a man in a small way
Spanish translation: un hombre sin pretensiones
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| 19:23 Mar 3, 2021 |
| English to Spanish translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / victorian vocabulary | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Mónica Algazi Uruguay Local time: 19:45 | ||||
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| 3 +2 | un hombre modesto |
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| 3 +1 | un hombre sin pretensiones |
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| 3 | era un hombre cuya vida era caracterizada por limitaciones |
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| 1 | un hombre con bajos recursos |
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20 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1un hombre sin pretensiones Explanation: sin alardes de grandeza. |
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1 hr confidence:
un hombre con bajos recursos Explanation: If it was a polite way of referring to someone in economic straits. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2021-03-03 21:12:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or by the man’s “small way”, it is meant the small quality of the man’s way of acting, being, etc., “Un hombre con poca perspectiva” might do. |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2un hombre modesto Explanation: Entiendo que "modesto" recoge la idea con la suficiente amplitud y encaja bien con el modo de hablar de aquella época. |
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