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"perogrullada" in English
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"perogrullada" in English
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perogrullada(also: tópico, obviedad, truísmo)
Me parece una perogrullada.
This, I believe, is a truism.
Discúlpenme ahora si utilizo un lugar común que es una tremenda perogrullada: "nuestro mayor recurso en la Unión Europea es nuestro pueblo" .
I will now use a tremendous cliché truism - 'our greatest resource in the European Union is our people'.
Discúlpenme ahora si utilizo un lugar común que es una tremenda perogrullada: " nuestro mayor recurso en la Unión Europea es nuestro pueblo ".
I will now use a tremendous cliché truism - 'our greatest resource in the European Union is our people '.
perogrullada(also: cliché, tópico, lugar común, tema trillado)
Las perogrulladas tienden a rebotar dolorosamente en quienes las pronuncian.
Platitudes tend to rebound painfully on those who mouth them.
Estas perogrulladas ridículas no conducen precisamente a generar transparencia y neutralidad.
Such ridiculous platitudes are hardly conducive to creating transparency and neutrality.
Hemos oído muchas perogrulladas de la UA, pero hemos visto muy pocas acciones hasta la fecha.
We have heard many platitudes from the AU, but we have seen little concrete action so far.
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Esto -si ustedes quieren- es una perogrullada, pero es así.
This is, if you like, perhaps stating the obvious, but that is the way it is.
(NL) Señor Presidente, es una perogrullada decir que los objetivos de 2020 se tienen en cuenta; la mayoría de ellos, al menos.
(NL) Mr President, it is stating the obvious to say that the 2020 objectives do indeed merit consideration; most of them, at least.
una perogrullada
a trite remark
Incluso el argumento básico de las empresas multinacionales que producen semillas modificadas genéticamente, sobre todo en los Estados Unidos, ha resultado ser una perogrullada.
Even the basic argument of the multinational companies which produce genetically modified seed, mainly in the USA, has proven to be trite.
Por mucho que yo aprecie, señor Barroso, por supuesto, su combatividad por la causa europea, realmente es una perogrullada decir que esta Cámara es en gran medida proeuropea.
Mr Barroso, much as I, of course, appreciate your willingness to take up the cudgels in the European cause, it really is stating the obvious to say that this House is largely pro-European.
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