daring

English translation: trusting

14:34 Oct 14, 2012

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English term or phrase: daring

Can you say a child is daring if she goes away w a friendly stranger she has just met ? She is adventurous but doesn´t measure the risk, she doesn´t even think, she goes into this person´s house for a glass of water. Eventually everything turns out well because she comes back home safe but it´s still risky.

Patsy Florit KudoZ activity Questions: 214 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 01:20

Selected answer:trusting

Explanation:
After all the discussions, I still like 'trusting.' Lots of bad things happen to trusting people, but the child obviously isn't aware of it.

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Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 00:20

Grading comment

This answer is the most suitable one and I agree with your explanation. Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

4 +8

reckless

Charles Davis

4 +6

unwary, rash

airmailrpl

4 +1

imprudent

Tony M

trusting

Trudy Peters

3 -1

flippant / lightheaded / careless

Thayenga

Discussion entries: 9

Yvonne Gallagher

Ireland

13:13 Oct 15, 2012

agree with Charles' and Sheila's comments here

Charles Davis

Spain

Naive or reckless/rash

22:42 Oct 14, 2012

Either might be applicable. It depends how you look at it. She's naive. What she's doing is reckless. You were wondering whether to call her "daring", and most of us seem to feel that's not the right word to use, and that "reckless" or "rash" are the appropriate ways of expressing that idea. If you prefer to see her as naive or trusting, that's fair enough. It's up to you. But the terms of the question have now shifted.

Sheila Wilson

Spain

Dejà vu

22:06 Oct 14, 2012

Anyone else feeling that? Didn't we go through all this not long ago? Asker, can I ask where you're going with this? Are you proofreading, or trying to understand your source English text, or what?

Patsy Florit

ASKER

21:27 Oct 14, 2012

I think that taking into account that she´s 8 and doesn´t do it on purpose, she just doesn´t realize it can be dangerous, I could say she´s trusting more than any other other possibility, right?

Tina Vonhof (X)

Canada

Naive

20:27 Oct 14, 2012

I agree that 'naive' or 'trusting' is the most appropriate here, or maybe 'impulsive' (i.e. without thinking). An 8-year old child doesn't do this kind of thing deliberately and doesn't realize the danger.

Charles Davis

Spain

18:38 Oct 14, 2012

I think you might call her "naive" (childishly unaware that people are not always as nice as they seem), but that would imply a rather different perspective from the one suggested in the question, which refers to failure to appreciate risk. I think reckless (or rash) are the best words to describe the quality you have called "daring". "Naive" (or "trusting") would miss the sense of danger involved.

Trudy Peters

United States

18:32 Oct 14, 2012

Trusting maybe?

Sheila Wilson

Spain

Reckless, yes. Innocent, no.

18:15 Oct 14, 2012

If she's always doing these things, then presumably she's been told time and time again that it's reckless behavious, not to be repeated. How can she be innocent after that?

Patsy Florit

ASKER

18:08 Oct 14, 2012

I need an adjective to describe this 8 year-old girl´s personality, this is an aspect of her personality. Can I say she´s reckless because she´s always doing these things? What about innocent??

Answers

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

imprudent

Explanation:
No, I don't really think you can use 'daring' in this situation; it has too much of an implication of measuring the risk, of knowing what the risk is but doing it anyway... "The daring feat of jumping off a high cliff"

One might use 'impetuous' for someone who rushes in without stopping to think about the risk; I'm not sure, though, if that's quite right here...

Although 'imprudent' implies a qualitative judgement that may be getting a little further away from your original intention, I believe it may be one of the best options here.

Tony M
France
Local time: 06:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 309

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

flippant / lightheaded / careless

Explanation:
is what I would use here.
Although she does "dare" to walk with a stranger, which might be a form a bravery, it's rather careless for her to do this, especially since her parents have probably told her time and again not to go with strangers.

Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 06:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 8

43 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

reckless

Explanation:
This would be my first choice. It's quite close to "daring" in meaning but is more negative; whereas "daring" implies courage, "reckless" implies foolishness. "Foolhardy" could be used, in fact, but it would be further from your intended meaning. Tony's "imprudent" is suitable, but milder (it means "unwise"); if, as I suspect, the intention is to imply that the consequences could have been really serious, I would go for "reckless".

"reckless
heedless of danger or the consequences of one’s actions; rash or impetuous"
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/reckless?q=...

"reckless
having or showing no regard for danger or consequences; heedless; rash"
http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/reckless

I agree with Tony that "daring" implies some element of assessing the consequences; "reckless" implies no such element: an ultimately culpable lack of foresight.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 06:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 572

45 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

unwary, rash

Explanation:
Shouldn't use 'daring' in this situation - maybe unwary, rash

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 01:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 88

7 hrs confidence:

trusting

Explanation:
After all the discussions, I still like 'trusting.' Lots of bad things happen to trusting people, but the child obviously isn't aware of it.

Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 00:20
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German,

English
PRO pts in category: 10

Grading comment

This answer is the most suitable one and I agree with your explanation. Thanks.

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