Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
staid
Spanish translation:
sobrio
Added to glossary by
Scheherezade Suria Lopez
Jun 17, 2005 15:11
19 yrs ago
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English term
Spain
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Native in: Catalan (Variant: Central) 
, Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Catalan, Spanish to Catalan, and 2 more.
staid
English to Spanish
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Poetry & Literature
The Athaeneum was a club which admitted only the staid and the scholarly.
He encontrado "staid" como "formal" pero no lo veo idóneo al lado de "erudito", "scholar"... ¿Habria algo mejor para "staid"?
He encontrado "staid" como "formal" pero no lo veo idóneo al lado de "erudito", "scholar"... ¿Habria algo mejor para "staid"?
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 4 +3 | sobrio |
Anabel Martínez
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| 4 | serio |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 4 | recatado y conservador |
swisstell
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| 4 | sobriedad.... |
tortainc
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| 3 | conservadores |
George Rabel
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Proposed translations
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Anabel Martínez
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Spain
Localization and transcreation
Native in: Catalan (Variant: Central) , Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Catalan, Catalan to Spanish, and 5 more.
Related KudoZ points
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348
Selected
sobrio
igual me paso, pero yo diría que el club admitía solo "la sobriedad y la erudición"
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staid (std)
adj.
1. Characterized by sedate dignity and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; sober. See Synonyms at serious.
2. Fixed; permanent: \"There is nothing settled, nothing staid in this universe\" Virginia Woolf.
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staid (std)
adj.
1. Characterized by sedate dignity and often a strait-laced sense of propriety; sober. See Synonyms at serious.
2. Fixed; permanent: \"There is nothing settled, nothing staid in this universe\" Virginia Woolf.
Peer comment(s):
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Kim Metzger
: sober and steady: sedate and settled in habits or temperament, sometimes to the point of dullness. http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/staid.html
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thanks so much, Kim :)
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Carmen Schultz
10 mins
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gracias, Carmen :)
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moken
: :O)
19 mins
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gracias compañero :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "muchas gracias!!"
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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140
serio
Oxford
staid / steId / adj -er, -est serio, formal; ‹ clothes › serio, sobrio; (pej) aburrido
Mike :)
staid / steId / adj -er, -est serio, formal; ‹ clothes › serio, sobrio; (pej) aburrido
Mike :)
3 mins
4 mins
George Rabel
Native in Spanish
TRANSLATIONS THAT READ LIKE ORIGINALS
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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129
conservadores
una posibilidad...
44 mins
sobriedad....
Lo incluría de la siguiente manera: “El Athaeneum era un club en donde sólo se admitía la presencia de miembros caracterizados por su sobriedad y gran sabiduría”.
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