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    Lightbulb How would you translate "limpiarse la baba"?

    It's informal speech, a conversation, and one keeps going on about her child, so the other one says:

    - Dejame que te limpie un poco la baba.

    It's a joke, but I'm not sure if it has the same meaning with "drool".

    I would appreciate your help!

    Thanks!!
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    Default Re: How would you translate "limpiarse la baba"?

    jaajjajaaj that sound very funny! but I would say "wipe your saliva"
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    Default Re: How would you translate "limpiarse la baba"?

    >>-Dejame que te limpie un poco la baba.<<

    This sentence refers to the saying caer la baba = to drool over...

    Drool here is not used literally but figuratively.

    One of the meanings of drool given by the Merriam-Webster dict.: to express sentimentally or effusively.

    According to WordReference:he ~s over you se le cae la baba por ti (fam)

    I think you need to find a sentence in English that conveys the figurative meaning...keep in mind baba is a noun but drool is a verb.
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    Default Re: How would you translate "limpiarse la baba"?

    Oh, Cotty, as always you are right!
    It's exactly that meaning!
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    Default Re: How would you translate "limpiarse la baba"?

    I agree! "límpiate la baba" would then be "stop droolling (will you?)"
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