Blasting

Spanish translation: criticando

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English term or phrase:blasting
Spanish translation:criticando

01:16 Jul 15, 2002
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
English term or phrase: Blasting
Listening to the stock market has saved Presidents a lot of grief. JFK was quickly
shown the error of his ways when he tried to fake his way around an inflation
problem by blasting steel industry CEOs for a price hike.
jubileo
criticando
Explanation:
transitive verb criticize: to subject somebody or something to severe criticism (informal) .

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aivars
Argentina
Local time: 04:35
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Muchas gracias
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5 +2criticando
aivars
5 +1criticando
aivars
4 +1atacando
Rowan Morrell
4arruinando/destruyendo
Ingrid Petit
4presionando
Alfredo Gonzalez
3reduciendo
elenali


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
atacando


Explanation:
"Blasting" here means that he attacked them verbally.


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Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Local time: 19:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 84

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agree  Valeria Verona
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
arruinando/destruyendo


Explanation:
Obviamente un gran error.

Ingrid Petit
United States
Local time: 02:35
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presionando


Explanation:
creo que en el contexto, lo que queda más aunque no sea la traducción correcta, es "presionando", o algún término similar.
Según el texto lo que él quería era alterar artificialmente los precios del acero, lo que no lograría destruyendo ni atacando a los presidentes de las compañías, sino convenciéndolos.

saludos



Alfredo Gonzalez
Local time: 01:35
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reduciendo


Explanation:
los precios de la industria

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aplastando, apabullando

elenali
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criticando


Explanation:
transitive verb criticize: to subject somebody or something to severe criticism (informal) .

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aivars
Argentina
Local time: 04:35
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 352
Grading comment
Muchas gracias

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  claudia bagnardi: calma,airvars.Y es como dices, según el contexto (ya que la historia la desconozco)
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criticando


Explanation:
transitive verb criticize: to subject somebody or something to severe criticism (informal) .

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aivars
Argentina
Local time: 04:35
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 352

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agree  claudia bagnardi: this is the correct meaning for me
8 hrs

agree  LoreAC (X)
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