meterse en un lío/estar en un aprieto (2025)

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Super Coco

Member

Spain/spanish

  • Mar 9, 2007
  • #1

Buenas tardes:
A ver quién puede ayudarme. ¿Estarían bien traducidas las dos siguientes expresiones?

Meterse en un lío= To get into a mess.
Estar en un aprieto/en aprietos= To be in a mess.

¿Sería correcto?

¿Y hacerse un lío? ¿Cómo podría traducirse?

Muchas gracias por adelantado. ¡Saludos!

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    profe105

    Senior Member

    Pennsylvania

    English, United States

    • Mar 9, 2007
    • #2

    I would say to get oneself into a mess.

    You've really gotten yourself into a mess this time, young man.

    Hacerse un lío, yo diría to make a mess of things.

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    aurilla

    Senior Member

    Puerto Rico

    Am Eng/PR Spanish

    • Mar 9, 2007
    • #3

    Meterse en un lío = To get into a mess

    Estar en un aprieto/en aprietos = To be in a mess

    Hacerse un lío = "Make a mess of himself / herself"

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    Super Coco

    Member

    Spain/spanish

    • Mar 9, 2007
    • #4

    Thank you very much!!meterse en un lío/estar en un aprieto (1)

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    andoryuu

    New Member

    USA / English

    • Nov 13, 2007
    • #5

    No se olviden que ponerse en aprietos se puede traducir al inglés: “to be put on the spot”.

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    JohnDoeIII

    Member

    USA English

    • Oct 27, 2009
    • #6

    Gracias, andoryuu, que me has salvado.

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    david314

    Senior Member

    Clayton, Missouri

    American English

    • Feb 27, 2011
    • #7

    Based upon my considerable experience with American cop movies subtitled in Spanish, I would like to submit: To get oneself into a jam / fix. meterse en un lío/estar en un aprieto (3)

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    minniegol2000

    New Member

    Spanish

    • Apr 10, 2011
    • #8

    Hi,

    The expression "meterse en un lío," is a familiar form of meterse en un embrollo. The common use of the verb liarse, similarly, is used in more colloquial dialogue and less in formal written speech.

    minniegol2000

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    JoshuaG.

    New Member

    USA (Midwest)

    English - US

    • Nov 9, 2011
    • #9

    Entonces:

    ¿Hay una diferencia sutil entre "estar en problemas" y "meterse en problemas"?

    En inglés si lo hay: To get in trouble le dirije al oyente al momento en que el supuesto delicuente se había metido en problemas mientre to be in trouble se refiere más al estado subsiguiente del delicuente.

    Por ejemplo, si un niño rompe una ventana no va decir "Man, I got in so much trouble!" sino "Man, I am in so much trouble!" pero si quisiera contarles a sus amigos lo que sucedió diría, "Dude, I got in so much trouble yesterday" y se supone que va seguir con los detalles del suceso.

    ¿Es igual para vosotros?

    ACQM

    Senior Member

    Manresa (Barcelona)

    Spain - Spanish

    • Nov 9, 2011
    • #10

    Joshua, en español funciona bastante igual primero "te metes en el lío" o "te meten en el lío otros" y así pasas a "estar (metido/a) en un lío". Por ejemplo:

    -Oye, tío. Estoy en un lío con la policía.
    -Y¿cómo te has metido en ese lío?
    -Fue cuando me salté un control policial. Ahora estoy metido hasta las orejas en problemas.

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    JoshuaG.

    New Member

    USA (Midwest)

    English - US

    • Nov 10, 2011
    • #11

    ¡Muchas gracias por tu respuesta!

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    bowarco

    Senior Member

    Tenerife, Canary Islands

    Spanish-Spain.

    • Jun 18, 2015
    • #12

    I know this thread was posted ages ago but, isn't it possible to say to BE IN A BIND meaning estar en un aprieto, lío? Gracias.

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    david314

    Senior Member

    Clayton, Missouri

    American English

    • Jun 18, 2015
    • #13

    bowarco said:

    I know this thread was posted ages ago but, isn´t it possible to say to BE IN A BIND meaning estar en un aprieto, lío

    Gracias.

    In certain instances, I would say so. meterse en un lío/estar en un aprieto (6)

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    gotitadeleche

    Senior Member

    Texas, U.S.A.

    U.S.A. English

    • Jun 18, 2015
    • #14

    2. Informal A difficult, restrictive, or unresolvable situation: found themselves in a bind when their car broke down.
    American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved

    A bind is a problematical situation.
    "he is in a political bind over the welfare issue"
    synonyms: predicament, awkward situation, difficult situation, quandary, dilemma,plight, spot, tight spot;

    In my opinion, to be in a bind is equivalent to estar en un lío, aprieto.

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