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cabeza cuadrada

English translation: set in his ways

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Spanish term or phrase:cabeza cuadrada
English translation:set in his ways
Entered by: Wordup (X)

12:10 Jun 11, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / film script
Spanish term or phrase: cabeza cuadrada
I've seen "hard-headed" for this but from the rest of the text, I don't feel that Fernando is hard headed. So think it might be more to do with being "square" as in conventional...
What do others think please?

"Fernando y su hermano Alberto no pueden tener caracteres más antitéticos. Uno es serio, trabajador y cabeza cuadrada, el otro perezoso, inmaduro y espontáneo."

Many thanks
Wordup (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:37
fixed in his ways
Explanation:
I think this would be one way of saying it.

http://es.thefreedictionary.com/cabeza cuadrada:

cabeza cuadrada fam. Persona que no suele cambiar de opinión porque es de ideas fijas.



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Note added at 20 mins (2015-06-11 12:31:00 GMT)
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"set in his ways", perhaps even better.
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Adoración Bodoque Martínez
Ireland
Grading comment
Many thanks Adoración and everyone else!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7fixed in his ways
Adoración Bodoque Martínez
5 +2square
Florencio Alonso
4stubborn
Carolina Orloff (X)


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
square


Explanation:
"Hard headed" significa cabeza dura, necio, terco, etc.

Florencio Alonso
Uruguay
Local time: 16:37
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lisa McCarthy: "and a bit square"
43 mins
agree  Sandra Cirera-García
1 hr
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
fixed in his ways


Explanation:
I think this would be one way of saying it.

http://es.thefreedictionary.com/cabeza cuadrada:

cabeza cuadrada fam. Persona que no suele cambiar de opinión porque es de ideas fijas.



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Note added at 20 mins (2015-06-11 12:31:00 GMT)
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"set in his ways", perhaps even better.

Adoración Bodoque Martínez
Ireland
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks Adoración and everyone else!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Adoracion - sounds right to me in the context for this character. And what a useful dictionary, I shall bookmark that one right away!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Set in his ways
22 mins
  -> Gracias Muriel
agree  Carol Gullidge
59 mins
  -> Gracias Carol
agree  philgoddard
1 hr
  -> Gracias Phil
agree  Phoenix III: Agree with Muriel
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Phoenix
agree  Jacob Z. (X): I like "set in his ways", because it seems that this term is supposed to contrast with "espontáneo" in the other brother.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you James
agree  neilmac: "Set in his ways" is what I'd expect to hear in UK...
3 hrs
  -> Thank you Neil. Yes, you're right!
agree  Cinnamon Nolan: Yes, with Muriel: "set in his ways"
5 hrs
  -> Thank you Cinnamon
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stubborn


Explanation:
In case you need one word rather than a phrase, I think this could work. Stubborn, set in his ways.

Carolina Orloff (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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