Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
carne puercos todos
English translation:
snobs, assholes, jerks
Added to glossary by
Robert Forstag
Oct 4, 2014 00:40
9 yrs ago
Spanish term
United States
Translating words, preserving meaning
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
carne puercos todos
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Puerto Rican-US Spanish / e-mail message
The following extract is from an e-mail message written by a woman of Puerto Rican origin who has lived for most of her life in the US. She is writing a former colleague about the place where he once worked and where she still works:
No se usar los acentos pero ahi vamos. Is - todavia sigo en el centro. Bendecidos aquellos que huyeron a tiempo - ja, ja, ja. Gracias a Dios que por lo menos tengo trabajo pero son pocos los que quedan de la tanda vieja. Josa sigue como supervisora del team hispano - dijo que se va a retirar tan pronto cumpla la edad. Dr. Lopes se fue hace tiempo. Y hay muchos team leaders nuevos - carne puercos todos - ja, ja, ja.
Is the sense of the phrase: "more cannon fodder"??
Or does it say something about the character of the persons in question--or of their corpulence?
Thank you.
No se usar los acentos pero ahi vamos. Is - todavia sigo en el centro. Bendecidos aquellos que huyeron a tiempo - ja, ja, ja. Gracias a Dios que por lo menos tengo trabajo pero son pocos los que quedan de la tanda vieja. Josa sigue como supervisora del team hispano - dijo que se va a retirar tan pronto cumpla la edad. Dr. Lopes se fue hace tiempo. Y hay muchos team leaders nuevos - carne puercos todos - ja, ja, ja.
Is the sense of the phrase: "more cannon fodder"??
Or does it say something about the character of the persons in question--or of their corpulence?
Thank you.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | snobs, assholes, jerks |
Darius Saczuk
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| 4 +1 | a bunch of a--holes |
Blanca Collazo
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| 3 | all useless/rubbish |
David Hollywood
|
Proposed translations
6 mins
Darius Saczuk
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
134
Selected
snobs, assholes, jerks
As explained by my American Puerto Rican friend.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: ""Assholes" will do just fine here. Thank you!"
9 mins
David Hollywood
Native in English
Works in field
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
:
190
all useless/rubbish
I would say
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depends how strong you want to get :)
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all a bunch of blowhards
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and depends on whether you're looking for US or UK English
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bunch of jerks would cover it in US English
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all a bunch of assholes
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so see what you prefer on a scale of 1-10
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depends how strong you want to get :)
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Note added at 10 mins (2014-10-04 00:50:42 GMT)
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all a bunch of blowhards
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Note added at 11 mins (2014-10-04 00:51:25 GMT)
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and depends on whether you're looking for US or UK English
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Note added at 12 mins (2014-10-04 00:52:41 GMT)
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bunch of jerks would cover it in US English
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Note added at 14 mins (2014-10-04 00:55:04 GMT)
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all a bunch of assholes
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so see what you prefer on a scale of 1-10
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Estela Quintero-Weldon
: bunch of jerks
1 day 1 hr
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that would do it and thanks Estela :)
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+1
17 mins
Blanca Collazo
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Native in Spanish
&
English
Works in field
Puerto Rico
Fast and Accurate Low Cost Translations
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Puerto Rican) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
12
Spanish term (edited):
carne puercos todos,
a bunch of a--holes
...
I hope I'm not offending anyone. Forgive me if I do.
sangregorda/o is another term for carne puercos. but it translates into bore.
I hope I'm not offending anyone. Forgive me if I do.
sangregorda/o is another term for carne puercos. but it translates into bore.
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