Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
watch where you're going
Spanish translation:
¡Ten cuidado! ¡Mira por dónde caminas
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samtediou
Sep 14, 2002 04:14
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English term
watch where you're going
Non-PRO
English to Spanish
Other
You say this phrase when someone is not looking in front of them and in danger of tripping over things on the floor. You can also say, "Watch your step!"
I was thinking, "Fijate en donde vas" or something like that, but if there is a common phrase, so much the better!
I was thinking, "Fijate en donde vas" or something like that, but if there is a common phrase, so much the better!
Proposed translations
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6 mins
Monica Colangelo
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
45 yrs' experience in most every field
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Rioplatense, Latin American, Puerto Rican, Dominican, Standard-Spain, Uruguayan, Bolivian, Argentine, US) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 1 more.
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¡Ten cuidado! ¡Mira por dónde caminas" ¡Ten cuidado por dónde caminas!
You have three options there
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
5 mins
Cuidado por donde pisas
Fiajate por donde vas, is also good.
Fijate bien donde pisas (if it´s really dark and you are moving slowly on unknown grounds)
Fijate bien donde pisas (if it´s really dark and you are moving slowly on unknown grounds)
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Sandra Bonilla
: POR dónde vas, y no DE dónde vas (si te decides po esta opción)
15 hrs
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+3
5 mins
Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in English
New Zealand
Committed to the Customer
Native in: English (Variant: New Zealand)
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English
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84
¡Cuidado!
This means "Look out" or "Watch out", which is not quite the same as "Look where you're going", but close enough. And I believe you would say that if someone is about to trip over something (because they weren't looking where they were going). Hope this helps.
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Esther Hermida
0 min
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Lila del Cerro
50 mins
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Sandra Bonilla
: esta es la que más me gusta. "fíjate por dónde andas y otras similares pueden sonar como si riñeras o regañaras. Esta, en cambio, es la advertencia ante el peligro, y con ¡Ojo! o ¡Cuidado! basta
15 hrs
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14 mins
Damian Cassani
Native in Spanish
Quality in everything I do
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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116
otras opciones
Mirá para/hacia delante
Fijate dónde pisas
Caminá con cuidado
Fijate dónde pisas
Caminá con cuidado
+4
31 mins
¡Fíjate por dónde vas!
Tu frase es casi correcta, solo cambia "por", la preposición está incorrecta, lo demás está bien
¡Fíjate por dónde pisas!
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Note added at 2002-09-15 08:36:47 (GMT)
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Mirar por donde va uno a posar el pie, o fijarse dónde va uno a pisar, no es regaño.... Se puede encontrar un anillo de brillantes... Así que a ver si te fijas por donde pisas...
¡Fíjate por dónde pisas!
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Note added at 2002-09-15 08:36:47 (GMT)
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Mirar por donde va uno a posar el pie, o fijarse dónde va uno a pisar, no es regaño.... Se puede encontrar un anillo de brillantes... Así que a ver si te fijas por donde pisas...
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Beatriz Cirera
9 hrs
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Gracias, Beatriz
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Oso (X)
: ¶:^)
21 hrs
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Gracias, Mr. Oso:-))
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bemtrad
22 hrs
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Gracias, bemtrad
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Luz Dumanowsky
: También,¡fíjate por donde caminas!
2 days 15 hrs
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Gracias, Virginia
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+5
2 hrs
Peter Bagney
Spain
Spain
Spain
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to English, and 1 more.
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mira por dónde andas
version for Spain of the "caminas" option
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Ana Juliá
1 hr
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odisea
3 hrs
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Ana Hermida
4 hrs
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Pablo Gomez
5 hrs
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mgonzalez (X)
: o 'mira por donde vas'
9 hrs
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