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ten-dollar words

Spanish translation: palabras grandilocuentes

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English term or phrase:ten-dollar words
Spanish translation:palabras grandilocuentes
Entered by: David Meléndez Tormen

22:39 Mar 6, 2002
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: ten-dollar words
propaganda movies where you hear ten-dollar words like honor and justice
sandro garcia-arce (X)
Local time: 09:43
palabras grandilocuentes
Explanation:
ese parece ser el sentido de esas 'palabras mayores'
hope it serves...
Selected response from:

joseluisvi (X)
Spain
Local time: 15:43
Grading comment
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3palabras pomposas / altisonantes
Paul Roige (X)
4 +2palabras rebuscadas
Thomas Collins (X)
4 +2palabras grandilocuentes
joseluisvi (X)
4palabras mayores
Miquel
4palabras piadosas o palabras domingueras; perogrulladas
Cordelia
4 -1Frases baratas o palabras baratas
Armando Pattroni
2 +1palabras trilladas???
Terry Burgess
4 -2palabras valiosas, importantes
Bernardo Ortiz


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Frases baratas o palabras baratas


Explanation:
Mi opinión

Armando Pattroni
Peru
Local time: 08:43
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 327

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Maria-Jose Pastor: no creo
9 mins
disagree  Gabriela Minsky: Ésas son las five-cents words
2 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
palabras trilladas???


Explanation:
Se me ocurrió:-))
Suerte!!
terry

Terry Burgess
Mexico
Local time: 07:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 3315

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pilar T. Bayle (X): :-) sí sí sí, son palabras trilladas. Un beso, Terry.
3 mins
  -> Gracias Pilarica:-)))...también para vos:-))
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
palabras rebuscadas


Explanation:
ten-dollar words are words that only the very educated understand

Thomas Collins (X)
United States
Local time: 08:43
PRO pts in pair: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria-Jose Pastor: words used to cause an impression of superiority
2 mins
agree  LEALZ
6 mins
neutral  Bernardo Ortiz: !
40 mins
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
palabras mayores


Explanation:
Una sugerencia.

Miquel
Spain
Local time: 15:43
PRO pts in pair: 578
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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
palabras valiosas, importantes


Explanation:
diez dólares son un steak
como el honor y la justicia

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Note added at 2002-03-06 23:31:17 (GMT)
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how you say, castellanísimo, in english.
How you call people from nemqueteba? How you say azteca, in english?
From Birmingham uk, oxfordians? from Oxford? (molestando colegas)

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Note added at 2002-03-06 23:35:44 (GMT)
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quite-castellano

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Note added at 2002-03-06 23:37:38 (GMT)
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Castilla y Aragón

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Note added at 2002-03-06 23:39:15 (GMT)
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all night lone...

Bernardo Ortiz
Colombia
Local time: 08:43
PRO pts in pair: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Andrea Bullrich: what????????
1 hr
disagree  David Meléndez Tormen: What is all this nonsense????
1 hr
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
palabras grandilocuentes


Explanation:
ese parece ser el sentido de esas 'palabras mayores'
hope it serves...

joseluisvi (X)
Spain
Local time: 15:43
PRO pts in pair: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paul Roige (X)
1 hr
agree  ramiropm
4 hrs
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
palabras piadosas o palabras domingueras; perogrulladas


Explanation:


solo estoy adivinando; busqué en Velaszuez y encontré perogrullada o verdad de Perogrullo para la palabra "platitude" (un concepto similar).

Cordelia
PRO pts in pair: 6
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
palabras pomposas / altisonantes


Explanation:
Hola. These two and "grandilocuentes" (offered by Jose Luis above) are the ones I'd go for. Happy pickings :-)

Paul Roige (X)
Spain
Local time: 15:43
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
PRO pts in pair: 666

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrea Bullrich: ;-))
11 mins
agree  Gabriela Minsky
44 mins
agree  Mariela E
14 hrs
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