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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

coqueta

English translation:

girlie-girl

Added to glossary by Patsy Florit
Nov 2, 2011 22:35
12 yrs ago
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Spanish term

coqueta

Spanish to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
She´s interested in her look, she likes to look cute. She loves to look at herself in the mirror and to try on clothes, to put bows etc. in her hair, too. It hasn´t got a negative connotation and it´s not related to flirting. It refers to a little girl.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +10 girlie-girlie
4 +1 prissy
4 +1 flirtatious
3 +1 image conscious
4 little missy
4 She's a little doll
4 (little girl who) loves dress-up/ OR: princess
3 dainty
3 she loves to feel pretty
3 charming little miss

Discussion

James A. Walsh Nov 6, 2011:
Little Missy Make Over (game) I just posted the link to this free online game to my 11-year-old niece via Facebook, and she thought it was the coolest thing since sliced bread!
http://www.wow1.com/Little-Missy-Make-Over.html

Her actual words were: "OMG im SO gonna use this for my bebo profile !!! tnx uncle buck xxx " (LOL)
Pablo Julián Davis Nov 6, 2011:
Girlie-girl(ie) 'Girlie-girl' might possibly be what LisaMac is after... 'Girlie-girlie' didn't ring a bell to me, and other than some songs, has very few Google hits. 'Girlie-girl' has thousands.
This is a very difficult term to translate, as the discussion shows. Not sure 'girlie-girl' nails it either... Anyway, if LisaMac accepts this as a friendly amendment, her suggestion might be the best one we have on offer so far!
(Oops... realized after posting this that others had already suggested tweaking to 'girlie-girl'... Saludos!)
Patsy Florit (asker) Nov 6, 2011:
Thanks to all for being so clear.
James A. Walsh Nov 6, 2011:
@Patsy I'll second Lisa's view, for the UK/Ireland at least.
Lisa McCarthy Nov 6, 2011:
@ Patsy I personally would avoid 'flirtatious' for a 10-year-old girl. Although they may act like this, I think it has slighty dodgy conotations when speaking about kiddies. 'Flirtatious' generally does imply some kind of sexual aspect, whether acted upon or not.
Steven Huddleston Nov 6, 2011:
I would... I am not aware that the word in itself has any inherent sexual connotation. In my particular neck of the woods it is often used to describe innocent little girls who demonstrate a special talent for “catching daddy’s eyes” or other similar situations. Of course, that might just be my neck of the woods, other jungles might, and often do, have different rules.
Patsy Florit (asker) Nov 6, 2011:
I´d like to know if I could use the word "flirtatious" to describe a 10 year-old girl. The audience : 11 year-old kids. The word I´m looking for has no sexual connotation.
Patsy Florit (asker) Nov 3, 2011:
What I´m looking for is more related to innocence and has no other connotation. What would the British word be?
Jenni Lukac (X) Nov 3, 2011:
This seems to be very culturally determined. In this context, "prissy" or "being a little Miss Prissy" would be perfect for a U.S. reader (the "little Miss" ruling out other connotations) and "girlie-girlie" sounds like a wardrobe and makeup fit for a striptease show to an American ear. From the votes for Lisa's answer, it's quite the opposite in the U.K. and Ireland. I'd therefore say that the intended audience is a big factor here.
Patsy Florit (asker) Nov 3, 2011:
There`s no context, I need an adjective to describe a 10 year-old girl who likes to try on clothes, to look pretty and spends a lot of time in front of a mirror.
Pablo Julián Davis Nov 3, 2011:
The eternal request... for context (i.e. the text) The description from patsyarmando is helpful, at the same time it is not a substitute for giving us the source text in which the word appears.

Proposed translations

+10
49 mins
Selected

girlie-girlie

I don´t know where the targetr audience for this text is based, but I think this would work for a UK market quite well.

"She's very girlie-girlie"


Children's Party Entertainer - Jilly Jellybean
www.childrenspartyshows.co.uk/.../childrens_party_entertain... - Similar
We then all get together and have competitions, beauty games and balloon teddy bears with love hearts. It's all **very girlie girlie** and ideal for sleep-overs or girlie ...

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Seems to be used without the hyphen in between:


Party Planning: Joint 30th and 1st Fancy dress, birthday bbq, father ...
en.allexperts.com/q/Party-Planning.../12/.../Joint-30th-1st-Fancy.htmCached
9 Jun 2011 – Are you planning a child's birthday party at home? ... Not sure what to do with the two little boy cousins invited to a **very girlie-girlie** tea party? ...
Wedgwood 'Alpine Pink' Cup & Saucer Set Vintage Kids - Handmade ...
www.vintagekids.co.nz/wedgwood-alpine-pink-cup-saucer-setCa...
Alpine Pink...**very girlie girlie**.. At Vintage Kids we stock a wonderful assorted range of antique, vintage and collectable items.

#
Bring some magic into your child's life! - Ciao
www.ciao.co.uk › ... › ReviewsCached
Review by Ryanellaxx - 16 Nov 2010
16 Nov 2010 – Bring some magic into your child's life! ... This is a very **girlie girlie** game so if you have a tomboy, this may not suit them! ...
girlie_girlie on Etsy, a global handmade and vintage marketplace.
www.etsy.com/search_results.php?search... - United StatesCached


Infant onesie/blanket 12 months and **very girlie girlie** · Infant onesie/blanket 12 m... Whimzeecalsb... $14.00 USD. favorite · Cotton fabric Kids Stuff .

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Another option is:

"she's a girly girl" :


www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Holley-Mangold-Meet-girly-323lbs-fe... Jul 2011
**'I'm a girly-girl** who just happens to be in a manly sport': Meet Holley, the 323lbs female weightlifter going for Olympic ...


I'm A Girly Girl, But I Love Adrenaline Rush Of Combat - The Armed ...
www.hmforces.co.uk/.../7955-im-a-girly-girl-but-i-love-adre...
6 Jun 2011 – She is the avenging angel, a self-confessed **'girly girl'** in Top Gun clothing. Fresh from flying a jet fighter above the warzones of Afghanistan and ...

Assumed Name: ...Suri seems to be as much of a girly-girl as
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/.../katie-holmes-suri-cruise-
9 Sep 2011 – Suri seems to be as much of a **girly-girl** as Shiloh (sp?) is a tom-boy--and both mothers accept their daughters "as is", which is cool. ...
Peer comment(s):
agree claudia16 (X)
11 mins
Thanks, Claudia :)
agree Gonzalo Palacios
1 hr
Thanks!
agree AllegroTrans
2 hrs
Thanks, Allegro :)
agree Lindsay Spratt : I agree with 'girlie' but I've never heard 'girlie-girlie'!
2 hrs
Thanks, Lindsay - I think 'girlie-girlie' is used for emphasis. I've heard it used on more than one occasion, not applied to myself though :)
agree Simon Bruni : with Lindsay
8 hrs
Thanks, Simon, see note to Lindsay :)
agree Silvina P.
12 hrs
Thanks, Silvina :)
agree Shana Yael Shubs : I would use 'girly' (Canadian/US context).
14 hrs
Thanks, Shana :)
agree Catherine Gilsenan : 'girlie' or 'girlie-girl' (rather than 'girlie-girlie' I would think, for UK
14 hrs
Thanks, Catherine :)
agree Laura Harrison : with Catherine
16 hrs
Thanks :)
agree Terri L. Myers : Girly-girl
19 hrs
Thanks, Terri :)
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+1
7 mins

prissy

sugg
Peer comment(s):
neutral Lisa McCarthy : What immediately came to my mind, but could it sound a bit negative I wonder?
38 mins
It would depend on context - which we lack.
agree Jenni Lukac (X) : In the U.S. "Little Miss Prissy" is often used, perhaps inspired by a popular doll of the same name.
12 hrs
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+1
3 mins

image conscious

maybe

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or just "coquette"

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Note added at 6 mins (2011-11-02 22:41:50 GMT)
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oops forget "coquette"

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Note added at 7 mins (2011-11-02 22:43:19 GMT)
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fond of looking good

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Note added at 8 mins (2011-11-02 22:43:46 GMT)
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or maybe "nice" for a liitle girl

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Note added at 14 mins (2011-11-02 22:50:24 GMT)
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or: into how she looks (bit catchier)

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Note added at 15 mins (2011-11-02 22:51:21 GMT)
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and a posiitive slant
Peer comment(s):
agree teresa quimper
3 hrs
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2 hrs

dainty

Like in 'She's a dainty little girl and likes to look her best'.

It's not really the same as 'coqueta'. but I don't think it can be misinterpreted when applied to a little girl.
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+1
3 hrs

flirtatious

Just so...
Peer comment(s):
agree Marina56 : ok
10 hrs
Thank you, Marina!
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9 hrs

she loves to feel pretty

if you can have a phrase instead of an adjective, because it refers specifically to how she likes to feel, and I don't think there's an adjective that will do it
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11 hrs
Spanish term (edited): coqueta

little missy

This is what I call some of my nieces who behave as you describe. Check out the first link for a game called "Little Missy Make Over" which is designed with exactly this sort of "little missy" in mind.

Millions of more hits to browse via the second link.
Reference:

http://tinyurl.com/5t83sbb

http://tinyurl.com/67sktdo

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12 hrs

She's a little doll

Dolls are by their nature, innocent. This image would embrace the primping and posing she does without going over the top. In answer the the asker's innocence requirement.
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18 hrs

charming little miss

I feel that 'little miss' expresses the fondness of looking in the morror etc but not that fact that she in nice with it, which I think is what 'coqueta' means, so you need to add somthing
Example sentence:

She's such a charming little miss that everyone adores her.

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4 days

(little girl who) loves dress-up/ OR: princess

This turned out to be a hard one to translate! Several times since this one was posted, I've found my mind returning to it... I couldn't put my finger on it, but I felt there was a phrase out there that hadn't been proposed yet, and might do the trick. Since Patsy said she wasn't translating a particular text, I gather she is just wondering how best to translate this word - and that it might be with, not a single word, but a phrase.

So here goes: For the little girl, and seeking only positive connotations, I propose to make use of the compound word 'dress-up'. Though it could be thought of as not including makeup and related things, it seems to me that in its broad meaning it would be generally inferred that it does. An alternative I think is also not too shabby would be 'princess'.

'Flirtatious' seems to me off the mark: could go along with the whole dress-up/makeup thing, and often does, but not necessarily, and in any case it's a different concept. Seems to me, at bottom this is really about childlike feminine make-believe.

'Vain' also might go along with dress-up/makeup but again not necessarily. And it's certainly somewhat negative.

"She loves dress-up" gets over a half-million hits on Google.

"She loves dress up, make-up, brushing hair, pretty things, clip on earrings (like my grandmother wore), necklaces, pretty shoes, barbies, and..." (http://brookeandpeter.blogspot.com/2011/11/dress-up-and-tea-...
......... "She loves dress up. She loves anything princess. Why not just buy her some costumes, let her go to town and call it a day? The answer was ..." (www.mamaheada.com/2011/05/princess-b.html) .......... "Kiana is three years old. She continues to grow up as the princess of the family. She loves dress-up, make-up, The Little Mermaid, her baby doll, and her kitchen..." (www.thelockes.com/) ......... "She also informed me that their child is a true princess in every sense of the word. She loves dress up, ballet, and is a super happy child. So, given these ..." (www.beccabondphotography.com/blog/?cat=81)

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