sorniona, quasi elefantiaca nei movimenti

Spanish translation: retraída, casi paquidérmica en los movimientos

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Italian term or phrase:	sorniona, quasi elefantiaca nei movimenti
Spanish translation:	retraída, casi paquidérmica en los movimientos
Entered by:	EirTranslations

08:14 Mar 14, 2010

Italian to Spanish translations [PRO]
Automotive / Cars & Trucks

Italian term or phrase: sorniona, quasi elefantiaca nei movimenti

Hablando de un bmw, gracias

Poco agile, sorniona, quasi elefantiaca nei movimenti, se la cava proporzionalmente meglio sul bagnato, dove i trasferimenti di carico sono minori.

EirTranslations KudoZ activity Questions: 8009 (6 open) (42 closed without grading) Answers: 458 Ireland
Local time: 11:28

retraída, casi paquidérmica en los movimientos

Explanation:
per sorniona: "evasiva", "distraída"...

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-03-14 14:39:00 GMT)
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otra traducción per sorniona, quizás más acorde con el matiz que se quiere imprimir: "apática"

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Carmen Palomino
Italy
Local time: 12:28

Grading comment

gracias .)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

retraída, casi paquidérmica en los movimientos

Carmen Palomino

parece dormida, casi elefantina (demasiado pesada/lenta) en los moviementos

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral

perezosa/ se diría elefantesca en sus movimientos

Maura Affinita

a pesar de/contrariamente a su apariencia, es/se revela excesivamente lento

Maria Assunta Puccini

Answers

19 mins confidence:

parece dormida, casi elefantina (demasiado pesada/lenta) en los moviementos

Explanation:

sornione : finge/parece dormir/estar durmiendo
http://www.logosdictionary.org/pls/dictionary/new_dictionary...

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

3 hrs confidence:

perezosa/ se diría elefantesca en sus movimientos

Explanation:
Me gusta más...

Maura Affinita
Local time: 07:28
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 32

3 hrs confidence:

a pesar de/contrariamente a su apariencia, es/se revela excesivamente lento

Explanation:
...masculino para un auto al cambiar de idioma.

No conozco el resto del texto, sin embargo me parece que el adjetivo "sornione" no esté muy bien empleado...

sornione
[sor-nió-ne]
(pl. m. -ni; f. -na, pl. -ne)
A agg.
Che astutamente dissimula idee e intenzioni precise sotto un atteggiamento bonario e distratto: è un ragazzo s., non capisci mai quel che pensa; il gatto è un animale s.

Maria Assunta Puccini
Colombia
Local time: 05:28
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

Italian
PRO pts in category: 60

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

retraída, casi paquidérmica en los movimientos

Carmen Palomino
Italy
Local time: 12:28
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

gracias .)

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