chanta
English translation: slacker / scoundrel / ne'er-do-well / lout
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| 5 +3 | scoundrel, ne'er-do-well, lout |
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| 5 +1 | a slacker / a bum / a slouch |
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| 5 | vagabond |
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| 5 | Hola |
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| 4 | the |
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| 4 | unreliable person, liar, fraudster, conman |
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| 3 | puck, hellion |
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Answers
8 mins confidence: 
vagabond Explanation: maybe also vague = vago? reminds me a little of Charlie Chaplin's damous movie :-) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-28 17:50:34 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ehm .. *famous* movie, of course ... |
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10 mins confidence: 
the Explanation: No doubt you\'ll get more colloquial suggestions from others, but this is the one that occurs to me. Between inverted commas. Lay-about, or lout, perhaps. |
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27 mins confidence:
unreliable person, liar, fraudster, conman Explanation: Just a few more suggstions. HTH Sheila chanta2 mf (RPl arg) a (informal) unreliable person; tirarse a chanta (RPl arg) to do sweet f.a. (colloq) b (mentiroso) liar; (estafador) fraudster, conman Oxford Superlex |
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42 mins confidence:
Hola Explanation: Otras opciones que ya debatimos. Au http://www.proz.com/?sp=bb/viewtopic&topic=4012&forum=24&16 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-28 19:00:56 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Vanina: éste es el enlace que corresponde: http://www.proz.com/?sp=h&id=75729&keyword=chanta Au Traductora P�blica de Ingl�s. Universidad de Buenos Aires |
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45 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3scoundrel, ne'er-do-well, lout Explanation: Hay muchas formas de decirlo, pero ninguna que englobe a la perfección todos los conceptos del original. Éstas son las que se me ocurren ahora. Martín -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-10-28 19:57:15 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- good-for-nothing... Ah, por cierto, en España sería el típico \"pasota\". |
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