, I am right?
Thank you!
Proposed translations
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| 4 | ta-dum, ta-dum ( thumping noise)/ racket (this context) |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 5 | makina music/makina culture |
Ssetoryp
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| 3 | see explanation |
HugoSteckel
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| 1 | pounding beat / blaring music |
Noni Gilbert Riley
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ta-dum, ta-dum ( thumping noise)/ racket (this context)
"The ground vibrates as an electric trolley rumbles by
Ta-dum, ta-dum, ta-dum, a car tire driving over black cobblestones" If you don't want to use aliteration, in this context you could use racket or even "a hell of a racket". It might be a nightclub, the noise of motorcycles (big racket on these beaches in Summer), or even horses hooves, but I found a reference to it used to describe a neo-natal heartbeat: "putrum-putrum-putrum-putrum, menudo sonido el del ecógrafo cunado se oye el latir del corazoncito, se me ponen los pelos de punta recordándolo. http://carlaventuras.blogspot.com/2007/06/ecografa-de-seis-s...
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"A constant racket and too many foreigners" might work as a translation for this fragment. Noni is correct about "guiri". There are a lot of guiri property owners on the Catalonian coast who live there the year round and can't really be considered tourists.
Ta-dum, ta-dum, ta-dum, a car tire driving over black cobblestones" If you don't want to use aliteration, in this context you could use racket or even "a hell of a racket". It might be a nightclub, the noise of motorcycles (big racket on these beaches in Summer), or even horses hooves, but I found a reference to it used to describe a neo-natal heartbeat: "putrum-putrum-putrum-putrum, menudo sonido el del ecógrafo cunado se oye el latir del corazoncito, se me ponen los pelos de punta recordándolo. http://carlaventuras.blogspot.com/2007/06/ecografa-de-seis-s...
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"A constant racket and too many foreigners" might work as a translation for this fragment. Noni is correct about "guiri". There are a lot of guiri property owners on the Catalonian coast who live there the year round and can't really be considered tourists.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all. In the end I used "racket"."
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HugoSteckel
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see explanation
Putrum, as far as I know, is the sound that music makes when it blares and blasts. So it could be nightclub noise, or just noise
http://www.ciao.es/Flaix_Fm__Opinion_630985
It strikes me that in this case it could be from chiringuitos on the beach.. though how Barcelona would be "quieter" is a mystery to me.
The only other thing that occurred to me is that it could be an ironic name for sex on the beach.. but I don't think this is it.
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Hmm, or maybe it's heavy bassline music?
http://www.ciao.es/Flaix_Fm__Opinion_630985
It strikes me that in this case it could be from chiringuitos on the beach.. though how Barcelona would be "quieter" is a mystery to me.
The only other thing that occurred to me is that it could be an ironic name for sex on the beach.. but I don't think this is it.
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Hmm, or maybe it's heavy bassline music?
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Noni Gilbert Riley
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pounding beat / blaring music
Plenty of refs to putrum putrun/m on the web, but nothing to define it exactly that I have found so far! It's certainly connected with music, and so I would risk a non-commital suggestion of noise/loud music. It would fit the context. But come on, someone out there must have heard this "on the street" - or are we all too old and out of it?! (Sorry, that's speaking personally...)
Note from asker:
| That was my same thought!! Guess I'm definitely not In. And looking up the term I've come across such incomprehensible writing styles. Like reading in a different language! |
27 days
makina music/makina culture
"Putrum putrum" is an onomatopeyic expression that refers to makina/techno/house music. This genre is very popular in Maresme, with huge discos such as Pont Aeri or Chasis dedicated to it. The Catalan radio station Flaix FM made this expression become popular.
Makina music is related to the urban tribe "makineros" known for being loud and violent, with inclinations to car tuning, synthetic drug use and Spanish nationalism.
Makina music is related to the urban tribe "makineros" known for being loud and violent, with inclinations to car tuning, synthetic drug use and Spanish nationalism.
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