Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

nanny

Spanish translation:

nana

Added to glossary by amelie08
Jul 23, 2022 16:30
1 yr ago
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English term

nanny

English to Spanish Other Poetry & Literature nanny
In the TV serie, the rich girl is shopping with her nanny, she turns and says to her '' Nanny, it's almost winter''. If I say niñera, I don't know it would sound good. Imagine the nanny who is living with Prince Charles, however they are grown up, she is still there.

How do you say it in Spanish? I found ''tata,ama,aya'' What can I put here?

I will leave the link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg8dvAN22Gs&list=PLFCxIHnP1B...

Min: 43.27

Discussion

Neil Ashby Jul 25, 2022:
Barbara The great thing is that vendors of this ilk also offer into English services!
amelie08 (asker) Jul 24, 2022:
I don't know the Nanny name.
Magdalena Godoy Bonnet Jul 23, 2022:
Término demasiado subjetivo Usa el nombre propio de la persona y te ahorrarás un dolor de cabeza.
Barbara Cochran, MFA Jul 23, 2022:
The Way "Nanny" Is Used In This Script Is Odd Esp., if like you say, the nanny has been with the family, almost forever. Very young children, who always have difficulty pronouncing words at first, would never say "nanny"; they would indeed say something like "nana", even in English. And "tata" is used, also, I think more often is Spain. Anyway, very young children often form very close attachments with their nannies, and "nana" and "tata" take on the color of terms of endearment. The children who have been in their care, even when they no longer need them, and on into adulthood, often continue to using those same signifiers (they, so to speak "stick") that they did in their very young years, when they address their former caretakers.
Barbara Cochran, MFA Jul 23, 2022:
JJ's Comments "wich", "childs"? Neither word exists in UK or US English!
amelie08 (asker) Jul 23, 2022:
I didn't ask you to watch whole the video. So it Mexico, it is nana. I will wait for other answers.
Juan Jacob Jul 23, 2022:
Well, we won't look at 43 minutes video! Once again, "wich Spanish"? In Mexico we use "nana", even if childs are grown up.

Proposed translations

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55 mins
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nana

Peruvian Spanish will be "nana" as well. But if you are unsure you translate it like that you can always use her name.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jennifer Levey : Vale también para Chile.
6 mins
agree Juan Jacob : Igual en México, como señalado.
1 hr
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39 mins

(her given name)

Si bien en algunos países se usa "nana", lo más común sigue siendo que las llamen por su nombre de pila.
Peer comment(s):

neutral Juan Jacob : Ciertamente en algunas ocasiones, como en Nana Pancha, con Pedro Infante. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVbLAbI6X5g
1 hr
O sin "Nana" en muchas ocasiones.
agree Magdalena Godoy Bonnet : Absolutly, es lo que estaba por sugerir! Llama a la persona por su nombre. "Nanny" es un término muy amplio para el español LATAM y muy subjetivo.
3 hrs
Gracias, Magdalena.
agree Beatriz Ramírez de Haro : En principio me parece una buena solución, pero me sumo al comentario de Jennifer
4 hrs
Gracias, Bea.
neutral Jennifer Levey : Not an option if Asker doesn't know the nanny's name.
6 hrs
Good point, Jennifer.
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1 hr

niñera / tata

Por ejemplo: La serie TV The Nanny en Argentina la traducían como La Niñera

La tata (La Niñera)

Título original: The Nanny
Peer comment(s):

disagree Jennifer Levey : It's very unlikely that the girl would address her nanny as 'Niñera' - unless, perhaps, she was being deliberately disrespectful.
6 hrs
I don't think so, Iwrote in Argentina
neutral Juan Jacob : Quizá en Argentina... en México "tata" significa "viejo sabio", "abuelo", "jefe".
1 day 1 hr
Si, en Argentina, tata significa Padre en Argentina pero era una posibilidad más.
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19 hrs

señorita

Señorita y el nombre si lo sabes.

No sé, pero también se llama "nanny" a la abuela.
Peer comment(s):

disagree Juan Jacob : De ninguna manera para una "nanny".
7 hrs
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