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"Ganarse el odio o cariño de alguien"

English translation: earn / win

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Spanish term or phrase:"Ganarse el odio o cariño de alguien"
English translation:earn / win
Entered by: Aïda Garcia Pons

00:34 Jan 19, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Spanish term or phrase: "Ganarse el odio o cariño de alguien"
Hola!
Busco el verbo más acertado para esta expresión. Literalmente dice "ganándose el rechazo del resto de la comunidad". No encuentro aún lo más apropiado para " ganarse" en este caso.
Les agradezco desde ya sus comentarios.
Traducefilms
earn
Explanation:
earn someone's affection

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Note added at 7 mins (2007-01-19 00:42:02 GMT)
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"female figures who prolong his journey and attempt to earn his affection" from link below

http://www.umich.edu/~homeros/Politics in Homer/women in the...



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Note added at 9 mins (2007-01-19 00:44:19 GMT)
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earn definition: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions. See link below
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn



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Note added at 36 mins (2007-01-19 01:10:47 GMT)
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earn + negative eg: "He tells the people in the room that they've all earned his hatred and disgust, even though some of them probably don't even know how" from link below
http://www.newcomicreviews.com/GHM/specials/LifeOfReilly/34....

or "it is never made clear why they earned his hatred" from link below
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-1755655,00.html
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Aïda Garcia Pons
United States
Local time: 06:11
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Summary of answers provided
4 +10earn
Aïda Garcia Pons
4 +2el verbo podría ser "win" como en "he has won her confidence"
Vocabulum (X)
4to get someone to hate or love you
Giovanni Rengifo


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ganarse
el verbo podría ser "win" como en "he has won her confidence"


Explanation:
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=gana...

Saludos cordiales. :)

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-01-19 00:39:21 GMT)
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http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=87799

Vocabulum (X)
Local time: 07:11
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aïda Garcia Pons: Sí, win tmb es válido.
6 mins
  -> Mil gracias, Aida. :)
agree  garci
36 mins
  -> Mil gracias, garci. :)
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
earn


Explanation:
earn someone's affection

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Note added at 7 mins (2007-01-19 00:42:02 GMT)
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"female figures who prolong his journey and attempt to earn his affection" from link below

http://www.umich.edu/~homeros/Politics in Homer/women in the...



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Note added at 9 mins (2007-01-19 00:44:19 GMT)
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earn definition: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions. See link below
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn



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Note added at 36 mins (2007-01-19 01:10:47 GMT)
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earn + negative eg: "He tells the people in the room that they've all earned his hatred and disgust, even though some of them probably don't even know how" from link below
http://www.newcomicreviews.com/GHM/specials/LifeOfReilly/34....

or "it is never made clear why they earned his hatred" from link below
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-1755655,00.html

Aïda Garcia Pons
United States
Local time: 06:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Steven Capsuto
3 mins
  -> Thanks Steven.
agree  Neozelatino: I prefer earn too...
7 mins
  -> Thanks.
agree  swisstell: "gain" beats "earn" somewhat in numbers of Google hits
30 mins
  -> Thanks ;)
agree  garci
33 mins
  -> Gracias Garci.
agree  Alfredo Tanús: I also prefer earn
1 hr
  -> Gracias Alfredo.
agree  Lydia De Jorge
2 hrs
  -> Gracias Lydia.
agree  Daniel Burns (X)
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Daniel.
agree  Juan Vilca: Earn is best for the this use
2 days 6 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  MDI-IDM
3 days 12 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Urizen
2939 days
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ganarse el odio o el cariño de alguien
to get someone to hate or love you


Explanation:
I'm not sure, but I don´t think you could use verbs like win, earn or gain with both "hatred" and "affection", but I'm pretty sure you can get around the problem if you verbalize the phrase.


Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 08:11
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 12
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