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uraña

14:46 Aug 17, 2000
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: uraña
Appears in the description of a child: es amigable, no es uraña....
craig snyder


Summary of answers provided
naunsociable, shy
Yolanda Broad
nanot surly or unsociable
Maria
naMysanthrope
Yvette Camou
naoh for heaven's sake, just say "he;s not shy" - that's what the text reads as
Megdalina


  

Answers


9 mins
unsociable, shy


Explanation:
Here's your solution: your Spanish text has one of those typical spelling mistakes that come from people assuming their written language is even more phonetic than it actually is. The correct spelling is *huraño/a*:

From the Oxford 3-in-1:

huraño -ña adj ‹ persona › unsociable; ‹ animal › timid

This child is outgoing, not shy


    Oxsford 3-in-1 Dictionary (Eng <>Spa/Fre/Ger)
Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 21:58
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 668

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Yvette Camou
Heathcliff
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14 mins
not surly or unsociable


Explanation:
"she is amiable (sociable) not surly (or unsociable)

See my prior answer, they mispelled the word in Spanish... huraña with 'h' is the proper spelling

Maria
Local time: 20:58
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 920

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Yvette Camou
Heathcliff
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1 hr
Mysanthrope


Explanation:
if you are looking for a character equivalent, that's what I suggest.
This type of characterization has been a favorite of French Literature, like Moliere's famous opus. In English Literature, Anthony Trollope produced a superb novel, named 'The Mysanthrope'. This type of person is not just unfriendly or less amicable, is someone whose loneliness surpasses his whereabouts. Someone NOT willing to communicate or interact with the ouside world, whose life seems to be confined to solitude. Mexican Literature did not explore this characterization until Nobel Prize Laureate Octavio Paz published 'El Laberinto de la Soledad'. Paz didn't like to use this word which sounds somewhat thoughtless and even rude, but he was trying to characterize Mexican's own brand of mysantropy. Latin American attitude towards mysanthropes has always been radically different from the French.

Yvette Camou
Mexico
Local time: 18:58
PRO pts in pair: 45

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Heathcliff
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8 hrs
oh for heaven's sake, just say "he;s not shy" - that's what the text reads as


Explanation:
Sometimes things get lost in the translation........ just say "he's not shy" and you've been true to the text.

Hope this helps! Suerte!

Megdalina
PRO pts in pair: 79
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