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mal habido

English translation: ill-gotten

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Spanish term or phrase:mal habido
English translation:ill-gotten
Entered by: Anthony Ottey

22:03 Mar 18, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Testimonial
Spanish term or phrase: mal habido
...ese hombre estuvo en el poder cometió muchas fechorías, pero la plata lo tapa todo y
aunque se vista con ropa de seda con el dinero que le robó a este pueblo y también con el mal habido, siempre será un delincuente.
Angel Biojo
United States
Local time: 16:23
ill-gotten
Explanation:
ill-gotten or fraudulently attained.
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Anthony Ottey
United States
Local time: 19:23
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9ill-gotten
Anthony Ottey


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
ill-gotten


Explanation:
ill-gotten or fraudulently attained.

Anthony Ottey
United States
Local time: 19:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gillian Holmes
3 mins
agree  Robert Forstag: "Ill-gotten gains," to be exact.
4 mins
agree  Christine Walsh: With Robert too. I feel there's a word missing in the original
22 mins
agree  Carol Gullidge: agree with Robert, but don't think there's necessarily a word missing; "el mal habido" says it all
28 mins
agree  David Ronder
38 mins
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro: El original está bien escrito y no le falta nada. Distingue entre el dinero robado al pueblo y el "mal habido" (mal adquirido).
38 mins
agree  Charles Davis
40 mins
agree  anademahomar
1 hr
agree  Lisa McCarthy
9 hrs
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