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Jan 2 09:00
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Spanish term

Cansinismo

Spanish to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Literature
Does anyone have any idea as to what this means and have any links to where a definition and use in context is provided?

The sentence I am trying to understand is the following: "A veces el cansinismo funciona..."
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 banging on endlessly
4 +1 fatigue/exhaustion
References
Cansinismo - El Periódico Extremadura: h...
Here's the context

Discussion

ormiston Jan 2:
Another definition: El cansinismo es la corriente filosófica o política en la que, para que se entere bien el resto de la sociedad, el sujeto llamado cansinista repite hasta la saciedad todos los argumentos de los que dispone, los cuales no suelen pasar del número de dos, haciendo que el resto califique como hartible no sólo al individuo, sino también a sus ideales, deplorando el cansinista el valor de los mismos.
ormiston Jan 2:
Another definition El cansinismo es la corriente filosófica o política en la que, para que se entere bien el resto de la sociedad, el sujeto llamado cansinista repite hasta la saciedad todos los argumentos de los que dispone, los cuales no suelen pasar del número de dos, haciendo que el resto califique como hartible no sólo al individuo, sino también a sus ideales, deplorando el cansinista el valor de los mismos.

Proposed translations

+3
1 day 7 hrs
Selected

banging on endlessly

Without stooping to "isms", thisjocular phrase seems to fit the notion and tone of the original, given the sparse context provided so far.


"A veces el cansinismo funciona..." -> "Sometimes banging on endlessly works..."

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Note added at 1 day 7 hrs (2024-01-03 16:04:49 GMT)
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repetir hasta la saciedad = to bang on endlessly
Example sentence:

This was the mob who were banging on endlessly a few years ago...

Is banging on endlessly about sex really all that daring these days?

Reference:

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bang-on

Peer comment(s):
agree philgoddard : We have the full context now, and this fits. The idea is 'endless determination'.
1 hr
agree Marie Wilson
2 hrs
agree Helena Chavarria : I've often heard 'cansino' to mean the same as 'disco rayado'. It was the 'ismo' that threw me.
1 day 2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
7 mins

fatigue/exhaustion

This is what I found when I searched for a definition
Peer comment(s):
agree neilmac : That's the basic notion, but depending on the broader context and audience we might need to paraphrase it...
1 hr
Yes, I agree nielmac, there's no more context and context is very important
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Reference comments

51 mins
Reference:

Cansinismo - El Periódico Extremadura: https://lacronicadebadajoz.elperiodicoextremadura.com/la-cro...

http://unpaisenlaluna.blogspot.com/2010/03/cansinismo-nuevo-...

Y en tono de humor es harto conocido el personaje del
https://www.google.com/m?q=cansino historico&client=ms-opera...

Así de pasada unas referencias que espero que sean de ayuda
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
1 hr
estupendo, Bea. saludos.
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15 hrs
Reference:

Here's the context

This may be where all of the asker's questions today come from.

http://books.google.com/books?id=cmVuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT92&lpg=PT...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree ormiston : Good sleuthing!
14 hrs
Thanks - though I shouldn't have to be a Sherlock Holmes. The asker should have provided this.
agree O G V : bien buscado y hallado
26 days
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