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English term or phrase:	backward
Spanish translation:	anormal
Entered by:	Laura Rodriguez

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22:35 Nov 9, 2009

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / juego de palabras

English term or phrase: backward

Hola,
En este texto la chica le intenta explicar al chico que él produce el efecto contrario a lo que sucede normalmente y le llama "backward". Él se enfada, claro, ya que backward también significa "retrasado". Me parece casi imposible buscar una palabra que pueda englobar ambos significados. ¿A alguien se le ocurre?
Gracias

"I know what it is," she said. "It was the sex earlier. You're backward. It bound me to you in the way it usually binds a male to a female-you got my power instead of me getting yours.

Laura Rodriguez KudoZ activity Questions: 2255 (7 open) (59 closed without grading) Answers: 437
Local time: 21:40

anormal

Explanation:
creo que encierra ambos sentidos como en inglés. Puede ser ofensivo, pero también salido de lo que es considerado 'normal'.

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Vicky Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 15:40

Grading comment

¡Gracias Vicky!
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Summary of answers provided

4 +3

al revés

Henry Hinds

4 +1

anormal

Vicky Rengifo

obsoleto

Leonardo Lamarche

contigo las cosas suceden al contrario

Claudia Luque Bedregal

te quedaste atrás...

Ines Garcia Botana

Estas en retroceso...

mpazolivares

al reves

Rodolfo Peña

Summary of reference entries provided

to be backward

Lydia De Jorge

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

al revés

Explanation:
Ya

Henry Hinds
Local time: 13:40
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 136

Notes to answerer

Asker: Gracias, Henry. Podría funcionar.

7 mins confidence:

Estas en retroceso...

Explanation:
Parece funcionar con el contexto...
Suerte!

mpazolivares
Local time: 14:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

Notes to answerer

Asker: Gracias, María

8 mins confidence:

al reves

Explanation:
Se me ocurre decir "al reves" dado que creo que no existe "al revesado"...lo que sería mejor

Rodolfo Peña
Local time: 21:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Gracias, Rodolfo

23 mins confidence:

te quedaste atrás...

Explanation:
eres remiso..
eres renuente a...

Yo lo diría así. ¡Suerte!

Ines Garcia Botana
Local time: 17:40
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 7

Notes to answerer

Asker: Gracias Inés

14 mins confidence:

obsoleto

Explanation:
En caso que no te guste atrasado.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-11-09 23:38:32 GMT)
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Pareciera que el texto que indica Laura infiere en la no modernidad (con referencia al sexo) del muchacho "the stale doughnut of my night". Si es así el término "obsoleto" suena adecuado para él. Pero Laura debe decidir.

Leonardo Lamarche
Venezuela
Local time: 16:10
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Notes to answerer

Asker: Gracias Lamarche

3 hrs confidence:

contigo las cosas suceden al contrario

Explanation:
otra opción

Claudia Luque Bedregal
Peru
Local time: 15:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

16 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

anormal

Explanation:
creo que encierra ambos sentidos como en inglés. Puede ser ofensivo, pero también salido de lo que es considerado 'normal'.

Vicky Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 15:40
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

¡Gracias Vicky!

Reference comments

13 mins

Reference: to be backward

Reference information:
http://www.wordmagicsoft.com/dictionary/en-es/be backward ab...

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 354

Note to reference poster

Asker: Gracias Lydia

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