Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
pendeja
English translation:
no walkover/pushover
Added to glossary by
Lisa McCarthy
Aug 7, 2012 01:33
11 yrs ago
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Spanish term
pendeja
Spanish to English
Other
Slang
Dominican-Latino slang
Junot Diaz novel. "She might be nobody’s pendeja but she’s
also a forgiving soul"
also a forgiving soul"
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Aug 7, 2012 01:37: Yaotl Altan changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to English" to "English to Spanish"
Aug 7, 2012 01:37: Yaotl Altan changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"
Aug 22, 2012 14:32: Lisa McCarthy Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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no walkover/pushover
A couple of alternatives:
"She's no walkover / pushover"
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Vanessa has the attractive trait of seeing the best in people but **she's no walkover***. Oh, and beware – she judges a man by his slippers and can be quite noisy.
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**She's no walkover*** and would certainly have taken him to task over it. I hope her and her family do something about it when she comes out ...
Hill Flicks: Bronx Princess | Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
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Rocky Otoo is the Bronx-bred teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents, and ***she's no pushover***. She is a sassy high-achiever bound for college. With freedom in ...
"She's no walkover / pushover"
meet the tmb event management team - Vanessa Pickford
www.tmb-events.com/team.asp?c=vanessaCached - Similar
Vanessa has the attractive trait of seeing the best in people but **she's no walkover***. Oh, and beware – she judges a man by his slippers and can be quite noisy.
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Is Deana really fine with it? - Big Brother - Digital Spy Forums
forums.digitalspy.co.uk › Forums › TV › Big BrotherCached
**She's no walkover*** and would certainly have taken him to task over it. I hope her and her family do something about it when she comes out ...
Hill Flicks: Bronx Princess | Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
hillcenterdc.org/home/programs/327Cached
Rocky Otoo is the Bronx-bred teenage daughter of Ghanaian parents, and ***she's no pushover***. She is a sassy high-achiever bound for college. With freedom in ...
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Spanish term (edited):
nobody's pendeja
nobody's fool; nobody's stupid person; a person not easily fooled; hard to fool; hard to take advant
nobody's fool; nobody's stupid person; a person not easily fooled; hard to fool; hard to take advantage of
(Choice to be made with more context.)
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What does pendeja/pendejo mean in spanish
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What does pendeja mean in spanish? ... if someone is being rude to you , you say yo no soy pendeja. it means im not stupid. ... Nincompoop, fool, idiot, stupid.
(Choice to be made with more context.)
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What does pendeja/pendejo mean in spanish
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What does pendeja mean in spanish? ... if someone is being rude to you , you say yo no soy pendeja. it means im not stupid. ... Nincompoop, fool, idiot, stupid.
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David Hollywood
: I think "nobody's fool" is a good way to go
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Lisa McCarthy
: I like 'nobody's fool' too
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Marcelo González
: nobody's fool
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nobody's asshole / shmuck
Pienso que aquí el sentido es fuerte.
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Spanish term (edited):
pendeja
suffer fools (gladly/lightly/easily)
This expression comes to mind here. There are variations of it, of which I am most familiar with "suffer fools lightly", but I think "suffer fools" on its own may do the trick.
Example sentence:
She may not suffer fools (gladly/lightly/easily), but she’s also a forgiving soul.
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She might not take shit from anybody...
I would avoid trying to translate this so literally, and would instead suggest opting for something along the lines of:
"She might not take shit from anybody but she's also a forgiving soul".
Regards
Jack
"She might not take shit from anybody but she's also a forgiving soul".
Regards
Jack
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