Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Feb 18, 2007 23:14
17 yrs ago
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Spanish term
infeliz
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
"El infeliz se quedó sin trabajo, pues lo corrieron tras hallarlo bebiendo en durante la hora de almuerzo."
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
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English
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United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
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187
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poor man/guy he lost his job...
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Denise DeVries
: without "he"
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thanks Denise!
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Robert Copeland
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Thanks Robert!
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Ioanna Karamanou
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Thank you Ioanna!
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SandraV
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Thanks Sandra!
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Cristina Santos
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Thanks Cristina!
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AZjuancarlos
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gracias juancarlos!
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AllegroTrans
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Thanks AllegroTrans!
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patricia scott
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gracias patricia!
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Haydee (X)
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Gracias Haydee!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all for your help, I think Lydia's suggestion: "looser" has the right register for my context."
+4
7 mins
Nicholas Ferreira
Canada
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Spanish term (edited):
el infeliz
the unfortunate man
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=infe...
This captures the sense, without going too far in one direction or another...
This captures the sense, without going too far in one direction or another...
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Karin Kutscher
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Thank you Karin!
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pzchvpr
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Thank you!
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AllegroTrans
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Thanks!
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patricia scott
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Thanks. I like yours too. Context makes a big difference...
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8 mins
the poor soul
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Sybila Canobra
: me parece que esto concuerda más con el sentido del texto
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Thanx!
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patricia scott
: I like this too.
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Thanx!
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Ioanna Karamanou
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Thanx!
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AllegroTrans
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Thanx!
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1 hr
poor bastard
Suerte
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AllegroTrans
: MUCH too colloquial - I don't think you can assume this is the context here!!
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Cristina Santos
: Context!!
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Tom2004
: At first it gave me a good laugh. Now with further context it seems not so bad! lol
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patricia scott
: The importance of context!!
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Diana Arbiser
: This is evidently the sense of the Spanish "Infeliz" in this context. I go with this option :)
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Aïda Garcia Pons
: Perfect for this context. I'd go for this one too.
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Refugio
: since it is the witness talking
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3 mins
poor devil/(poor) wretch/poor guy
Depends on the tone of the rest of the letter...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-19 01:47:14 GMT)
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Flavio, in that case the poor man (Lydia) or the unfortunate man is more appropriate - still, infeliz in Spanish is NOT "politically correct" police language (at least in Spain)
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-02-19 02:22:56 GMT)
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I'd go for poor devil or wretch (very condescending) or even for Alba's poor bastard. (I thought of sucker - but I guess that's going too far)
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-19 01:47:14 GMT)
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Flavio, in that case the poor man (Lydia) or the unfortunate man is more appropriate - still, infeliz in Spanish is NOT "politically correct" police language (at least in Spain)
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-02-19 02:22:56 GMT)
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I'd go for poor devil or wretch (very condescending) or even for Alba's poor bastard. (I thought of sucker - but I guess that's going too far)
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erika rubinstein
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Thank you Erika.
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Ventnai
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Thank you Ian.
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Victoria Lorenzo
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Thank you Victoria.
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pzchvpr
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Thank you.
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AllegroTrans
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Thank you.
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Mónica Algazi
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Thank you.
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Claudia Luque Bedregal
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Muchas gracias.
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German Gonzalez
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Muchas gracias Germán.
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Hasselt
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Thank you Hasselt.
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Julie Thompson
United States
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United States
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idiot
If this is supposed to be demeaning, I think that this word might do...
11 hrs
Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
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Spain
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Related KudoZ points
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86
the miserable soul
Just occurred to me as a way of avoiding an apparently sympathetic comment from the "speaker"
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