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bad Muzak

Spanish translation: pésima música ambiental


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English term or phrase:bad Muzak
Spanish translation:pésima música ambiental
Entered by: Robert Mota
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02:54 Aug 5, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: bad Muzak
I had somehow managed to walk through the wardrobe and into a dentist's office. People sat around reading magazines and asking me to calm down, to be quiet, to take a seat. They said it very nicely, of course, like you would in a dentist's office. The place was clean, with polite smiles everywhere, sterile smells, and "bad Muzak". What are you supposed to do in a waiting room except try to kill the time? I did a lot of that. I killed time in college groups. In church. In Bible college. I even killed time as a pastor.

i don't have a clue what Bad Muzak is... any help would be appreciated, thanks beforehand.
Robert Mota
Local time: 00:37
pésima música ambiental
Explanation:
Eso es.
Selected response from:

Elizabeth Medina
Local time: 00:37
Grading comment
Mil gracias a todos por sus aportes, bendición:)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7pésima música ambiental
Elizabeth Medina
5Muzak, mala musica
Enrique Huber
4 +1hilo musical /música ambiental cutre
Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
4horrible música de ascensor
alcarama
3 +1música funcional malaxxxeloso
2"muzak", de la mala,
Steven Huddleston


Discussion entries: 2





  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
bad muzak
pésima música ambiental


Explanation:
Eso es.

Elizabeth Medina
Local time: 00:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Mil gracias a todos por sus aportes, bendición:)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  alcarama
17 mins
  -> Thanks Alcarama!
agree  JoseAlejandro: Exactly. Hi, Lizzy! I hope you are well.
3 hrs
  -> Un millón, JoseAlejandro, y estoy bien, saludos!!
agree  Oh My Word!
4 hrs
  -> Gracias Daniela!
agree  Egmont
4 hrs
  -> Gracias Alberto!
agree  Noni Gilbert: Sí. Como dice eloso en inglés tiene varios nombres (también "elevator music").
5 hrs
  -> Correcto! Gracias colega ;)
agree  Ángel Domínguez: Jejej en efecto, la típica bossanova en plan flojerillo que se suele escuchar en los ascensores. Eso sí, en las películas, porque en la vida real aún no me he subido a un ascensor que tuviera música ambiental.
5 hrs
  -> Por eso mismo, pensé que había que proponer algo + genérico. ;)
agree  Steven Huddleston: Exactly! ...Angel: Considérate afortunado ;-)
10 hrs
  -> Gracias Steven -- la pura verdad :)
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bad muzak
música funcional mala


Explanation:
Muzak=piped/canned music

xxxeloso
Argentina
Local time: 01:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  irene varela: Muzak se refiere a la musica funcional. Yo pondria mala musica funcional.
47 mins
  -> ¡Mil gracias, Irene!!
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bad muzak
horrible música de ascensor


Explanation:
otra opción, aunque creo que Elizabeth lo clava

alcarama
Spain
Local time: 06:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 19
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bad muzak
hilo musical /música ambiental cutre


Explanation:
Opción más coloquial.

Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
Spain
Local time: 06:37
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 329

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JoseAlejandro: This is cool, too.
5 hrs
  -> Gracias, JoseAlejandro:)
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
bad muzak
"muzak", de la mala,


Explanation:
...otra posibilidad?

Steven Huddleston
United States
Local time: 00:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 23
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bad muzak
Muzak, mala musica


Explanation:
Muzak, es o fué una marca comercial de musica programada, sin anuncios comerciales, que se rentaba el sistema para todo tipo de negocios. Tambien se escogía el tipo de musica.

Enrique Huber
Mexico
Local time: 23:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 7
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