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Ugly Aur Pagli

English translation: Ugly and Crazy

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Hindi term or phrase:Ugly Aur Pagli
English translation:Ugly and Crazy
Entered by: Vimal Panchal

20:47 Oct 10, 2008
Hindi to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Hindi term or phrase: Ugly Aur Pagli
Dear everybody,
I would like to know the English equivalent of the words above. "Ugly Aur Pagli" is the name of a movie.

Many thanks!
Ali Al awadi
Türkiye
Ugly and Crazy
Explanation:
It's the crazyness that dements the characters.
Hence CRAZY would be a more suitable word to mean pagli here.



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Note added at 20 hrs (2008-10-11 17:02:55 GMT)
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Vimal Panchal
India
Local time: 04:52
Grading comment
Many thanks, Vimal!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7Ugly and Crazy
Vimal Panchal
5 +2Ugly and mad/ Ugly and insane
Shaalini Bansal


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Ugly and mad/ Ugly and insane


Explanation:
The term 'ugly' would remain 'ugly' as it is an english word.
'Aur' means 'and'
'pagli' means 'mad' or 'insane'
Hence, its english equivalent would be 'ugly and mad' or 'ugly and insane'

Shaalini Bansal
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:22
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali, Native in HindiHindi
Notes to answerer
Asker: Many thanks, Shalini!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mrudula Tambe: But you should mention that Pugly is mad [feminine]. Since it is for woman character precisely.
3 hrs
agree  chaman4723
12 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Ugly and Crazy


Explanation:
It's the crazyness that dements the characters.
Hence CRAZY would be a more suitable word to mean pagli here.



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Note added at 20 hrs (2008-10-11 17:02:55 GMT)
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Please feel free to ask for any clarifications.

Vimal Panchal
India
Local time: 04:52
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GujaratiGujarati
Grading comment
Many thanks, Vimal!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr. Rajesh Kumar
1 hr
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agree  Mrudula Tambe: Crazy also sounds perfect.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks for your agreement
agree  priya raj: works better in the context
2 hrs
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agree  C.M. Rawal
8 hrs
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agree  chaman4723
11 hrs
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agree  Sajjad Hamadani
11 hrs
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agree  Rajan Chopra
2 days 11 hrs
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