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haber gato encerrado
Language:
es
1.
Spain
Latin America
informal
neutral
To suspect that something hidden, deceptive, or dubious is taking place; to feel that there is more to a situation than appears.
To believe that a secret or unexplained factor is involved; to sense that something is fishy.
Examples:
ES:
Debe haber gato encerrado.
EN:
What's the hitch?
ES:
Aquí parece haber gato encerrado.
EN:
There's something phony about the whole thing.
ES:
Tiene que haber gato encerrado.
EN:
There must be something fishy.
EN:
Bound to be a skeleton in there somewhere, eh?
EN:
I bet there must be a rat.
ES:
Tiene que haber gato encerrado aqui.
EN:
Must be some catch.
ES:
Michaël de J, el conserje ese... No sé, todo esto me parece un poco raro. Aquí tiene que haber gato encerrado.
EN:
Michael de J., that handyman, is obviously not right in his head.
ES:
Esto de estar en el país con la gente más feliz del mundo... Tiene que haber gato encerrado.
EN:
The idea that, you know, you're in a country of the happiest people in the world, there's gotta be something to it.
ES:
Pero podría haber gato encerrado, y no me gustan los gatos.
EN:
That bag could hold anything. Like a stray cat. And I don't like cats.
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