Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
impugnar el voto
English translation:
to nullify one\'s vote
Added to glossary by
Maria Eugenia Roca Rodriguez
Nov 10, 2006 20:47
17 yrs ago
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impugnar el voto
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Slang
-Me hubiera gustado que hubiera sido
mucha la gente que no haya ido a votar
o que haya impugnado y no es así…
mucha la gente que no haya ido a votar
o que haya impugnado y no es así…
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | to nullify one's vote |
Miguel Orlandini
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| 4 +1 | challenge the vote |
Stacey Booth (X)
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| 4 | oppose the vote |
Maria
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Proposed translations
33 mins
Miguel Orlandini
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Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish
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to nullify one's vote
Estimada María Eugenia: Creo que tu pregunta está referida a muy particulares momentos de la vida institucional Argentina, en los cuales practicamente ningún partido político representaba a las aspiraciones de la sociedad civil. En esos momentos decíamos "impugnar el voto" con el significado de "votar de manera que nuestro voto resulte anulado", y era así en tal medida que circulaban fotocopias para colocar en el sobre de votación asegurando la nulificación.
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3 mins
oppose the vote
or challenge the vote
+1
5 mins
challenge the vote
Impugnar = to challenge, oppose, contest.
If the vote has already happened, the phrase could be translated as to challenge/contest the results. Or, depending on context, I suppose it could also mean to oppose the vote, which I would understand as believing that it should not have occured in the first place.
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Note added at 7 mins (2006-11-10 20:55:06 GMT)
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Given the phrase supplied - I would say:
I would have liked for many people not to have voted or to have challenged the vote...
If the vote has already happened, the phrase could be translated as to challenge/contest the results. Or, depending on context, I suppose it could also mean to oppose the vote, which I would understand as believing that it should not have occured in the first place.
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Note added at 7 mins (2006-11-10 20:55:06 GMT)
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Given the phrase supplied - I would say:
I would have liked for many people not to have voted or to have challenged the vote...
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