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08:45 Aug 18, 2011
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Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / novela
Spanish term or phrase: medio compadres
"...A ese mismo bebedero cladestino,...,iba también un grupo de conocidos de Malloy y medio compadres de dueño..."
My own suggestion is " almost or something like 'compadres" probably because the writer is not very sure about the relation between the "dueño" and the "conocidos". Any other alternative ?
ekat
Local time: 08:21


Summary of answers provided
3 +3fairly close buddiespatinba
4 +1associates
Edward Tully
3 +1semi-friends
Lisa McCarthy
3business acquaintances
Laurie Price


  

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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
semi-friends


Explanation:
Compadre also means 'friend'

The joy of anti-social media | Books | guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.uk/books/.../feb/.../social-media-literatur... - Cached
23 Feb 2009 – Below it is an invite from a **semi-friend** to join them on LibraryThing. My Google Reader is stuffed with feeds from litblogs, and I've just ...

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Note added at 31 mins (2011-08-18 09:17:26 GMT)
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If it's for the UK, you could say "SEMI-MATES":

Mortgage lending falls 2% in a year - Estate Agent Today
www.estateagenttoday.co.uk/.../Mortgage-lending-falls-2-in-... - Cached
15 Jun 2011 – I am renting a couple of room in a house with a **semi-mate** (we used to work together). It is a large detached house and he is hardly ever ...

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 07:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 92

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simon Bruni
3 hrs
  -> Cheers, Simon :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
associates


Explanation:
This is suitably vague and has slightly seedy, criminal connotations so may fit...

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Note added at 1 hr (2011-08-18 10:16:13 GMT)
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www.jfkassassinationforum.com/index.php?topic=3773.0;... - En cachéDuring his public war on organized crime, documented in his book The Enemy .... Garrison's announcement came the day after John Roselli, a mafia figure with ..... numerous acquaintances and associates of Ferrie reveal that he grew to be ...
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cityofangels4.blogspot.com/.../want-to-sue-vatican-bill-mc... - En caché3 Mar 2008 – Passed 1970 for MAFIA types, today used for organized hierarchies, such as pedophile .... Predator Priest crime victims HAVE TO read between. ..... friends , neighbors, acquaintances, and associates, to do the same. ...
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Bloomsbury 100 Must Read Crime Novels. 95th out of 109 books — 15 voters ... When you read the book, you immediately think of all the classic gangster movies from the past ... With a minimum of scene-setting, Higgins creates an entire underworld .... and the subsequent impact on his acquaintances and associates. ...


Edward Tully
Local time: 07:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 124

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lucia Colombino
2 hrs
  -> many thanks Lucia! ;-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
business acquaintances


Explanation:
Th truth is, this seems like a logical answer -- "because the writer is not very sure about the relation between the "dueño" and the "conocidos," although I can't find anything on google to support it!

Since these people are not direct friends they might be called acquaintances ...

Hope this helps --



Laurie Price
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
fairly close buddies


Explanation:
Another suggestion, suitably vague.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 02:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lucia Colombino: jaja, justo estaba buscando en el diccionario si esto se seguía usando... me gusta el registro de tu propuesta. ¿Y "cronies" serviría o es antiguo?
6 mins
  -> Hola Lu! Gracias! Sí, creo que cronies se podría usar también. Have a nice day!

agree  anademahomar
10 hrs
  -> Gracias!

agree  Wendy Petzall
1 day7 hrs
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