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mark indigo -> RE: Spanish language question: accompanist (Jul. 28 2017 11:22:59)
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Sorry, I should have made clear that I need the correct noun for accompanist. The use of Paco as an example is only incidental.
My limited Spanish, and the ongoing uphill struggle labour-of-love learning process suggests that you can't always translate a word literally, so there may not actually be a word in common usage that translates literally as "accompanist". It may be that you have to take a phrase in context and use the typical phrase that means what you want to say (which I think is what kiko was saying, mas o menos). It may be that you have to say something like "the giver of accompaniment".
I checked "acompañante" in case it has any unforeseen additional meanings - like "escort"![:D]
el acompañante, la acompañante - MASCULINE OR FEMININE NOUN
1. (person that accompanies)
a. companion - Los invitados pueden venir a la gala con un acompañante. The guests can come to the gala with a companion.
b. partner - Los embajadores y sus acompañantes se sentaron a la mesa. The ambassadors and their partners sat at the table.
c. escort - El millonario llegó a la fiesta con una acompañante que nadie conocía. The millionaire arrived to the party with an escort that nobody knew.
2. (music)
a. accompanist - La cantante le pidió al acompañante que toque la canción un tono más arriba. The singer asked the accompanist to play the song a whole step higher.
3. (person next to the driver)
a. passenger - Juana llevaba la cartera en el asiento del acompañante y rompieron la ventanilla para robarla. Juana was carrying her handbag in the passenger seat and somebody broke the window to steal it.
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