hablar estrujado
English translation: talk rudely
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|  Selected response from: Jairo Payan Colombia Local time: 07:35 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | talk rudely |
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| 4 | speak harshly / be curt |
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| 3 +1 | snap |
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| 3 | Talk angrily |
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Answers
7 mins confidence: 
Talk angrily Explanation: Hablar estrujado / Hablar airadamente For me are similar terms, which can be translated as talking angrily. |
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27 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1talk rudely Explanation: http://acento.com.do/2014/opinion/1413139-hablar-estrujado/ Este “hablar estrujado” es una síntesis de hablar de manera estrujada. Es una forma de hablar de modo brusco, con palabras ásperas, sin miramiento. En este modo de hablar no existe necesariamente la intención ofensiva, pero subsisten dudas con respecto de eso. |
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28 mins confidence:
speak harshly / be curt Explanation: Or brusquely, perhaps. "She speaks harshly to everyone", or perhaps better "she's very curt with everyone". There's a useful explanation here, which suggests that the expression is particularly characteristic of Dominican Spanish: "Estrujar algo es ajarlo. El verbo último corresponde a estropear el aspecto de una cosa. Es tratar a una persona mal verbalmente para humillarla. [...] Este “hablar estrujado” es una síntesis de hablar de manera estrujada. Es una forma de hablar de modo brusco, con palabras ásperas, sin miramiento. En este modo de hablar no existe necesariamente la intención ofensiva, pero subsisten dudas con respecto de eso." http://acento.com.do/2014/opinion/1413139-hablar-estrujado/ |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1snap Explanation: Could be an option. “...she snaps at everyone all the time. People think she is a mean old bat. When she comes out and chases the kids off the bench in front of her ..." Here There and Everywhere https://books.google.es/books?isbn=3961420688 - Traducir esta página Avlon McCreadie - 2016 - Fiction -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2016-11-22 18:49:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- "She snaps at everyone. Yet when her mother tells her off, she often bursts into tears and complains, 'I never do anything right. You're always picking on me!'" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2016-11-22 18:50:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Snap: 2: to utter sharp biting words : bark out irritable or peevish retorts http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snap https://es.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060831111306AAAHpkk Reference: http://www.fremantleldc.wa.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/depre... |
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