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mayhem

Spanish translation: mutilación criminal

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English term or phrase:mayhem
Spanish translation:mutilación criminal
Entered by: Elías Sauza

16:32 Dec 26, 2002
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: mayhem
He focused his attention on female perpetrators of mayhem
michelle
mutilación criminal
Explanation:
una opción
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Elías Sauza
Mexico
Local time: 07:30
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5mutilación criminal
Elías Sauza
5alboroto
Refugio
5violencia
trans4u (X)
4(actos de) violencia extrema
Susana Galilea
4Caos
Dolores Vázquez


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
mutilación criminal


Explanation:
una opción

Elías Sauza
Mexico
Local time: 07:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 2989
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Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Valentín Hernández Lima: Cabanellas menciona "violencia destructiva" o "lesión permanente", pero la alternativa de Elías es más precisa.
10 mins
  -> saludos Val, felicidades
agree  EDLING (X)
23 mins
  -> saludos colega
agree  Sonsoles Arroyo
32 mins
neutral  Susana Galilea: pero son actos que no siempre resultan en mutilación, no?
2 hrs
agree  Egmont
3 hrs
agree  LoreAC (X)
1 day 8 hrs
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
alboroto


Explanation:
If the usage is not legal, this is the more generalized sense (as in the female pirates of yesteryear).

Refugio
Local time: 06:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 2313
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it seems like chaos
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Comment: it seems like chaos

59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
violencia


Explanation:
mayhem-needless or willful damage or violence.

Hope this helps.

trans4u (X)
PRO pts in pair: 387
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(actos de) violencia extrema


Explanation:
xxx

Susana Galilea
United States
Local time: 08:30
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 2510
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Caos


Explanation:
Otra opción

Dolores Vázquez
Native speaker of: Native in GalicianGalician, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 2160
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