Aug 15, 2003 00:21
20 yrs ago
English term

ladies'man, man's man, man about town

English to Romanian Art/Literary
expresie referitoare la un barbat.
Contextul nu este relevant.

TIA

Proposed translations

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un crai, un barbat tipic, un om de lume

ladies’ man / B  `leIdiz ,mæn / A  noun [singular]
a man who enjoys spending time with women, and who wants them to find him sexually attractive

a man’s man
a man who likes spending time with other men and doing things that men traditionally enjoy

man about `town B  A  (plural ,men about `town) noun [count]
a man who goes to a lot of fashionable parties, restaurants, clubs etc
Peer comment(s):

agree Anca Nitu
10 hrs
Merci
neutral questionslater : nu prea sunt de acord cu 'un barbat tipic'... in absenta contextului poate fi inteles ca 'un om obisnuit'
11 hrs
Mi-a trecut prin minte "baiat de baiat" dar m-am abtinut la timp.
agree Gabrielle Weatherhead : in afara de barbat tipic,suna bine. pentru ladies'man ar merge si [fustangiu]
13 hrs
Merci
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petrecaret

Sau "elegant" sau "de oras".
This is a surname of Catch, a hero from the film "Down with Love" (2003)
Eu l-as traduce prin "petrecaret", desi locutiunea in cauza chiar vrea sa insemne ce pare: "idolul femeilor, prietenul barbatilor, charismaticul".
Trebuie sa citesti cronicile de la link-urile de mai jos, poate gasesti un epitet mai potrivit.
http://www.comingsoon.net/reviews/downwithlove.php
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0309530
si referinte:
Barbara's revolutionary tome rockets to the top of best-seller charts, she becomes the target of ace journalist Catcher "Catch" Block (Ewan McGregor), ladies' man / man's man/ man about town...
http://movieweb.com/movie/downwithlove/
...
Peter Macmannus is the editor of KNOW Magazine: for Men in the Know, son of a self-made man, and 'best friend' to THE ladies' man, man's-man, man about town.
http://rockthebeat.org/peter/peter.htm
Dar concret, iata ce gasim in Cambridge Dictionary:
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
ladies' man noun [C] [singular] OLD-FASHIONED
a man who gives women a lot of attention and likes to be with them:
John was always a bit of a ladies' man.
a man's man
a man who enjoys men's activities and being with other men:
Terry's what you'd call a man's man - I don't expect you'd find him at the ballet too many nights a week.
man-about-town noun [S]
a man who spends a lot of time in fashionable places, doing fashionable things
HTH
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3 days 18 hrs

gagicar, barbat de barbat, om de lume

daca va place mai mult o traducere in jargon.
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