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Pajaro, maldito pajaro!

English translation: You fucking fag!

10:59 Dec 2, 2018
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Spanish term or phrase: Pajaro, maldito pajaro!
I would like to know the best translation of this phrase from American English into Dominican Spanish.

It's a translation of a phone conversation between two Dominican People living in The US.

Here is the full sentence:

¿Tu no ves lo que esta haciendo? ¿que me estas, ocultando?

Pájaro, Tu eres un pájaro, tu eres el diablo! Tu eres un maldito pájaro [She insults her husband]

Spanish speaker 1: Tu estas muy mal y mira que niño tan lindo y yo soy un pájaro.

Female Spanish speaker: Maldito pájaro. Tu eres un maldito pájaro. Voy a dejar este apartamento. Pendiente solo del maldito "income tax! Es lo que yo merezco!

Spanish speaker: ¿y que es lo que tu te mereces?
yugoslavia
United States
Local time: 21:15
English translation:You fucking fag!
Explanation:
Or "faggot" if you prefer. In other varieties of English a different word would be used. This is what "pájaro" actually means in the Dominican Republic:

"pájaro [...]
6. m. coloq. C. Rica, Cuba, Ec., Pan. y R. Dom. Hombre homosexual."
http://dle.rae.es/?id=RTabDql

"pájaro
I. 1. m. EU, CR, Pa, Cu, RD, Ec. Hombre homosexual. pop + cult → espon ^ desp.
2. CR, Cu, RD; Pa, pop + cult → espon. Hombre afeminado. desp."
http://lema.rae.es/damer/?key=pájaro

Of course it could be just a generic insult, in which case you could use all sorts of things, but she could be specifically impugning his masculinity, and it might be better to reflect that.
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 03:15
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1You fucking fag!
Charles Davis
3you're a damn prick
Barbara Cochran, MFA


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
you're a damn prick


Explanation:
One option.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 21:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your help Barbara.

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
You fucking fag!


Explanation:
Or "faggot" if you prefer. In other varieties of English a different word would be used. This is what "pájaro" actually means in the Dominican Republic:

"pájaro [...]
6. m. coloq. C. Rica, Cuba, Ec., Pan. y R. Dom. Hombre homosexual."
http://dle.rae.es/?id=RTabDql

"pájaro
I. 1. m. EU, CR, Pa, Cu, RD, Ec. Hombre homosexual. pop + cult → espon ^ desp.
2. CR, Cu, RD; Pa, pop + cult → espon. Hombre afeminado. desp."
http://lema.rae.es/damer/?key=pájaro

Of course it could be just a generic insult, in which case you could use all sorts of things, but she could be specifically impugning his masculinity, and it might be better to reflect that.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 03:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 287
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your help Charles.

Asker: Thanks Charles.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Darius Saczuk: It does mean, "faggot" - extended periods of residence in the DR + plus everyday contact with Dominican slang through my fiiancée and friends.
12 mins
  -> Thanks, Dariusz :-) I remember you have DR connections.
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