Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
political hack
Spanish translation:
politicucho
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Sep 26, 2005 18:43
18 yrs ago
English term
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
political hack
English to Spanish
Social Sciences
Journalism
Yesterday x published an interview about the environmetal aftermath of Katrina with Hugh Kaufman, a senior policy analist in the agency's Office of Solid Waste... "the budget has been cut," he said,"and inept political hacks have been put in key positions."
Unas opciones que encontré en Proz son politiqueros, políticos de pacotilla...pero no estoy segura de que en Argentina se usen esos términos. ¡Gracias!
Unas opciones que encontré en Proz son politiqueros, políticos de pacotilla...pero no estoy segura de que en Argentina se usen esos términos. ¡Gracias!
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | politicuchos |
Marcela Russo (X)
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| 5 +1 | político(s) mediocre(s) |
Daniel Coria
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| 4 | politiqueros, políticos de poca monta |
Gabriela Rodriguez
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| 3 | políticos mediocres |
Lorena Roqué
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Change log
May 30, 2007 19:57: PRtraducciones PRtraducciones changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/46087">Marcela Russo (X)'s</a> old entry - "political hack"" to ""politicucho""
Proposed translations
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5 mins
Selected
politicuchos
hack I vt 1. Brit (football) dar una patada a 2. (chop violently) cortar a tajos; to ~ to death matar a cuchilladas; to ~ sth to pieces hacer algo trizas 3. Am, Aus inf (cope with) aguantar II vi hacer tajos; to ~ at sth cortar algo a tajos III 1. (journalist) periodista mf de pacotilla 2. (politician) politicucho, -a m, f 3. (writer) escritorzuelo, -a m, f
Creo que politicucho podría ir para Argentina.
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La definición es del Cambridge Dictionary
Creo que politicucho podría ir para Argentina.
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-09-26 18:49:43 GMT)
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La definición es del Cambridge Dictionary
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
7 mins
Daniel Coria
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
Premium English Spanish Translations
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, US)
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Related KudoZ points
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8
político(s) mediocre(s)
Hope it helps!
Peer comment(s):
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Lorena Roqué
: hola daniel sorry, contestamos al mismo tiempo y pusimos lo mismo así que obviamente I agree with you. Saludos. Lorena :)
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Así parece. Saludos, Lorena, y gracias!
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Lorena Roqué
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
Traducción por profesionales.
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
políticos mediocres
Sólo una sugerencia
espero te sirva
Lorena :)
Hack
machine politician: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
informal:mediocre and disdained
espero te sirva
Lorena :)
Hack
machine politician: a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends
informal:mediocre and disdained
5 mins
Gabriela Rodriguez
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
Highly qualified translator and editor!!
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish, English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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4
politiqueros, políticos de poca monta
Suerte!!!!!!!!!
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Políticos de poca monta o si se tratara de los periodistas que escriben sobre política, podría ser periodistas políticos de poca monta, sin credibilidad, pero creo que politiqueros lo resume todo.
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Note added at 10 mins (2005-09-26 18:53:33 GMT)
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*Así se los llama la mayor parte de las veces en argentina*
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Note added at 12 mins (2005-09-26 18:55:51 GMT)
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Políticos de segunda.
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Note added at 13 mins (2005-09-26 18:56:41 GMT)
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Hay varias formas despectivas de llamarlos.
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Note added at 9 mins (2005-09-26 18:52:58 GMT)
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Políticos de poca monta o si se tratara de los periodistas que escriben sobre política, podría ser periodistas políticos de poca monta, sin credibilidad, pero creo que politiqueros lo resume todo.
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Note added at 10 mins (2005-09-26 18:53:33 GMT)
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*Así se los llama la mayor parte de las veces en argentina*
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Note added at 12 mins (2005-09-26 18:55:51 GMT)
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Políticos de segunda.
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Note added at 13 mins (2005-09-26 18:56:41 GMT)
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Hay varias formas despectivas de llamarlos.
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