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Bakërri (in this context)

English translation: worthless

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Albanian term or phrase:Bakërri (in this context)
English translation:worthless
Entered by: larserik

20:52 Sep 15, 2014
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Albanian term or phrase: Bakërri (in this context)
Any ideas what this could mean

Bakërri

as an offending nickname for an ex-prime minister?
larserik
Sweden
Local time: 11:23
worthless
Explanation:
please disregard my previous post in Albanian, I was trying to post it under the discussion section.
In English it should be worthless.
Hope it helps :)

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Note added at 18 hrs (2014-09-16 15:38:23 GMT)
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Albanian: I pavlefshëm ose i pavlerë (fig.)

Explanation:
është përdorur në mënyrë figurative --
4. fig. keq. Gjë që nuk vlen shumë a që nuk e çmojmë si duhet. Para bakër diçka me vlerë të pakët ose fare pa vlerë.



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Note added at 18 hrs (2014-09-16 15:38:49 GMT)
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Reference: http://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/bronz
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United States
Local time: 05:23
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Faleminderit shumë
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4 +2worthless
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4useless
Klementina Shahini


  

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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
useless


Explanation:
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Klementina Shahini
United States
Local time: 05:23
Native speaker of: Native in AlbanianAlbanian
PRO pts in category: 72
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
worthless


Explanation:
please disregard my previous post in Albanian, I was trying to post it under the discussion section.
In English it should be worthless.
Hope it helps :)

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Note added at 18 hrs (2014-09-16 15:38:23 GMT)
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Albanian: I pavlefshëm ose i pavlerë (fig.)

Explanation:
është përdorur në mënyrë figurative --
4. fig. keq. Gjë që nuk vlen shumë a që nuk e çmojmë si duhet. Para bakër diçka me vlerë të pakët ose fare pa vlerë.



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Note added at 18 hrs (2014-09-16 15:38:49 GMT)
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Reference: http://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/bronz


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United States
Local time: 05:23
Native speaker of: Native in AlbanianAlbanian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Faleminderit shumë

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sherefedin MUSTAFA
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sherefedin.
agree  Ledja: The term, as well as the explanations in Albanian, are all valid. Could have hidden the answer and reposted wrapping both in one :)
12 hrs
  -> Thank you for your suggestion, Ledja. I was trying to do that but for some reason it was not working...:(
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