soft-looking

Spanish translation: engañosamente frágil

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English term or phrase:deceptively soft-looking
Spanish translation:engañosamente frágil
Entered by: Marsha Wilkie

14:45 Sep 13, 2007
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: soft-looking
He was a heavy-set, round-faced, deceptively soft-looking young man.
Patricia Colombera
Local time: 03:31
(engañosamente) frágil
Explanation:
Realmente mi contribución sería 'engañosamente' en vez de 'aparentemente'.
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Marsha Wilkie
Colombia
Local time: 01:31
Grading comment
Gracias. Me parece la mejor opción.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5aparentemente débil/frágil
Paola Caretta
4 +3no tan frágil como parecía
Ana Paula Rodríguez, CT
5 +1de aspecto blando
Darío Giménez
4 +1(engañosamente) frágil
Marsha Wilkie
4(de aspecto) blandengue / blanducho / fláccido
Rafael Molina Pulgar
4de aspecto flojo
Adriana Penco
4con un aire engañosamente tierno
Bubo Coroman (X)


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
de aspecto blando


Explanation:
...el pobre. ;-)

Darío Giménez
Spain
Local time: 07:31
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
PRO pts in category: 220

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tradjur
29 mins
  -> Gracias.
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
aparentemente débil/frágil


Explanation:
una opción

Paola Caretta
France
Local time: 07:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sandra Cifuentes Dowling: Estoy de acuerdo, aunque ésa es la traducción completa para "deceptively soft-looking". Saludos.
5 mins

agree  Marina Nogales: agreee!
9 mins

neutral  Darío Giménez: deceptively = aparentemente ? // How about: decepcionantemente :-)
18 mins
  -> si, aparentemente. Es que no existe una traducción literal que quede bien en español (engañosamente; parece... pero no lo es; ect...). De aspecto blando está bien también, pero lo usaría más para una cosa que una persona

agree  Gabriela Rodriguez: :)
1 hr

agree  David Girón Béjar
2 hrs

agree  Veronica Colasanto
2 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(de aspecto) blandengue / blanducho / fláccido


Explanation:
Suerte.

Rafael Molina Pulgar
Mexico
Local time: 00:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 355
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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
de aspecto flojo


Explanation:
O de aspecto medio flojo.

Adriana Penco
Local time: 03:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 56
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(engañosamente) frágil


Explanation:
Realmente mi contribución sería 'engañosamente' en vez de 'aparentemente'.

Marsha Wilkie
Colombia
Local time: 01:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Gracias. Me parece la mejor opción.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gabriela Rodriguez: :), que pases un hermoso fin de semana Marsha!!!!
39 mins
  -> Te agradezco, Gaby.
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
no tan frágil como parecía


Explanation:
Otra opción, más que nada para evitar el adverbio terminado en "-mente".

(De ningún modo digo que esté mal usarlos, sería una ridiculez, pero a veces me suenan medio forzados. Es una opinión muy personal.)

Saludos a todos,
Ana

Ana Paula Rodríguez, CT
Argentina
Local time: 03:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gabriela Rodriguez: :)
26 mins

agree  Ximena P. Aguilar
2 hrs

agree  Nora Bellettieri
11 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
con un aire engañosamente tierno


Explanation:
es decir que al mirarle al chico, se veía con un aire tierno pero en su interior tenía un carácter sólido y firme.

Bubo Coroman (X)
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 428
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