Mar 11, 2004 20:09
20 yrs ago
Spanish term

lagartona

May offend Spanish to English Art/Literary Linguistics
Yo no me separé mamá.....¡Ella me dejó!
* Tú dejaste que se fuera y ahora andás por ahí con cualquier
lagartona...
- ¡NOOO... ando con cualquier lagartona mamá!


many thanks in advance

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Mar 11, 2004:
the text comes from venezuela

Proposed translations

15 mins
Selected

sluts or sleazy women

Hope it helps. Luck

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "many thanks at ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ciao laura"
+4
5 mins

whore

My reading.
Good luck, Verbis!
mew
Peer comment(s):

agree Juan Jacob : En México, lagartona es una señora muy "colmilluda", ya de cierta edad, que aprovecha de la inexperiencia de los jóvenes "para llevarlos a la cama". No es precisamente "a whore", pero por ahí va. Saludos.
3 mins
agree George Rabel : ijole!
6 mins
agree RNolder (X)
12 mins
agree MLG : All of the adj. listed blend quite a colorful fabric of images...but..i agree with Maria on this one.
11 hrs
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+2
12 mins

bitch; slut

con perdón...

Source: The Collins Concise Spanish Dictionary © 2002 HarperCollins Publishers:

lagarta (argot) sustantivo femenino (España) bitch (argot)

Peer comment(s):

disagree RNolder (X) : in U.S. English bitch and slut are not synonymous terms.
5 mins
but "lagarta" is a term which may have different connotations, no matter what the dictionary says
agree Ines Garcia Botana
11 mins
agree Refugio : I would go with slut here, Susana; bitch is kinda different
9 hrs
agree Muriel Vasconcellos : I like "slut" the best.
12 hrs
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+1
13 mins

loose woman

It's a very "light" way of saying "strumpet", "wench", "whore"...
Peer comment(s):

agree Gabo Pena : wench??? Robin Hood? =8^D
2 days 29 mins
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+1
16 mins

Mire la respuesta

POr increíble que parezca, el oxford trae lo siguiente:

lagarta: f (Esp fam & pey) sly bitch (sl & pej)
Peer comment(s):

agree RNolder (X) : depends on origin of this text.
2 mins
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42 mins

trollop

I like the olde worlde sound of this term
Peer comment(s):

agree Gabo Pena : worldE? Friar Tuck? =8^j
2 days 1 min
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