Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

hoes

French translation:

prostituées / putains

Added to glossary by Evert DELOOF-SYS
Dec 13, 2000 06:57
23 yrs ago
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English term

hoes

English to French Art/Literary
And you call them "bitch" and "hoes" and
all that. They've been put down enough.

Thanks in advance.

Proposed translations

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prostituées / putains

'hoes' = colloquial (to say the least) for 'whores'

Then the meaning becomes clear, I'd say. No ?

Any movie:)
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14 mins

Putains

Hoes = putains.
Reference:

Found in my books.

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1 hr

putes

hoes pour whores
Si bitch peut egalement se traduire ainsi, il sera facilement assimilé à tout autre terme injurieux typiquement destiné aux femmes.
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Lisanne
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3 hrs

putains,plottes

I`m not sure who your target audience is, if it`s directed at a Quebec audience you could probably use plottes since your text seems to use colloquial terms. If not, putains would probably work though I think you loose a little of the slang.

plotte (qualificative, noun)
+ vagina/slut (pronunciation: plot)Two different definitions They're both associated with woman. The first is the genital of the women (used as a noun) the second is a qualificative of amoral woman.
putain: whore ,slut, hustler,tart,tramp

Hope this helps.

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3 hrs

note

This is black speech. If it can be reproduced as such, it should.
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9 hrs

Salopes

Sans aller vers un terme trop "professionnel". Comme pour "bitch", "chiennes". La phrase est ainsi d'un argot quotidien.
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1 day 1 hr

des putes

'putains' is surely too literary and too, as another answer suggests, 'professionel' for this context.
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