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Croatian translation: gadan


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English term or phrase:nasty
Croatian translation:gadan
Entered by: Buffalo_Bill
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14:43 Jun 22, 2011
English to Croatian translations [Non-PRO]
Government / Politics / blog
English term or phrase: nasty
Why is America becoming nastier?...asks Jack Cafferty. How can I put "nasty" into Croatian?...The whole story is to read at:
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/21/why-is-america-...
Buffalo_Bill
gadan
Explanation:
Naslov bih jednostavno prevela kao Amerika postaje sve gora i gora...

Elections are coming, things are gonna get nasty = biće gadno!

nasty ['naestij]; [a] a
1. gadan, gnusan
2. mrzovoljan, zlovoljan
3. neprijatan, gadan; a ~ intrigue gadna intriga; ~ weather gadno vreme (vrijeme); he said ~ things rekao je gadne stvari; a ~ tongue gadan jezik; a ~ situation gadan položaj
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Vesna Maširević
Serbia
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1gadan
Vesna Maširević
4 +1neugodnaK Benevito
4mrska
Martina Pokupec
3 +1neprijatna
John Farebrother


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
neprijatna


Explanation:
valjda to

John Farebrother
Austria
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vesna Maširević
1 hr
  -> hvala

agree  TheCaptainVlad
1 day6 hrs
  -> hvala

disagree  PeregrineFalcon: neprijatan spada u englesko-srpski ili englesko-bosanski par, nema na čemu kolega uvijek i rado:)
7 days
  -> hvala na savjetu
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mrska


Explanation:
...postaje sve mrskija..

According to your link, I suppose that people consider US to be less and less attractive; they might even hold some very negative feelings toward it...





Martina Pokupec
Croatia
Local time: 19:00
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in category: 4
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
gadan


Explanation:
Naslov bih jednostavno prevela kao Amerika postaje sve gora i gora...

Elections are coming, things are gonna get nasty = biće gadno!

nasty ['naestij]; [a] a
1. gadan, gnusan
2. mrzovoljan, zlovoljan
3. neprijatan, gadan; a ~ intrigue gadna intriga; ~ weather gadno vreme (vrijeme); he said ~ things rekao je gadne stvari; a ~ tongue gadan jezik; a ~ situation gadan položaj

Vesna Maširević
Serbia
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  PeregrineFalcon
7 days
  -> Hvala!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
neugodna


Explanation:
situacija u kojoj su ljudi nepristojni ili grubi jedni prema drugima obično na hrvatskom stvara neugodnu atmosferu ili okruženje pa tako i Amerika može postati neugodna svojim žiteljima

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-06-22 17:58:06 GMT)
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in your translation: Zašto Amerika postaje sve neugodnija?

K Benevito
Croatia
Local time: 19:00
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  PeregrineFalcon: ponekad "skoknem" i pročitam stare stvari, a ne stignem gledati ni nove u zadnje vrijeme:)
7 days
  -> hvala lijepa! pitanje je zatvoreno, ali drago mi je vidjeti da kolege čitaju i komentiraju :)
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