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pajarraco

English translation: You nutty bird!

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Spanish term or phrase:¿Estás loco pajarraco?
English translation:You nutty bird!
Entered by: Irina Dicovsky - MD (X)

07:53 Oct 21, 2006
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / comic
Spanish term or phrase: pajarraco
es un comic de condorito (comic chileno)

¿Estas loco pajarraco? ¡eso es muchisimo dinero!
nud
You nutty bird!
Explanation:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tozzo/3680660/

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Irina Dicovsky - MD (X)
Argentina
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3You nutty bird!
Irina Dicovsky - MD (X)
5shady customer, clever bastard
Maria Luisa Duarte
4scoundrel
garci
4clown
Edward Tully
4you weirdo!
David Higbee
3you feathered fool
SteveW


  

Answers


19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
shady customer, clever bastard


Explanation:
pa·ja·rra·co

m.
(pájaro) large ugly bird
figurative, colloquial (pillo) shady customer, clever bastard
...



    Reference: http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dict_en_es/spanish/paja...
Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Local time: 01:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
scoundrel


Explanation:
Are you crazy, you scoundrel ? That's a lotta money !!

Puede ser. Ojalá te guste. Saludos a Condorito, Coné & the whole gang

garci
Local time: 17:19
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
clown


Explanation:
depende si quiere decir que la persona es charlatán o tonto - si quiere decir tonto, es así...

Edward Tully
Local time: 01:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 65
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Estás loco pajarraco?
You nutty bird!


Explanation:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tozzo/3680660/

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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-10-21 10:12:04 GMT)
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http://images.google.com.ar/imgres?imgurl=http://www.wegotca...

Irina Dicovsky - MD (X)
Argentina
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Silvia Brandon-Pérez: Dado que es el condorito, que es un pájaro, esta es la correcta; es algo peyorativo, pero que tiene que ver con los pájaros.
50 mins
  -> Gracias, Silvia. Creo que es difícil decir que una u otra respuesta sea correcta. Considero que en estos casos es muy subjetivo y hay varias respuestas posibles. Es también una cuestión de estilo, verdad? 10 traductores= 10 traducciones distintas.
agree  Maria Garcia
1 hr
  -> Gracias, María!
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
6 hrs
  -> Gracias, María Leonor!
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
you feathered fool


Explanation:
from "feathered friend"

SteveW
Spain
Local time: 01:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
you weirdo!


Explanation:
just another variation

David Higbee
United States
Local time: 16:19
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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