Glossary entry

Catalan term or phrase:

oronejar

English translation:

whiz about / flit about / hover / linger

Added to glossary by ganzinblau
Apr 10, 2016 19:28
8 yrs ago
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Catalan term

oronejar

Catalan to English Art/Literary Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Diccionari.cat has this as:

oronejar
conjugació

[deriv. anòmal de la variant oroneta, oron(et)ejar]

[®envejar ] v intr Volar d'un costat a l'altre i en eixams, de manera semblant a les orenetes.

Here is my context:

Quan es coneix l’obra de [pintor], les geografies del poder del temps i de l’espai i les relacions amb la segmentació de parcel·les que degluteixen tant l’habitatge i el paisatge genuïns, com els camins i trajectes, s’identifiquen amb elements que oronegen, de components constructius, de peces que conformen la suma de forces d’una sociologia visual.
Proposed translations (English)
2 hover/linger

Proposed translations

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hover/linger

I find the glosbe dictionary quite useful when I'm translating from Catalan though I'm not sure if this definition fits.

oronejar en inglés
traducción "oronejar", catalán-inglés diccionario en línea

hover
(Verbal) (verb)

linger
(Verbal) (verb)

https://glosbe.com/ca/en/oronejar

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Note added at 31 mins (2016-04-10 19:59:44 GMT)
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After further research, I think 'linger' could work.

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Note added at 1 hr (2016-04-10 20:31:56 GMT)
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I've also found 'hang in the air' and 'to be suspended above', though I still think linger is a good option.

http://hyperdic.net/ca/oronejar

Note from asker:
I wasn't familiar with glosbe, thanks. I currently have 'flit about' placeholding in the sentence, but I'm not in love with it and don't feel like these cut it here either. I guess I will sleep on it.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for the help--it was super helpful. I've gone with 'whiz about' in this context. I felt like hover and linger didn't capture the flying back and forth in swarms. :P"
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