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desacreditado

English translation: (having become ) discredited

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Spanish term or phrase:desacreditado
English translation:(having become ) discredited
Entered by: Pat nqn

13:08 Jan 19, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy / history
Spanish term or phrase: desacreditado
Desacreditados los “metarrelatos” (la “historia estalla en migajas” al decir de F. Dosse); anunciada la muerte del “sujeto” (llámaselo “civilización” o “especie humana”) y con su entierro la proliferación de los multiculturalismos, los de abajo, las memorias locales;
Pat nqn
(having become ) discredited
Explanation:
desacreditar.
(De des- y acreditar).
1. tr. Disminuir o quitar la reputación de alguien, o el valor y la estimación de algo.
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 10:34
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tks again!!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +8(having become ) discredited
patinba
5(have lost their) credibility
Kyle Burk (X)


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
(having become ) discredited


Explanation:
desacreditar.
(De des- y acreditar).
1. tr. Disminuir o quitar la reputación de alguien, o el valor y la estimación de algo.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 10:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 29
Grading comment
tks again!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thayenga
2 mins
  -> Gracias!
agree  margaret caulfield
7 mins
  -> Thank-you!
agree  Ana Resende
18 mins
  -> Gracias!
agree  Jenni Lukac (X)
22 mins
  -> Gracias !
agree  James A. Walsh
41 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Sébastien GUITTENY
46 mins
  -> Thank-you!
agree  Aradai Pardo Martínez
53 mins
  -> Gracias!
agree  Cinnamon Nolan: Or 'having been discredited'.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
(have lost their) credibility


Explanation:
I might say it that way.
"Metanarratives have lost their credibility..."

Just another possibility.

Kyle Burk (X)
Local time: 09:34
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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