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havalısını

English translation: show-off

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Turkish term or phrase:havalısını
English translation:show-off
Entered by: Hellinas

13:51 Nov 17, 2012
Turkish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Meaningless fillers
Turkish term or phrase: havalısını
Karşılıksız platonik aşk kurbanıyım sevdiğim kız beni. reddetti ve arkamdan bunun kadar havalısını da görmedım demiş bunun anlamı ney ?
This sentence is wholly obscure to me: google translate gives 'a victim of unrequited love, platonic love me girl. I have not seen much of it in the vicinity refused and said behind my back that means what?' Nearly total gobbledegook!

I shall have to untangle it bit by bit. Reddetti means 'her refusal' and bunun anlamı ney 'what does it mean' ? but the rest? I need ProZ help.
Hellinas
Local time: 02:09
show-off
Explanation:
I am a victim of platonic, unrequited love. The girl I love refused me and they say that she said, from my back, ''Never seen such a show-off''. What does this mean?

''Flamboyant'' olumlu anlamda havali, ve gosterisli. ''swagger'' veya ''show-off'' olumsuz anlamda gosterisli. Reddedildigine gore tahminen olumsuz anlamda havali oldugunu dusunuyorum.
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Gulsen Farrington
Local time: 02:09
Grading comment
Thanks to all for the tremendous amount of help you have given me. I liked Gulsen's notes & her translation; hence i have awarded her the points.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5Flamboyant
Aziz Kural
5swagger
Gülnur Seyhanoğlu
5cool
Salih YILDIRIM
4puffed up
Raffi Jamgocyan
3 +1show-off
ATIL KAYHAN
4show-off
Gulsen Farrington


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
puffed up


Explanation:
or in an inflated manner

Raffi Jamgocyan
Türkiye
Local time: 04:09
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
show-off


Explanation:
An alternative.

ATIL KAYHAN
Türkiye
Local time: 04:09
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 84

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tim Drayton: 'Snooty person' or 'stuck up person' would also do.
1 day 19 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Flamboyant


Explanation:
Havalının tam karşılığı diye biliyorum.
I've never seen such a flamboyant one...

Aziz Kural
Türkiye
Local time: 04:09
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 4
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
swagger


Explanation:
I am lovelorn, jilted by the girl I love, they say she said "Never seen such a swagger" from my back, what does it mean?

Gülnur Seyhanoğlu
Türkiye
Local time: 04:09
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
show-off


Explanation:
I am a victim of platonic, unrequited love. The girl I love refused me and they say that she said, from my back, ''Never seen such a show-off''. What does this mean?

''Flamboyant'' olumlu anlamda havali, ve gosterisli. ''swagger'' veya ''show-off'' olumsuz anlamda gosterisli. Reddedildigine gore tahminen olumsuz anlamda havali oldugunu dusunuyorum.

Example sentence(s):
  • Take no notice of him, you know what a show-off he is. (from Oxford English dictionary)
Gulsen Farrington
Local time: 02:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
Grading comment
Thanks to all for the tremendous amount of help you have given me. I liked Gulsen's notes & her translation; hence i have awarded her the points.
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44 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
cool


Explanation:
Imho

Salih YILDIRIM
United States
Local time: 21:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
PRO pts in category: 88
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