Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
nordestino
English translation:
Northeasterner
Added to glossary by
Fabrizio Perotti Coello
Jul 3, 2005 21:30
18 yrs ago
Spanish term
Argentina
Bicultural and bilingual
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Italian to English, and 1 more.
nordestino
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Journalism
"Los nordestinos pobres son en su gran mayoría descendientes de indígenas que llegan a los grandes centros, Río o San Pablo..."
Al principio pensé que significaba "from the north", pero esto no cabe en el contexto. Alguien sabe a qué grupo o tipo se refiere?... gracias...
Al principio pensé que significaba "from the north", pero esto no cabe en el contexto. Alguien sabe a qué grupo o tipo se refiere?... gracias...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | Northeasterner |
Nizo
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| 4 +4 | northeastern Brazilians |
Henry Hinds
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| 5 | the north-eastern |
Philippe Maillard
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| 5 | the poors from the Northeast..... |
maryel
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| 4 | northeastern people |
Xenia Wong
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Proposed translations
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8 mins
Selected
Northeasterner
This is the term we'd use in the United States. I think it works well here, given the context.
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\"The Iltalian communities in Brazil are dead, 12 feet under. You are most likely to find a northeasterner community in Sao Paulo than a real italian one. Make no mistake, Sao Paulo is not like the northeastern U.S where you actually see non-english speaking italians setting business up n tryin to make a living. Brazil had real italians 100 years ago and that\'s it.\" (http://www.brazzilforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=1059/)
\"The Nordestino (northeasterner) natives have been forced to leave their own land, flooding the outskirts of São Paulo and other large cities.\" (http://www.brazzillog.com/pages/p23jul00.htm/)
\"\'The Northeasterner is, first of all, a strong man!\' (O nordestino e, antes de tudo, um forte): Euclydes da Cunha, in his famous book \"Os Sertoes\" (The Badlands).\" (http://www.brazilbrazil.com/quizansw.html/)
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\"The Iltalian communities in Brazil are dead, 12 feet under. You are most likely to find a northeasterner community in Sao Paulo than a real italian one. Make no mistake, Sao Paulo is not like the northeastern U.S where you actually see non-english speaking italians setting business up n tryin to make a living. Brazil had real italians 100 years ago and that\'s it.\" (http://www.brazzilforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=1059/)
\"The Nordestino (northeasterner) natives have been forced to leave their own land, flooding the outskirts of São Paulo and other large cities.\" (http://www.brazzillog.com/pages/p23jul00.htm/)
\"\'The Northeasterner is, first of all, a strong man!\' (O nordestino e, antes de tudo, um forte): Euclydes da Cunha, in his famous book \"Os Sertoes\" (The Badlands).\" (http://www.brazilbrazil.com/quizansw.html/)
Peer comment(s):
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Marcelo González
18 mins
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¡Gracias!
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| agree |
Emily Wilson
1 hr
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¡Gracias!
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maryel
: so it´d be "poor northeastenerS...?
3 hrs
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In the phrase, yes. Her key word for translation is "nordestino" in the singular. That's why I responded with singular.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gracias Nizo!!!..."
2 mins
Xenia Wong
Native in Spanish
&
English
Excellence-promptness-guarantee-20 yrs.
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
northeastern people
sug.
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Brazil - Brasil - BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Northeasterners ...
The Northeasterners are called: Nordestinos (literally \"Northeasterners\"). ...
Livraria José Olympio Editora; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. _____________. 1986. ...
www.brazzil.com/p105jun03.htm
Brazil - Brasil - BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Northeast and ...
... imprint in my soul and so did the people of the region: the Nordestinos.
The Northeastern people are the Nordestinos (literally: \"Northeasterners\"). ...
www.brazzil.com/2004/html/articles/feb04/p112feb04.htm
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Members and staff of the Brazilian section of Amnesty ...
Associations of nordestinos (people from the northeast of Brazil) ... Sr.
Ministro da Justiça do Brasil. Dr. José Gregori. Ministério da Justiça ...
www.ilga.info/Information/Legal_survey/americas/ supporting%20files/members_and_staff_of_the_brazili.htm
VirtualTourist.com - Brazil Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
Along the entire coast of Brasil, along the entire 5000 km coastline, ...
The nordestinos (people from the northeastern states) have a distinct history, ...
www.virtualtourist.com/travel/South_America/ Brazil/Things_To_Do-Brazil-BR-7.html
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Brazil - Brasil - BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Northeasterners ...
The Northeasterners are called: Nordestinos (literally \"Northeasterners\"). ...
Livraria José Olympio Editora; Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. _____________. 1986. ...
www.brazzil.com/p105jun03.htm
Brazil - Brasil - BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Northeast and ...
... imprint in my soul and so did the people of the region: the Nordestinos.
The Northeastern people are the Nordestinos (literally: \"Northeasterners\"). ...
www.brazzil.com/2004/html/articles/feb04/p112feb04.htm
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Members and staff of the Brazilian section of Amnesty ...
Associations of nordestinos (people from the northeast of Brazil) ... Sr.
Ministro da Justiça do Brasil. Dr. José Gregori. Ministério da Justiça ...
www.ilga.info/Information/Legal_survey/americas/ supporting%20files/members_and_staff_of_the_brazili.htm
VirtualTourist.com - Brazil Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
Along the entire coast of Brasil, along the entire 5000 km coastline, ...
The nordestinos (people from the northeastern states) have a distinct history, ...
www.virtualtourist.com/travel/South_America/ Brazil/Things_To_Do-Brazil-BR-7.html
Peer comment(s):
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maryel
: y POBRES, Xenia....? Xenia: el texto dice: "los Nordestinos pobres...."
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Hola maryel....no entiendo ??? xen / I am not sure what you mean, but that is her context.
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13 mins
Henry Hinds
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
United States
43 years of Border Experience and fast.
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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40
northeastern Brazilians
To me the word "nordestino" has a distinctly Brazilian connotation, so therefore I would like to add that in English. Or it could be said "poor Brazilians from the northeast". Of course the context is Brazil, so such repetitiveness may or may not be desirable.
Peer comment(s):
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Susan Andrew
1 min
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Gracias, Susan.
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| agree |
Marcelo González
13 mins
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Gracias, Marcelo.
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| agree |
milliecoquis
: agee
2 hrs
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Gracias, Millie.
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Miguel Falquez-Certain
2 hrs
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Gracias, Nigelguy.
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maryel
: y POBRES, Henry??? Oh, I´ve just seen the rest of your answer...
2 hrs
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Así es, pobres, así dice el texto, ¡y no lo dudo!
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Nizo
: Not sure whether to agree or disagree :) I agree with your comments...it already has a Brazilian connotation and context, so no need to be repetitive. I disagree with the proposed translation because of the word Brazilians & because it's in the plural.
3 hrs
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Of course if you leave off "Brazilans" then you have to say "Northeasterners" because they are plural, that's the only way to make a noun out of it. Saying "Brazilians" is just an option I offer, but it depends on the entire context that we don't have.
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2 mins
Philippe Maillard
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Brazil
Accuracy first
Native in: French (Variants: Belgian, Standard-France) , English (Variant: UK)
Works in: English to French, Portuguese to French
the north-eastern
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Puzzled with the hyphen, I have searched Google UK : there are 104.000 links when searching WITHOUT the hyphen, and 323.000 links when searching WITH the hyphen.
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Puzzled with the hyphen, I have searched Google UK : there are 104.000 links when searching WITHOUT the hyphen, and 323.000 links when searching WITH the hyphen.
3 hrs
the poors from the Northeast.....
dice "Los nordestinos POBRES....
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SORRY: the POOR, no \"s\"
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SORRY: the POOR, no \"s\"
Peer comment(s):
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Henry Hinds
: No más que en inglés no se pluralizan los adjetivos, por eso es tan fácil el idioma. Y siendo sustantivo en este caso, tampoco. No, Maryel, desgraciadamente no procede.
56 mins
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en el caso de "poors" es la generalización que permite agregar "s" al adjetivo y SUSTANTIVARLO. "Los pobres" = the poors. It is a case study.// SORRY: the poor...no "s"
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