Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

cintura financiera

English translation:

financial backing

Added to glossary by celiana (X)
Jul 2, 2007 01:04
16 yrs ago
Spanish term

cintura financiera

Spanish to English Other Finance (general)
Es una publicidad en la que se muestra a una mujer que adquiere un crédito flexible, quien afirma que tiene "cintura financiera" gracias a ese crédito.
¿Hay alguna expresión equivalente, coloquial o no, en el inglés?
Gracias!!!

Proposed translations

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financial backing

maybe ...

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or: backup

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or: financial safeguard

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The program needs to provide a financial safeguard for homeowners while protecting the interests of taxpayers. This bill strikes the right balance.” ...
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or: financial cushion

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An important aspect of effective financial management is creating and maintaining a financial cushion sufficient to weather stormy periods of financial ...
www.187gerrard.com/financial/financial cushion.htm - 42k - Cached - Similar pages

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Begin a discussion of what help the government should provide to people who have not had the opportunity to build a financial cushion, or whether the ...
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Peer comment(s):

agree MikeGarcia : Backing y cushion son las dos mejores...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Usé "financial backing" para mantener la referencia al cuerpo, que era parte del chiste en la publicidad. Muchísimas gracias!!!"
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financial comfort // financial leeway

I think that either of these phrases, both of which involve terms that have physical connotations, would do the trick here.

Suerte.
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financial safety belt

my take
Peer comment(s):

agree Gad Kohenov : Conveys the original idea.
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financial safety net

This seems to be a farly common phrase!

The final article in this series discusses building a financial safety net to prevent financial disasters caused by catastrophic illness or other personal ...
financialplan.about.com/cs/personalfinance/a/FinlSafetyNet.htm - 24k - Jun 30, 2007 - Cached - Similar pages

Getting started: establishing a financial safety netA cash reserve of readily available funds may just save you in a financial emergency. Your reserve should have enough funds to cover three to six months' ...
www.360financialliteracy.org/.../Budgeting Basics/Getting s... - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

FRB: Speech, Greenspan -- The financial safety net -- May 10, 2001The financial safety net At the 37th Annual Conference on Bank Structure and Competition of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois ...
www.federalreserve.gov/Boarddocs/Speeches/2001/20010510/def...
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