opinólogo

English translation: ''pundit''

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Spanish term or phrase:	opinólogo
English translation:	''pundit''
Entered by:	Indiana

15:18 Apr 9, 2009

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Spanish term or phrase: opinólogo

Hola a todos. ¿Podrían ayudarme con este término?

Gracias a la comunicación digital los ciudadanos comunes pueden convertirse en ''opinólogos'', reporteros, gurús o magnates.

Muchas gracias.

Indiana KudoZ activity Questions: 73 (none open) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 475
Local time: 11:06

pundit

Explanation:
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According to Merriam-Webster:

Pundit: a person who gives opinions in an authoritative manner usually through the mass media.

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pundit

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Writing: What is a pundit? - CliffsNotes - [ Traducir esta página ]Pundit can have both a positive and a negative connotation. A pundit who you believe has actual authoritative knowledge is also referred to as a guru. ...
www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/Section/What-is-a-pundit-.id-3... - 23k - En caché - Páginas similares

Top 50 political pundits - America's Debate - [ Traducir esta página ]20 entradas - Última entrada: 29 May 2008
Pundit? Negative or Positive in connotation, definition? Entertainer, political analyst, journalist, interviewer of politicians? ...
www.americasdebate.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16692 - 194k -

Doers and Talkers | Technosailor.com - [ Traducir esta página ]I think there’s a negative connotation to talkers. That they are just windbags excelling in the art of punditry. But talkers bring ideas to ...
technosailor.com/2008/06/16/doers-and-talkers/ - 31k - En caché - Páginas similares

Selected response from:

Andres Pacheco
Local time: 12:06

Grading comment

Muchas gracias a todos y, en particular, a Andres. Decidí utilizar el término entre comillas: ''pundit''.
Saludos cordiales a todos.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +8

pundit

Andres Pacheco

4 +1

expert

AZjuancarlos

4 +1

opinionist

patricia scott

critic

benvolio29 (X)

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

0 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +8

pundit

Andres Pacheco
Local time: 12:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Muchas gracias a todos y, en particular, a Andres. Decidí utilizar el término entre comillas: ''pundit''.
Saludos cordiales a todos.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Silvia Brandon-Pérez

1 min

agree

Janine Libbey

5 mins

agree

Kathryn Litherland: exactly what sprung to my mind

7 mins

neutral

CarolinaGU: Correct me if I'm wrong, but "opinólogo" seems to carry a negative connotation, doesn't it? Whereas pundit does not. I'm not sure, what do you think?

8 mins

agree

patinba: I think pundit can also be mildly negative

13 mins

neutral

patricia scott: Sorry, but I also agree with Carolina. Pundit does not have negative connotation.

22 mins

neutral

Daniela Lara: Maybe you can add something else before pundit, like celebrity, because for what I understand pundits talk about important facts, politics, economy...

23 mins

agree

Christine Walsh: I don't think the word needs to be clearly negative, because the context will make it so. Or, following Daniela's suggestion: instant/amateur/household pundits

55 mins

agree

Ana L Fazio-Kroll

2 hrs

agree

Jessica Noyes: It works just fine here.

3 hrs

agree

Juan Carlos García

3 days 11 hrs

39 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

expert

Explanation:
otra sugerencia. buena suerte

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entre comillas. o sea "expert"

AZjuancarlos
Local time: 08:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish

46 mins confidence:

critic

Explanation:
I think critic can also work here and may have a slightly more negative connotation than pundit. However, as mentioned the use of quotation marks implies irony or sarcasm, so in this case you can still use "pundit" or even "expert".

Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/critic
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_marks

benvolio29 (X)
United States
Local time: 11:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Spanish

22 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

opinionist

Explanation:
opinionist
a person fond of his own opinions and of making them known.

(pundit is also a source of opinion, but that of an expert or learned person)

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opinólogo tiene connotaciones negativas. NO ES UN EXPERTO.

Transcribo de http://rapisardi.org/index.php/2006/12/21/pedro_olgo_ochoa_o...

¿Qué es un opinólogo? Bueno, la primera respuesta sería decir "alguien que opina". Pero no. Un opinólogo es alguien que opina en televisión. O sea, alguien que puede decir cualquier cosa, que estará iluminado por la luz de la verdad que otorga la exposición pública. Ya algunos griegos decían que la verdad era aquello que se ve, y por eso tantas culturas han relacionado a algún Dios con el Sol. Porque el Sol ilumina, muestra las cosas como son, revela la Verdad. ¡Igual que la tele!

http://weblogs.clarin.com/revistaenie-elmisteriodelaspalabra...

Opinólogo, ga. Sustantivo m. y f. Despectivo. Persona que, generalmente en los medios de comunicación, opina acerca de cualquier tema sobre el que se le pregunta, como si se tratara del juicio crítico de un profesional especializado. Voz neológica. Por su formación (la base opin- 'opinión', 'opinar', y el elemento compositivo -logo, ga 'persona versada'), estas palabras podrían significar 'profesión del opinólogo' y 'especialista en la opinión', respectivamente. Sin embargo, en forma irónica, aluden a la 'pseudofrofesión' del 'especialista en hacer públicas opiniones que surgen del sentido común y no del estudio o la investigación'.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Opinionist :One fond of his own notions, or unduly attached to his own opinions. --Glanvill.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/opinionist: a person fond of his own opinions and of making them known.

patricia scott
Spain
Local time: 17:06
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 32

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