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faint of heart

Spanish translation: personas sensibles

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English term or phrase:faint of heart
Spanish translation:personas sensibles
Entered by: Ismael Gómez

08:21 Apr 8, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology
English term or phrase: faint of heart
"The description of bull baiting is not for the faint of heart" como se traduciría faint of heat aquí? corazones sensibles?
Ubaldo Cuadrado
Local time: 03:06
personas sensibles
Explanation:
en este caso, "las peleas de perros"(si es de eso de lo que se trata) o "el acoso" no es apto para personas sensibles ya que suelen ser prácticas muy crueles con los animales.
de todos modos la opción de Jose Alberto es estupenda, como siempre:)
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Ismael Gómez
Spain
Local time: 03:06
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3personas sensibles
Ismael Gómez
4 +3los que tienen el corazón débil/sensible / para los blandos de corazón
José Alberto Ruiz Pérez
4 +1para los que se amilanan/acorbardan fácilmente
John Cutler
4No Apto para Cardiacos
Shiroguma


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
los que tienen el corazón débil/sensible / para los blandos de corazón


Explanation:
opciones

José Alberto Ruiz Pérez
Spain
Local time: 03:06
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carmen Schultz
52 mins
  -> gracias!
agree  marmyka: a mí me gusta "para los blandos de corazón", está más en el tono poético del original
3 hrs
  -> gracias!
agree  Mariana Iacobucci: Me gusta también "blandos de corazón". Saludos
3 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
No Apto para Cardiacos


Explanation:
Target would be for Spanish (Latin America).

Shiroguma
Peru
Local time: 20:06
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
para los que se amilanan/acorbardan fácilmente


Explanation:
No lo traduciría literalmente. La expresión en inglés quiere decir alguien que se acobarda fácilmente.

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=175708

John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 03:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sinead --
3 hrs
  -> Thanks
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
personas sensibles


Explanation:
en este caso, "las peleas de perros"(si es de eso de lo que se trata) o "el acoso" no es apto para personas sensibles ya que suelen ser prácticas muy crueles con los animales.
de todos modos la opción de Jose Alberto es estupenda, como siempre:)


    Reference: http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/faint-of-heart
Ismael Gómez
Spain
Local time: 03:06
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bubo Coroman (X): por supuesto, personas sensibles al sufrimiento no necesario de los seres vivos
2 mins
  -> gracias por el apoyo
agree  Claudia Pesce
1 hr
  -> gracias Claudia
agree  N Ivan Contreras, Ph.D.
2 hrs
  -> gracias IVAN
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