Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
sonsa
English translation:
dumbed down
Spanish term
United States
Freelance Translator | English • Spanish
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
sonsa
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De tandos insultos, me sentía **sonsa** sin palabras para defenderme....
| 3 +6 | dumb, silly |
Mercedes Rizzuti
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| 4 +5 | stupid, foolish |
Kate Major Patience
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| 4 +2 | dumb |
Patricia Wild
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| 5 +1 | (I felt like an) idiot |
Marjory Hord
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| 4 | unprepared |
Edward Tully
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Non-PRO (2): AllegroTrans, Erika Pacheco
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Proposed translations
dumb, silly
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AllegroTrans
11 mins
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Thanks, Allegro!
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Cecilia Rey
18 mins
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Thank you, Cecilia :)
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Maria Druetta
20 mins
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Thanks, med!
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Steven Huddleston
24 mins
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Thans, Steven!
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Erika Pacheco
: I prefer silly
1 hr
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Thank you, Erika!
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eski
3 days 18 hrs
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Thanks!
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Spain
Analytical and creative (DipTrans, MA)
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Galician to English, English
stupid, foolish
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AllegroTrans
11 mins
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Thanks Allegro! :)
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Christine Walsh
: I'd go for stupid. Saludos
1 hr
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Thank you Christine. I agree with you.
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Carolina Brito
: stupid or fool
1 hr
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Can only be "feel stupid/foolish" or "feel like an idiot/fool". Thanks britos! :)
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teju
: Given the context, I would not use any other option but foolish. It fits very well.
13 hrs
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I actually prefer "stupid" but it depends on the speaker, really. If she is very well spoken, then perhaps foolish. Most of us would say "stupid" I think. Thanks for the agree! :)
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eski
: Claro que también vale! eski
3 days 18 hrs
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Simultaneous Interpretation Translation
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
dumb
Because your words matter
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US)
Works in: Spanish to English
unprepared
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Note added at 14 mins (2010-09-06 23:58:47 GMT)
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Depends on the context whether a woman would ever call herself any of the above, this is just in case the situation is not extreme...
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Note added at 22 mins (2010-09-07 00:06:48 GMT)
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The risk in this translation lies in making the woman seem like a "victim" - personally I prefer less emotional language...
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AllegroTrans
: hardly a word of insult --- OK, she is unprepared, but "unable" to defend herself would be more meaningful imo
5 mins
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Certainly NOT a word of insult, unless you mean self insult. You have misunderstood the sentence/Fine, as long as the woman is not "self-hating" as in the answers above!
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Kate Major Patience
: Hi Edward. Isn't this a slightly odd fit? It wouldn't be the first translation that came to mind. Insults that made her feel sonsa (dumb/stupid) and therefore unable to defend herself. As encapsulated by the often used "anulada". "Unprepared" for what?
1 hr
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Mexico
Cuenta conmigo/ Count on me
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English
(I felt like an) idiot
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Note added at 15 hrs (2010-09-07 15:02:38 GMT)
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zonzo -za sustantivo masculino, femenino (AmL fam) idiot, fool
(Word reference)
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Jessica Noyes
: This sounds very natural
1 hr
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Thanks. Of course most of the options are ok...
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United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
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[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Adjective: Portuguese
sonso m. (feminine sonsa plural sonsos feminine plural sonsas; comparable)
1. (of a person) stupid; dumb
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