Speaking down

Spanish translation: hablarle en tono condescendiente

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English term or phrase:Speaking down
Spanish translation:hablarle en tono condescendiente
Entered by: Taña Dalglish

01:26 May 22, 2020
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Speaking down
Speaking down to the employee will elicit one type of response.
Speaking “up” to the employee will elicit another.
So approach any problem as though both you and the employee have a stake in its resolution, and as though it is a problem you mutually desire to resolve.
Karina Cappelletti
Argentina
Local time: 15:04
hablarle en tono condescendiente
Explanation:
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/speaking down to someon...
speak down to (one) (redirected from speaking down to someone)
speak down to (one)
To speak in an insultingly condescending manner to one; to speak to one as if they are less mature, intelligent, or capable than they really are.
I try not to speak down to my kids when they ask me a serious question.
I hate the way my boss speaks down to me whenever I ask him to explain something.
See also: down, speak
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.


La condescendencia | Una hipoacúsica másunahipoacusicamas.com › la-condesc...
https://unahipoacusicamas.com/la-condescendencia/
Jan 22, 2019 - Condescendencia es cuando alguien te trata de una manera en la que parece que eres «tonto» o que «no comprendes» lo que te dicen. ¿No os suena?, ¿no os da rabia?: te empiezan a hablar súper lento porque creen que así se entenderá mejor lo que dicen, cuando la verdad es que así, yo por lo menos, me pierdo aún con más facilidad. Ir con alguien que también se esté dando cuenta, y cruzando miradas que… ¡es tan divertido! ¡Jaja!

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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase: talk down
Spanish translation: hablarle en tono condescendiente a

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Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 13:04
Grading comment
Gracias!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +5hablarle en tono condescendiente
Taña Dalglish
4 +1dirigirse (al empleado) con menosprecio
María C Turri
4subestimar
Liliana Garfunkel


  

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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dirigirse (al empleado) con menosprecio


Explanation:
Me parece que iría por ahí la cuestión...

María C Turri
Argentina
Local time: 15:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 95

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MARIELA BONACHERA: Me parece que menospreciar queda mejor que condescender, de acuerdo a la definición de la RAE de ambas (no significan lo mismo).
13 hrs
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
speaking down
subestimar


Explanation:
Otra opción.

Subestimar al empleado provocará un tipo de respuesta.

Liliana Garfunkel
Argentina
Local time: 15:04
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +5
speaking down
hablarle en tono condescendiente


Explanation:
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/speaking down to someon...
speak down to (one) (redirected from speaking down to someone)
speak down to (one)
To speak in an insultingly condescending manner to one; to speak to one as if they are less mature, intelligent, or capable than they really are.
I try not to speak down to my kids when they ask me a serious question.
I hate the way my boss speaks down to me whenever I ask him to explain something.
See also: down, speak
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.


La condescendencia | Una hipoacúsica másunahipoacusicamas.com › la-condesc...
https://unahipoacusicamas.com/la-condescendencia/
Jan 22, 2019 - Condescendencia es cuando alguien te trata de una manera en la que parece que eres «tonto» o que «no comprendes» lo que te dicen. ¿No os suena?, ¿no os da rabia?: te empiezan a hablar súper lento porque creen que así se entenderá mejor lo que dicen, cuando la verdad es que así, yo por lo menos, me pierdo aún con más facilidad. Ir con alguien que también se esté dando cuenta, y cruzando miradas que… ¡es tan divertido! ¡Jaja!

https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/social-science...
GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase: talk down
Spanish translation: hablarle en tono condescendiente a

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Note added at 4 days (2020-05-26 18:11:44 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Local time: 13:04
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 143
Grading comment
Gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Kisic: I wouldn't go as far as contempt...
26 mins
  -> Gracias Maria. Stay safe. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/condesce... (haughty, disapproving, patronizing, pompous, among others)

agree  Mónica Algazi
48 mins
  -> Gracias Mónica. Stay safe.

agree  María Paula Gorgone
5 hrs
  -> Muchas gracias María. Stay safe.

agree  Eugenia Martin
6 hrs
  -> Gracias Eugenia. Stay safe.

agree  Víctor Zamorano
7 hrs
  -> Thank you Victor. Continue to stay safe.
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