Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
front-heavy
Spanish translation:
cabeza poderosa/formidable
Added to glossary by
Antonio Berbel Garcia
Mar 24, 2022 07:33
2 yrs ago
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English term
front-heavy
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Nowadays there are definitely plenty of wild boars about. They are nocturnal and rarely spotted but I’ve seen evidence of their digging in many places, some as close as fifty metres from our house, on the lower slopes of the ridge opposite. In several years of walking in the area I’ve twice seen boar during the day, albeit both times on late afternoons in December, just before dusk. On each occasion the encounter took place high on the slopes of Cerro de los Lobos.
Once, in the gully leading up to the col between the two main summits, two adults and two young were making their way upwards. I’m sure they knew I was there, twenty metres higher up the slope, but they seemed unconcerned.
The second incident was just before Christmas 2011. A rustling in the undergrowth stopped me and I was treated to the sight of a huge adult boar, front-heavy, close enough for the bristly nature of its coat to be clearly visible, moving away along one of the narrow contouring paths they have worn across the mountainside. Every few seconds it stopped, sniffed the air, snuffled and moved unhurriedly on.
Once, in the gully leading up to the col between the two main summits, two adults and two young were making their way upwards. I’m sure they knew I was there, twenty metres higher up the slope, but they seemed unconcerned.
The second incident was just before Christmas 2011. A rustling in the undergrowth stopped me and I was treated to the sight of a huge adult boar, front-heavy, close enough for the bristly nature of its coat to be clearly visible, moving away along one of the narrow contouring paths they have worn across the mountainside. Every few seconds it stopped, sniffed the air, snuffled and moved unhurriedly on.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
3 | caveza poderosa/formidable | Cecilia Gowar |
4 | boa al acecho / en posición de ataque | InesV |
3 | de frente | Natalia Pedrosa |
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caveza poderosa/formidable
No creo que quede bien en castellano hablar de una parte delantera más pesada, pero el jabalí tiene de por sí una cabeza grande y es la parte más notable de su aspecto frontal, así como lo primero que se ve.
Hubiera sugerido ¨enorme¨pero el adjetivo ya figura en la misma frase, justo antes.
Tal vez cambiaría un poco la frase....
.... la formidable cabeza de un enorme jabalí adulto, tan cerca como para que ....
¨El jabalí es un mamífero que se caracteriza por tener un hocico largo y recto, además de una cabeza y tronco grandes en comparación con sus patas cortas y delgadas.¨
https://www.fundacionaquae.org/wiki/clip-natura-jabali/
Hubiera sugerido ¨enorme¨pero el adjetivo ya figura en la misma frase, justo antes.
Tal vez cambiaría un poco la frase....
.... la formidable cabeza de un enorme jabalí adulto, tan cerca como para que ....
¨El jabalí es un mamífero que se caracteriza por tener un hocico largo y recto, además de una cabeza y tronco grandes en comparación con sus patas cortas y delgadas.¨
https://www.fundacionaquae.org/wiki/clip-natura-jabali/
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Comment: "muchísimas gracias a todas"
8 mins
de frente
Quiere decir que lo vio de frente y su presencia le impuso. Buen jueves.
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Note added at 13 mins (2022-03-24 07:46:29 GMT)
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También podría ser "de cara".
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Note added at 13 mins (2022-03-24 07:46:29 GMT)
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También podría ser "de cara".
19 hrs
boa al acecho / en posición de ataque
Espero que te sirva. Saludos.
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