Apr 28, 2011 09:35
13 yrs ago
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Spanish term

mal hablado

Non-PRO Spanish to English Art/Literary Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
¿Cómo traduciriáis al inglés "mal hablado"?
frase de contexto: ¿los británicos son mal hablados?
Change log

Apr 28, 2011 09:40: Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"

Apr 28, 2011 11:20: Luximar Arenas Petty changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Graham Allen-Rawlings, Evans (X), Luximar Arenas Petty

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Discussion

Muriel Vasconcellos Apr 28, 2011:
What is the exact meaning in Spanish? I thought it could refer to substandard speech--grammar so bad that it's embarrassing.
Ruth Wöhlk Apr 28, 2011:
have a bad pronunciation
might be

Proposed translations

+8
4 mins
Selected

foul-mouthed

That's how I'd say it.
Peer comment(s):

agree Simon Bruni : I'd say we are more foul-mouthed than Americans but no more foul-mouthed than other Europeans
7 mins
agree James A. Walsh
9 mins
agree Jaime Hyland : And they're definitely no more foul-mouthed than Spaniards, in my experience!
11 mins
Great. Half-Spanish, half-English... How foul-mouthed can I get? :p
agree Marian Vieyra
59 mins
agree Ruth Wöhlk : with Jaime! And I'm german-spanish-english, so......
1 hr
agree Steven Huddleston : Poifect!
1 hr
agree Lydia De Jorge
4 hrs
agree eski
8 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "¡Muchas gracias!"
+4
5 mins

foul-mouthed

Creo que para hacer este tipo de preguntas hay diccionarios...

If someone is foul-mouthed, they swear a lot and use offensive language.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/foul-mout...

http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltObtenerHtml?LEMA=malhablado&...
Peer comment(s):

agree James A. Walsh
9 mins
agree Jaime Hyland : ¡Tienes razón!
12 mins
agree Marian Vieyra
58 mins
agree Steven Huddleston : Yep!
1 hr
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14 hrs

uncivil

my sugg
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