fıgure for a fag

Turkish translation: biz onu gay sanmıştık

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English term or phrase:fıgure for a fag
Turkish translation:biz onu gay sanmıştık
Entered by: amelie08

16:35 Mar 7, 2015
English to Turkish translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / figure for a fag
English term or phrase: fıgure for a fag
"So what's new in soccer? Long time since I've been to a game. Arrua went to Spain and
got rich. In Brazil they'd have said he was another Pelé! We had him figured for a fag.
Can you imagine? I suppose it's all just business as usual."

Figure for a fag ne demek burada?
amelie08
Türkiye
Local time: 12:33
biz onu gay sanmıştık
Explanation:
"biz onu gay sanmıştık" anlamında kullanılmış ama fag gay'den daha ağır, argo bir kelime.
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yasmin givens
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3Ibne oldugunu saniyorduk
Naz Başak Günday
4biz onu gay sanmıştık
yasmin givens
3eşcinsel olarak düşünmek
ATIL KAYHAN
3 -1idealleri pesinde kosan/ siki calisan kisi
osan1


  

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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
biz onu gay sanmıştık


Explanation:
"biz onu gay sanmıştık" anlamında kullanılmış ama fag gay'den daha ağır, argo bir kelime.

yasmin givens
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 60
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
eşcinsel olarak düşünmek


Explanation:
Burada "fag" sanirim "faggot" in kisaltilmisi (erkek escinsel). Pele'yi escinsel olarak tasarladik/düsündük diyor. Anlasildigi üzere bu tamamen "dedikodu" çizgisinde bir paragraf. Bu tarz yazilarda herkes escinsel yerine konabilir. Bu olagan ve yaygindir.

ATIL KAYHAN
Türkiye
Local time: 12:33
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 48
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
idealleri pesinde kosan/ siki calisan kisi


Explanation:
Cumle icerisindeki kullanilisina bakildiginda ve kelimenin diger anlamlarina baktigimiz da zor isler pesonde kosan ya da idealleri [ersinde kosan kisi olarak yorumlanabilir.

osan1
Türkiye
Local time: 12:33
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Mehmet Ali Bahıt: Yapmayın :) "Brezilya'da olsaydı 'yeni bir Pelé' derlerdi. Biz onu ibne sandık" (ya da "ona ibne muamelesi yaptık") deniyor.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Ibne oldugunu saniyorduk


Explanation:
Contexte gore yumusatilmadan "ibne" diye cevrilmeli bence. Turkcede gay gey ya da escinceldir, fag/faggot ibnedir. Argoyu yumusatmak manasiz.

Naz Başak Günday
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Turkish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Uygar_
23 hrs

agree  Mehmet Ali Bahıt
1 day 14 hrs

agree  Engin Gunduz
2 days 1 hr
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