Timeline for How would you translate the word "badass" to Spanish?
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| Mar 7, 2013 at 2:10 | comment | added | Michael Wolf | I don't think cabrón is a good translation, though. Chingón comes a lot closer, but still misses the mark, and in any case it's only an adjective whereas badass is both an adjective and a noun. | |
| Mar 7, 2013 at 2:01 | comment | added | Dr. belisarius | @MichaelWolf BTW "güey" is more regionally scoped than "cabrón" | |
| Mar 7, 2013 at 1:58 | comment | added | Dr. belisarius | @MichaelWolf The OP's example is "cabrón" ... which is clearly aligned with my answer | |
| Mar 7, 2013 at 1:49 | comment | added | Michael Wolf | These only cover some of badass' meanings. It can have a more positive sense too, vaguely along the lines of "impressive" or "admirable" while retaining a tinge of rebelliousness. For instance, when I told my brother that I was thinking of moving to Mexico City he said, "that would be badass." Which is to say, it's very likely that, just as there's no one word equivalent in English to güey, there isn't one in Spanish for badass either. (I'd like to find out if there is, though.) | |
| Mar 5, 2013 at 16:54 | comment | added | Omar |
Btw, Fulano is originally an Arabic word Fulan and means someone.
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| Mar 5, 2013 at 13:15 | history | answered | Dr. belisarius | CC BY-SA 3.0 |