Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

Poor

Spanish translation:

Pobre

Added to glossary by Jacqueline Rosa-Kuhn
Jun 11, 2014 17:53
9 yrs ago
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English term

Poor

English to Spanish Other Business/Commerce (general) Survey
On a Survey:
Please rate XXXX services, where five is Excellente and one is ***Poor***

Bajo o Pobre?

Thanks a bunch!
Proposed translations (Spanish)
4 +2 Pobre
4 +9 deficiente
4 +2 malo
3 +2 pésimo
3 +2 Insatisfactorio
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (2): DLyons, abe(L)solano

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Proposed translations

+2
7 mins
Selected

Pobre

I'd go for "pobre" because it describes the best absolute opposite in this case.
Example sentence:

The quality of your academic paper is poor.

The quality of your academic paper is excellent.

Peer comment(s):

agree veronicaes : I´d go for POBRE but for a different reason: I think the idea is saying that POOR is not completely BAD.
10 mins
agree boudica2011
11 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks everyone! I was able to fine another Spanish survey online, with the exact same options, and it used Pobre. Thanks everyone!"
+2
7 mins

malo

"poor" can be used in English to mean "bad"

http://www.bing.com/search?q="5 es excelente y 1 es"&first=9...
Peer comment(s):

agree DLyons : Seems the most common.
3 mins
Thanks!
agree Henry Hinds
1 hr
Thanks Henry!
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+2
8 mins

pésimo

o deficiente
Suerte
Peer comment(s):

agree Wolf617 : Este es el antónimo correcto de excelente
1 hr
gracias Wolf.
agree Phoenix III
1 hr
gracias Phoenix.
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+2
18 mins

Insatisfactorio

Otra opción. ¡Suerte!
Peer comment(s):

agree Ulisses Pasmadjian : Me parece la mejor opción, en un contexto de formalidad como ese. Saludos!
3 mins
¡Gracias Ulisses!
agree Judith Armele
11 hrs
Gracias Judith
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+9
22 mins

deficiente

Otra opción. Esta es la que yo usaría: la he visto en diferenets encuestas.
Peer comment(s):

agree Mónica Algazi
2 mins
¡Gracias!
agree jude dabo : ok
8 mins
¡Gracias!
agree DLyons : Also appears a lot "una escala entre excelente y deficiente"
9 mins
¡Gracias!
agree Adriana Roces : De acuerdo!!!!
17 mins
¡Gracias!
agree Wilsonn Perez Reyes : Español 100% castizo.
23 mins
¡Gracias!
agree Estela Ponisio
1 hr
¡Gracias!
agree Virginia Koolhaas
1 hr
¡Gracias!
agree Rafael Molina Pulgar
3 hrs
¡Gracias!
agree Katia De Juan (X)
20 hrs
¡Gracias!
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