Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
what\'s up, doc?
Spanish translation:
¿Qué hay de nuevo, viejo?
English term
what's up, doc?
Also, I think the translation might have been a bit Mexican, but I am not too sure about that either -maybe I am having interferences with Speedy Gonsales and other cartoons?
Thanks a lot in advance,
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Jaime Oriard
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Víctor Zamorano
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Jannys Sorel Hernández
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Proposed translations
Mexico
15 years in technical translations
Native in: Spanish (Variants: US, Mexican) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish
Spain
Ciencias sociales y mucho más
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: French to Spanish, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
¿Qué hay de nuevo, viejo?
| Muchas gracias por la respuesta -no pretendí cambiar el "viejo" por un "amigo"; simplemente no lo recordaba bien! Yo miraba más Scooby Doo y Speedy. ¡Gracias, sin embargo! |
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Toni Castano
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François Tardif
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Carina Mariani
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Steven Huddleston
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Mónica Hanlan
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Manuel Aburto
: https://www.latimes.com/espanol/entretenimiento/articulo/202...
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Giovanni Rengifo
: This is what they used for Latin America. I wonder if they used the same wording in Spain. IMO the comma seems unnecessary here, though.
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Sí, también para España. La coma, como con cualquier vocativo ("¿Tú también, Bruto?"); o como en "Gracias, Giovanni" ;)
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Juan Gil
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Paola Benedetti
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Brisa Pedroza
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O G V
: con coma y en España, si lo identificaba bien, doblaje mexicano, jeje.
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Yaotl Altan
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Inglese a Spagnolo
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Italian to Spanish, English to Spanish
¿Qué hay de nuevo viejo?
La frase what's up, Doc es un eslogan muy conocido de un popular conejo de dibujos animados que dijo esto mientras comía zanahorias. Tiene el mismo significado que what's up, pero es menos común. La gente a menudo usa esto como una referencia al programa de dibujos animados, al conejo de dibujos animados o incluso a las zanahorias.
Why did Bugs Bunny say Doc?
The carrot-chewing scenes are generally followed by Bugs' most well-known catchphrase, "What's up, Doc?", which was written by director Tex Avery for his first Bugs Bunny film, A Wild Hare (1940). Avery explained later that it was a common expression in his native Texas and that he did not think much of the phrase.
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