English translations of the aphorisms of Nicolás Gómez Dávila
The original Spanish is:Los lectores del escritor reaccionario jamás saben si conviene aplaudirlo con entusiasmo o patearlo con rabia.
The word translated here as "boo" is patear. It literally means "to stamp one's feet," but I have translated it as "boo" because stamping their feet is how an audience in the Spanish-speaking world expresses its disapproval of a performance.
The original Spanish is:
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The word translated here as "boo" is patear. It literally means "to stamp one's feet," but I have translated it as "boo" because stamping their feet is how an audience in the Spanish-speaking world expresses its disapproval of a performance.
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