estar entre Pinto y Valdemoro: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  Spaincolloquial
  • To be indecisive or caught between two alternatives; to be unable to choose a side.

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  • No puedo decidir qué carrera estudiar, estoy entre Pinto y Valdemoro y me siento perdido.

    I can't decide which career to study; I'm caught between two options and feel lost.

  • Cuando le preguntaron su opinión, estaba entre Pinto y Valdemoro y no supo qué responder.

    When asked for his opinion, he was indecisive and didn't know how to respond.

  • Estar entre Pinto y Valdemoro no lleva a nada, tienes que elegir un camino claro.

    Being indecisive leads nowhere; you have to choose a clear path.

• 2.

  Spaincolloquial
  • To be in an indeterminate or intermediate situation, neither here nor there.

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  • Su situación laboral está entre Pinto y Valdemoro: ni empleado ni desempleado oficialmente.

    His job situation is ambiguous: neither officially employed nor unemployed.

  • En cuanto a su nacionalidad, siempre ha estado entre Pinto y Valdemoro y no tiene documentos claros.

    Regarding his nationality, he's always been in an indeterminate status without clear documents.

  • El proyecto está entre Pinto y Valdemoro porque no pertenece ni al gobierno ni a la iniciativa privada.

    The project is in an intermediate state because it belongs neither to the government nor the private sector.