coitado

Spanish translation: pobre desgraciado / infeliz

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Portuguese term or phrase:coitado
Spanish translation:pobre desgraciado / infeliz
Entered by: Montse Ballesteros

06:46 Aug 27, 2013
Portuguese to Spanish translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature
Portuguese term or phrase: coitado
toda semana o XXX pega un coitado pra dar uma surra.

me ha amenazado? me ha hecho infeliz? ni idea.... gracias.
Jesús Marín Mateos
Local time: 21:37
pobre desgraciado / infeliz
Explanation:
coitado
adjetivo
infeliz; miserável
nome masculino
1. pessoa ou animal digno de dó; desgraçado

coitado In Infopédia [Em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2013. [Consult. 2013-08-27].
Disponível na www: <URL: http://www.infopedia.pt/pesquisa-global/coitado>.
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Montse Ballesteros
Spain
Local time: 22:37
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2pobrecito
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
4 +2pobre desgraciado / infeliz
Montse Ballesteros


  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pobrecito


Explanation:
dira así

Todas las semanas XX 'elige' un pobrecito para darle una golpiza

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-08-27 08:00:42 GMT)
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quizá aqui golpiza (surra) sea una metáfora

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
28 mins
  -> Teresa, muchas grazias

neutral  Montse Ballesteros: Aunque se acerca a la idea, no me suena natural en castellano.
1 hr

agree  Alejandra Vuotto
3 hrs
  -> Alejandra ¡Muchas gracias!

neutral  Georgo: "Pobrecito" o "pobre" está perfecto en castellano, pero no es lo correcto para el contexto presentado. En este caso debe decirse "pobre infeliz".
4 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pobre desgraciado / infeliz


Explanation:
coitado
adjetivo
infeliz; miserável
nome masculino
1. pessoa ou animal digno de dó; desgraçado

coitado In Infopédia [Em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2013. [Consult. 2013-08-27].
Disponível na www: <URL: http://www.infopedia.pt/pesquisa-global/coitado>.

Montse Ballesteros
Spain
Local time: 22:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in CatalanCatalan
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Georgo: En el contexto presentado un Pobre Infeliz sería una excelente opción.
3 hrs
  -> ¡Muchas gracias, Georgo!

agree  Judith Payro
3 hrs
  -> Moltes gràcies, Judith!
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