pettifogger

Spanish translation: tinterillo

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English term or phrase:	pettifogger
Spanish translation:	tinterillo
Entered by:	Edwal Rospigliosi

20:04 Jul 8, 2003

English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents

English term or phrase: pettifogger

It's a kind of cheap, ambulance-chaser lawyer

veropio KudoZ activity Questions: 5 (none open) Answers: 0
Local time: 04:33

tinterillo

Explanation:
Es así como llamamos en Perú al abogado que describes.

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Edwal Rospigliosi
Spain
Local time: 11:33

Grading comment

thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

picapleitos

m. esparcia

5 +1

cagatintas

Henry Hinds

tinterillo

Edwal Rospigliosi

4 +1

(abogado) picapleitos

Mariano Grynszpan

rábula

Oso (X)

leguleyo

Alfredo Gonzalez

Answers

4 mins confidence:

leguleyo

Explanation:
saludos

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Note added at 2003-07-08 20:10:27 (GMT)
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Leguleyo
\"El que trata de leyes no conociéndolas sino vulgar y escasamente\". Es la definición de leguleyo de la Real Academia de la Lengua Española.

Alfredo Gonzalez
Local time: 03:33
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 2161

5 mins confidence:

tinterillo

Explanation:
Es así como llamamos en Perú al abogado que describes.

Edwal Rospigliosi
Spain
Local time: 11:33
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 98

Grading comment

thank you!

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

picapleitos

Explanation:
Así lo llamamos en España

m. esparcia
Spain
Local time: 11:33
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 4

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(abogado) picapleitos

Explanation:
Es otra posibilidad.

Reference: http://www.rae.es

Mariano Grynszpan
Local time: 06:33
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 356

48 mins confidence:

rábula

Explanation:
Hola veropio,
Otra opción más.

rábula.
(Del lat. rabu<breve>la).
1. m. Abogado indocto, charlatán y vocinglero.
Real Academia Española © Todos los derechos reservados

Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 2003-07-08 20:55:00 (GMT)
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pettifogger s. rábula, tinterillo, abogado picapleitos
Simon & Schuster\'s Bilingual Dictionary©

Oso (X)
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 9863

59 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

cagatintas

Explanation:
Abundan en todos lados.

Exp.

Henry Hinds
United States
Local time: 03:33
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 16449

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