gardes-chiourme
Spanish translation: guardias/carceleros
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| 18:03 Jun 9, 2012 |
| French to Spanish translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Government / Politics / croniques | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Mariela Gonzalez Nagel France Local time: 10:08 | ||||
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| 3 | guardias/carceleros |
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12 mins confidence: 
Gorilas Explanation: Les gardes-chiourme étaient les surveillants des galères, connus pour leur brutalité et leur sévérité. C'est extrêmement péjoratif. |
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6 mins confidence: 
guardias/carceleros Explanation: Eran las personas que se ocupaban de los galeotes. Ahora, guardián de prisión http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/garde-chiourme -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 horas (2012-06-10 08:58:45 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Otra opción, que incluye el lado despectivo del término, es: negrero DRAE: negrero, ra. 2. m. y f. Persona que trata con crueldad a sus subordinados o los explota. |
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