Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
He didn't know any better
Spanish translation:
por no saber/por ignorancia/por falta de conocimiento
Added to glossary by
Lydia De Jorge
Dec 17, 2007 23:12
16 yrs ago
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English term
He didn't know any better
English to Spanish
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
This is the complete sentence:
He didn't know any better, so he went along with their suggestion.
He didn't know any better, so he went along with their suggestion.
Proposed translations
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Change log
Jan 1, 2008 05:39: Lydia De Jorge Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in English
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Spanish
Specializes in field
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
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por no saber/por ignorancia/por falta de coocimiento
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coNocimiento
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coNocimiento
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Yvonne Becker
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Gracias Yvonne!
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Robert Copeland
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Gracias Robert!
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Terry Burgess
: Yep!...and an all-too-familiar-story:-) Saludos, Lydia + a Happy Xmas and a great NY:-)
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we've all been-there-done-that...many good things to you too Terry!!
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James A. Walsh
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Thanks James!
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Janine Libbey
: Or, as we say in the South about someone like this, "Bless his heart!"
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amen to that!
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Carolyn Dorrell
: No es que precisamente no supiese, es que no vio una alternativa mejor
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You are entitled to your opinion even if incorrect. Thanks.
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Rocio Barrientos
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Gracias guapa!
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Ivannia Garcia
: Totally agree..."didn't know any better" reeks ignorance or in the best case scenario, innocence ;) Happy Holidays!!
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Thanks Ivannia!
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Virginia Pugh Hernandez
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Gracias Virginia!
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JPW (X)
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Thanks John!
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Silvia Brandon-Pérez
: Yes, good to 'see you too.' Your answer is perfect, btw; not to know any better means to be ignorant...
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Hello stranger...good to 'see' you!
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Mar Brotons
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Thanks Mar!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
Colombia
Colombia
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Colombia
Legal Translations
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Dutch to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 3 more.
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como no se le ocurrió nada mejor
no es que no supiera, es que no se le ocurría nada.
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Verónica Mastronardi
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Gracias, Verónica
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Maria Rosich Andreu
: en este caso creo que encaja mejor
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Gracias, Maria
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Christian [email protected]
: por no tener una idea mejor...
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Gracias, Christian
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Teresa Mozo
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Gracias, Teresa. Feliz Navidad.
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Noelia Fernández Vega
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Gracias, Noelia. Feliz Navidad.
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Darío Giménez
: Mola. ;-)
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Gracias, emege. Feliz Navidad.
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Tradjur
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Gracias, Tradjur.
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Silvia Brandon-Pérez
: Not to know any better significa no saber actuar o no saber algo. No tiene que ver con que no se le ocurrió algo.
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I'm afraid your are contradicting yourself. No saber actuar=No ocurrírsele nada (cómo actuar). Yo creo que sí tiene que ver, es lo mismo. To know better, depending on the context, means to be wiser, more adept at something. inv. lack the wisdom
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Tammy Creo
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
United States
medical, medicine, conference, simultane
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
Spanish
el no tenia ninguna nocion
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This is the first time I use this site,I apologize for the error.
My answer to that is "El no tenia ninguna nocion"
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Note added at 24 mins (2007-12-17 23:37:50 GMT)
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This is the first time I use this site,I apologize for the error.
My answer to that is "El no tenia ninguna nocion"
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aunque no tenía experiencia para saber si su sugerencia era sabia o no, concurrió con ella
es una explicación más de una traducción: el chico era inexperimentado y en el caso de que la sugerencia de los demás fuera perjudicial, él no era capaz de juzgar; por eso concurrió pero con un cierto grado de riesgo ... eso significa que el chico resultó vulnerable al efecto perjudicial eventual de la sugerencia.
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pecando de ingenuo
another option
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Juan Manuel García
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Reliable translations on time.
Native in: Spanish , Catalan
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, and 4 more.
English term (edited):
he didn\'t know any better
no sabía hacerlo de otra manera
No sabía hacerlo de otra manera, así que siguió el consej que ellos le dieron.
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