Diseños aseñorados

English translation: would-be classic designs

16:40 Mar 1, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Marketing / Market Research / Estudio de mercado
Spanish term or phrase: Diseños aseñorados
Se habla de una crítica entre diseños innovadores vs. aseñorados. El producto es una línea de camionetas pickup.

Muchas gracias por su ayuda.
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 17:47
English translation:would-be classic designs
Explanation:
Adapted from Lydia's suggestion, but slightly less informal. This could be an option... or maybe "faux classic designs"...
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neilmac
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Local time: 00:47
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2would-be classic designs
neilmac
4 +1Staid designs
Robert Carter
4 +1wannabe classic
Lydia De Jorge
4 -1old-fashioned
Vittorio Ferretti
3snobbish/with seniority designes
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón


Discussion entries: 3





  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
old-fashioned


Explanation:
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Note added at 16 mins (2020-03-01 16:56:57 GMT)
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old-fashiones style

Vittorio Ferretti
Local time: 00:47
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Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

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disagree  Lydia De Jorge: Nada que ver. Aseñorado/da: adj. Dicho de una persona ordinaria: Que imita los modales del señor.
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Staid designs


Explanation:
The idea of "aseñorado" is that they're classic but kind of dull and old-fashioned.

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Note added at 24 mins (2020-03-01 17:05:08 GMT)
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" 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...

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 17:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24

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agree  neilmac: "Innovating versus staid" could work...
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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
wannabe classic


Explanation:
aseñorado, da
Dicho de una persona ordinaria: Que imita los modales del señor.



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Note added at 51 mins (2020-03-01 17:31:26 GMT)
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Also, pretentious design.

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 18:47
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: "Wannabe" is very informal (but could work), but I find 'pretentious' rather judgemental.
17 hrs
  -> You could be right! Thanks!
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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-...

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
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):
  • So why, they ask, does today's state-of-the-art engineering need to be wrapped in a faux-classic design,
  • America's automakers adopted so many unnecessary faux-classic design touches...

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/would-be
    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/would-be
neilmac
Spain
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  patinba: "innovative vs classic" without the "would-be" conveys the idea well I think.
4 hrs
  -> No sé. Me parece que hay que dejar un matiz de "quiere pero no puede" (aseñorado vs señorial)...

agree  Marian Vieyra: Would-be classics, without designs.
1 day 9 hrs
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