tenía un filo metálico que retumbaba en los oídos

English translation: his voice had a strident metallic quality echoing in the girl´s ears

18:00 Oct 19, 2019

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Spanish term or phrase: tenía un filo metálico que retumbaba en los oídos

Contexto:

— Tranquila — murmuró, de pie detrás de ella. A pesar del ansia que sentía por ella, sus manos acariciaron sus hombros lentamente y bajaron con cuidado por los brazos. Su voz era más grave y marcada que de costumbre y tenía un filo metálico que retumbaba en los oídos de la muchacha — tendré cuidado, no te preocupes y, si a pesar de eso te hago daño, debes decírmelo —estaba seguro de que no ocurriría porque lo que más le importaba, antes que su propio placer, era proporcionárselo a ella.

Muchas Gracias,

Barbara

Barbara Cochran, MFA KudoZ activity Questions: 1895 (7 open) (3 without valid answers) (233 closed without grading) Answers: 3899 United States
Local time: 19:37

English translation:his voice had a strident metallic quality echoing in the girl´s ears

Explanation:

If we go to a definition of what a metallic voice is, the ¨su voz era más grave¨ is a contradiction. However, it seems logical to me to translate ¨his voice had a strident metallic quality¨ echoing in the gilr´s ears.

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Selected response from:

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 18:37

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Summary of answers provided

3 +2

steely tone/edge which filled/reverbrated in her ears/head

bcsantos

had a metallic pitch that rumbled in the ears

Marco Belcastro Bara

his voice had a strident metallic quality echoing in the girl´s ears

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón

2 +1

(his voice) had a metallic edge that echoed in the girl's (her) ears ...

Taña Dalglish

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1 hr confidence:

his voice had a strident metallic quality echoing in the girl´s ears

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 18:37
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

steely tone/edge which filled/reverbrated in her ears/head

Explanation:
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bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 01:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 96

31 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(his voice) had a metallic edge that echoed in the girl's (her) ears ...

Explanation:
... tenía un filo metálico que retumbaba en los oídos
had a metallic edge that echoed in the girl's (her) ears ...

War Remains - Page 145 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com.jm/books?id=T48tAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA145&l...
Jeffrey Miller - 2018
***His voice had a metallic edge to it.*** “Cease fire!” Three men lay dead in front of Bobby. Two more wounded. One of the men who had crawled toward the house ...

WOMAN OF METTLE - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com.jm/books?id=e0MmBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT134&l...
Linda Caddick - 2015
***His voice had a metallic edge.*** “You lured me with every one of your smiles and your liquid eyes. I knew you were only holding yourself back from me because I ...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2019-10-19 20:38:20 GMT)
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It is not a question of how the guy feels about the girl, he could be very much in love, but at the time (under this circumstance), his voice as bcsantos has suggested, had a steely tone/note ....

steely adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › english › steely
(of a person's character or behaviour) strong, hard and unfriendly a cold, steely voice a look of steely determination She shivered at the slightly **steely note** in his voice. He could have been hopping mad about something, but that does not mean he may not love or be in love with the person!

steely - Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
usage_words.enacademic.com › steely
showing a calm and firm attitude: He had a look of steely determination in his eyes. The steely tone in his voice told her that he was furious. 2. ) steely blue is ...

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 18:37
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72

Notes to answerer

Asker: Well, I thought about "metallic edge", too, but under the circumstances, it seems a little extreme, almost harsh, which isn't at all the way the guy in question feels about the girl.

3 hrs confidence:

had a metallic pitch that rumbled in the ears

Explanation:
My proposition:

had a metallic pitch that rumbled in the ears

Marco Belcastro Bara
Italy
Local time: 01:37
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

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