que los colocaban en la cima de los afortunados del mundo
English translation: which placed them among the world's most fortunate people
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which placed them at the summit of the world's wealthiest people Explanation: my proposal |
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which placed them in the top luckiest people in the world Explanation: .. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-08 14:57:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Daniel Handler - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Handler - Translate this page Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), en la presentación del último libro de Una ... sobrecubierta que puede ser "disfrazada" con la portada The luckiest kids in the ... (Los niños nás afortunados del mundo libro 1: La fiesta del poni) por "Loney M. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-08 14:58:34 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://dictionary.reverso.net/spanish-english/afortunado afortunado adj (=con suerte) fortunate, lucky (=feliz) happy poco afortunado unsuccessful un comentario poco afortunado a rather inappropriate comment -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2012-07-08 14:59:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or which placed them in the top most successful people in the world -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2012-07-08 18:07:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=afortunado afortunado, da. (Del part. de afortunar). 1. adj. Que tiene fortuna o buena suerte. 2. adj. Que es resultado de la buena suerte. 3. adj. Feliz, que produce felicidad o resulta de ella. Hogar afortunado. Unión afortunada. 4. adj. Oportuno, acertado, inspirado. Palabras afortunadas. Decisión afortunada. 5. adj. ant. Borrascoso, tempestuoso. |
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which placed them at the top of the world's wealthiest Explanation: How I understand it, although the source text has typos. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 hrs (2012-07-08 19:13:12 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Indeed it is a false friend but it also translates to "riqueza" and is widely used in Argentina: http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=fort... |
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7 hrs confidence:
which put them at the head of the world's (most) wealthy (people) Explanation: I don't think people is really necessary in English. |
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8 hrs confidence:
which placed them among the world's most fortunate people Explanation: I think something like this might be a good option. afortunado = fortunate/lucky |
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