Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
pataleo procesal
English translation:
procedural struggle
Added to glossary by
Maria Esther Lemus Armas
Oct 13, 2004 01:32
19 yrs ago
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Spanish term
La magia de comunicar
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
pataleo procesal
Spanish to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
Sigo con mi documento legal, en un tono sarcástico... el contexto es el siguiente:
"Sus argumentaciones no son sino un PATALEO PROCESAL que en nada le ayuda..."
Una vez más solicito su ayuda para encontrar una forma de decirlo en el mismo tono, mil gracias de antemano
"Sus argumentaciones no son sino un PATALEO PROCESAL que en nada le ayuda..."
Una vez más solicito su ayuda para encontrar una forma de decirlo en el mismo tono, mil gracias de antemano
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Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Native in Spanish
Quality Above All...Calidad Sobre Todo
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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procedural struggle/skirmish
I would summarize the whole phrase as "hopeless procedural struggle". I understand pataleo as a hopeless struggle/skirmish.
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HOpe it helps
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Comment: "Mil gracias, esta es justamente la idea que va con el contexto. Saludos a todos y gracias por sus sugerencias"
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Nora Bellettieri
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
A reliable hard- working person.
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
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procedural row
Yo lo traduciría así.
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procedural wrangle or squabble
Suerte, Maria
Elena
Elena
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Edwin Lukens
Native in English
Total information and language solutions
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Thai to English
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procedural kicking
I think he is referring to the persons arguments are nothing but a "procedural kicking" towards him (the speaker). In other words, an orderly process of taking kicks at someone.
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Lorianne Weston
Native in English
lawyer,NGO and human rights experience
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish
procedural temper tantrum
Here in Colombia, pataleta is temper tantrum and patalear is to throw a temper tantrum. This sounds right for your context.
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Margarita Palatnik (X)
: si, o "procedural tantrum"
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Gabo Pena
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