16:40 Mar 1, 2020 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Marketing / Market Research / Estudio de mercado | |||||||
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4 +2 | would-be classic designs |
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4 +1 | Staid designs |
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4 +1 | wannabe classic |
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4 -1 | old-fashioned |
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3 | snobbish/with seniority designes |
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old-fashioned Explanation: .. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2020-03-01 16:56:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- old-fashiones style |
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Staid designs Explanation: The idea of "aseñorado" is that they're classic but kind of dull and old-fashioned. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2020-03-01 17:05:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- " The industry is typified by staid design, slow iteration, high cost, and boxy, performance-led computers that can be about the size of an undergrad’s dorm room refrigerator." https://www.fastcompany.com/1834440/hp-innovates-staid-works... "It is amazing that the unibody structure of the Mustang sprouted from the Ford Falcon, a somewhat staid design of the late 1950s." https://books.google.com.mx/books?id=WZ9bF45s1cMC&pg=PA24&lp... |
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wannabe classic Explanation: aseñorado, da Dicho de una persona ordinaria: Que imita los modales del señor. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 51 mins (2020-03-01 17:31:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also, pretentious design. |
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snobbish/with seniority designes Explanation: My dictionary registers: Aseñorado/a. lordly, pompous, snobbish, affecting superiority. So for a car I would suggest: http://zh.trekearth.com/gallery/photo1559711.htm or https://www.hemmings.com/blog/article/junior-with-seniority-... |
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would-be classic designs Explanation: Adapted from Lydia's suggestion, but slightly less informal. This could be an option... or maybe "faux classic designs"... Example sentence(s):
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/would-be https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/would-be |
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