Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
desclasados, los
English translation:
downwardly mobile, the
Added to glossary by
Vanina Ricciardelli
Mar 10, 2003 03:55
21 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Argentina
los desclasados (clases sociales
Spanish to English
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En un época en la que la moda rechaza dejarse la barba, y su uso remite a lugares de marginalidad social (**los desclasados**, los zurdos, los artistas/bohemios, etc.) la afeitada se transforma es un espacio controvertido para el hombre
Este es el significado:
Muchos pasarán de clase media a clase media baja y baja. De allí el término de "desclasados".
Alguna idea?
Este es el significado:
Muchos pasarán de clase media a clase media baja y baja. De allí el término de "desclasados".
Alguna idea?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | the downwardly mobile / the déclassé |
Nikki Graham
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| 4 +3 | underclass [people] |
Oso (X)
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| 4 +1 | declassed |
P Forgas
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| 5 | "Down in the world" |
Labea
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| 4 | the displaced middle class |
Susana Galilea
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Change log
Jun 14, 2005 09:47: Nikki Graham changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Proposed translations
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the downwardly mobile / the déclassé
the latter is obviously a French word and is both a noun and an adjective, but not much used. According to the New Shorter Oxford, it means (a person who is) reduced or degraded in social class or status
The adjective is a borrowed French word, one in which we retain the two acute accent marks when we write it and also attempt something like the French sounds when we pronounce it: DAI-klah-SAI. It means “having lost social status, of inferior class or rank.” A related but in English an older word is the verb declass, meaning “to reduce in class status.” This one is fully anglicized, with no acute accents and with only two syllables: dee-KLAS. (1st ref)
so I think the former is more used, and easier for the majority to understand. (see 2nd ref and run through Google)
The adjective is a borrowed French word, one in which we retain the two acute accent marks when we write it and also attempt something like the French sounds when we pronounce it: DAI-klah-SAI. It means “having lost social status, of inferior class or rank.” A related but in English an older word is the verb declass, meaning “to reduce in class status.” This one is fully anglicized, with no acute accents and with only two syllables: dee-KLAS. (1st ref)
so I think the former is more used, and easier for the majority to understand. (see 2nd ref and run through Google)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Mil gracias!! A eso se refiere exactamente, no a la clase baja, a los pobres, etc. sino a los que eran de clase media pero su nivel de vida va disminuyendo, es decir, la clase media empobrecida. ;-) "
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6 mins
declassed
message, Re: [A-List] After thought- Rewrite
... Being kicked off the land or liberated is also called being declassed
because you are kicked out of an economic class. No one denies ...
archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/ a-list/2002w39/msg00003.htm
The Party's Tasks in the Countryside -
... Formerly, the proletariat was declassed, scattered, while the peasants were filled
with the desire to retain the land which had been taken from the landlords ...
www.marx2mao.org/Stalin/PTC24.html
... Being kicked off the land or liberated is also called being declassed
because you are kicked out of an economic class. No one denies ...
archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/ a-list/2002w39/msg00003.htm
The Party's Tasks in the Countryside -
... Formerly, the proletariat was declassed, scattered, while the peasants were filled
with the desire to retain the land which had been taken from the landlords ...
www.marx2mao.org/Stalin/PTC24.html
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10 mins
underclass [people]
Hola Vanina,
Una sugerencia.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
"What is an underclass?
The underclass are people who are poor in a rich country, but it's more than just poverty..."
Una sugerencia.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
"What is an underclass?
The underclass are people who are poor in a rich country, but it's more than just poverty..."
Peer comment(s):
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Refugio
: Excellent.
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¡Hola Ruth! You made my day!!!! ¶:^))))
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Gordana Podvezanec
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Muchas gracias, Gordana ¶:^)
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Rosa Garcia
: mrsrag1981
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Mil gracias, Rosa ¡Saludos! ¶:^)
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Related KudoZ points
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the displaced middle class
... In bad times, when the rift between poor and rich becomes more palpable, lower-class
and displaced middle-class males lose a group identity that gives thorn a ...
www.davidlynch.de/parable.html - 76k - Cached - Similar pages
and displaced middle-class males lose a group identity that gives thorn a ...
www.davidlynch.de/parable.html - 76k - Cached - Similar pages
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"Down in the world"
If you say that someone has come/gone down in the world, you mean that they have lost the money and higher social rank that they had in the past.
Example: Fancy her taking a job like that - she's certainly come down in the world!
Example: Fancy her taking a job like that - she's certainly come down in the world!
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