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Dec 28, 2011 21:16
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Spanish term
Ireland
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Native in: Spanish 
, English (Variants: UK, US, British, Irish)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 8 more.
boliche
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
This is in a comic for kids, pls see below thanks...basically a guy wins a race over a guy that doesnt really like him, so hes annoyed and calls him boliche when he gives him what they were fighting over, for the UK, pls see below thanks
“¡Eres un fenómeno!”
Viñeta 9
“Toma, boliche”
“Para ser un boliche no está mal, ¿no?”
“¡Eres un fenómeno!”
Viñeta 9
“Toma, boliche”
“Para ser un boliche no está mal, ¿no?”
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | small fry |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 5 | Biggun'( or big one) |
yolanda Speece
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| 4 | tiddler |
Jane Martin
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| 3 | boliviano |
Cossette
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| 3 | fatty |
Juan Alvarez
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| 3 | fatso |
Lydia De Jorge
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Proposed translations
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small fry
An idea, based on the idea of a small fish. A "runty" kid is often called a "small fry" in English. Let's see what others come up with!
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Helena Chavarria
: "Small fry" is a commonly-used expression in this type of situation. Or it used to be!
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Thanks, Helena. Best wishes for 2012.
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eski
: Makes sense to me: Happy new Year, Jenn! eski :))
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Happy New Year!
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Comment: "thx"
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boliviano
No sé si aplica por el resto del contexto, pero creo que podría ser un término despectivo de la nacionalidad boliviana. Así como a los argentinos nos dicen sudacas, etc.
Collins:
boliche [3]
* sm (LAm) Bolivian
http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/boliche
Espero haberte dado una mano!
Collins:
boliche [3]
* sm (LAm) Bolivian
http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/boliche
Espero haberte dado una mano!
26 mins
Juan Alvarez
Germany
Germany
Native in Spanish
Germany
Translator & interpreter
Native in: Galician , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, German to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 5 more.
fatty
Me imagino que se trata de un niño regordete (y probablemente bajito), sobre todo por lo que comentas en la pregunta anterior (reservas). De ahí el calificativo boliche (bola pequeña). Saludos
57 mins
Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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187
fatso
Fatso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatso
Fatso is a derogatory term for someone who is overweight. "Fatso" may also refer to. Fatso (gene), also known as FTO, a gene which has been linked to obesity ...
Assuming it refers to the kid being fat!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatso
Fatso is a derogatory term for someone who is overweight. "Fatso" may also refer to. Fatso (gene), also known as FTO, a gene which has been linked to obesity ...
Assuming it refers to the kid being fat!
16 hrs
yolanda Speece
Native in English
Efficiency and effectiveness!!!
Native in: English 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English
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4
Biggun'( or big one)
I know a "boliche" is bowling so I imagine he is referring to the bowling ball in terms of the person's girth.
There are others but this one seems less demeaning.
Other examples
Shamu
Jabba the gut
blimpie
bubble butt
butterball
chub-a-saurus
There are others...
There are others but this one seems less demeaning.
Other examples
Shamu
Jabba the gut
blimpie
bubble butt
butterball
chub-a-saurus
There are others...
1 day 12 hrs
tiddler
This is a slang word for a small fish also used in English to mean a small person. Another possibility
Example sentence:
she was only a little tiddler, ten years old
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