Glossary entry

inglés term or phrase:

mésalliance

español translation:

mala alianza/mal casamiento/relación desigual

Added to glossary by Samu77
Feb 28, 2008 22:48
16 yrs ago
inglés term

mésalliance

inglés al español Ciencias sociales Gobierno / Política
I put in for speaking time in the debate on this issue, but one of the consequences of my party’s unhappy mésalliance with the European People’s Party is that British Conservatives are systematically denied speaking time in important debates.

Proposed translations

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mala alianza/mal casamiento/relación desigual

Definition from the the Random House-Webster's:
mé·sal·li·ance (m!Åzà l#ÆÃns, m! zalÆ" Ãns; Fr. m!-zAl yäNsÆ), n., pl. mé·sal·li·anc·es (m!Åzà l#ÆÃn siz, m! zalÆ" Ãn siz; Fr. m! zAl yäNsÆ).
a marriage with someone who is considered socially inferior; misalliance.
[1775–85; < F; see MIS-, ALLIANCE]

Definition from the Oxford:

misalliance / "mIs@"laI@ns / n (liter) mal casamiento m, casamiento m desigual
Peer comment(s):

agree Adriana Penco : Eso es, se refiere a un casamiento en el cual una de las partes es de inferior condición social.
2 minutos
Muchas gracias, Adriana:-)
agree Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
4 horas
Muchas gracias, Óscar:-)
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5 minutos

casamiento inconveniente/desigual

Collins fr-->en and en-->es dicos in sequence.
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13 minutos

Mala pareja

Still another option.
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21 minutos

alianza desafortunada

I like "desafortunada" better than "mala", but it's just an opinion
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