[JulieW]

Does anyone know what "ciento dichosa" means? Our 9 year old sent us a letter (which was wonderful and very touching by the way) and wrote that she was ciento dichosa that we will be her forever family.

[teacher2003]

According to my Spanish dictionary ciento means one hundred and dichosa means blessed or happy. So it should mean one hundred percent happy or blessed one hundred percent.

[JulieW]

Thanks! I read it as hundred happy and thought it might mean she was very happy

[Leebert2]

He said it means that she feels very fortunate to have you as her family. He explained it as a bit of an expression - "very fortunate/lucky". How sweet.

Lisa

[rosiedaffodil]

go to www.freetranslation.com and enter it in the box. Make sure it says spanish to english.


rosie

[JulieW]

I use free translation from time to time but sometimes you need a native speaker with idioms or colloquialisms (sp?) Thanks Lisa's husband for the help!!! I'll be sure and tell her that we are ciento dichosa that she will be our daughter *snif* I can' wait to be out of PGN!!!

[CaterinaAntonia]

Ok...ciento does mean 100, but I am guessing that they wanted to actually say siento with an s versus a c. The construction ciento dichosa would be gramatically incorrect in Spanish. Siento means "I feel" and the construction Siento dichosa would mean "I feel blessed".

I am Spanish AND a Spanish teacher, so if you ever need help with translations, don't hesitate to contact me.

Besitos
Cat

[JulieW]

Okay - can I respond: "Nosotros sientemos (?) dichosa tener tus como nuestros hijos." (they are a sibling group of 3, 1 boy)

Thanks for your help, DH and I are doing the crash course spanish before these kids come home!

[Asia]

I am bless I feel the joy. ...Hi my name is Asia I'll be very happy in translate any thing for you.. in the future.I dont know if I should write my email here..but I will be checking on this forum to see if I can help you.