Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
la gata Flora
English translation:
whinger / sourpuss
Added to glossary by
jerrie
Aug 10, 2002 16:28
22 yrs ago
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Spanish term
la gata Flora
Non-PRO
Spanish to English
Other
frases
dicho
Proposed translations
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whinger / sourpuss
a misery
a few more to describe someone who moans all the time!
Think Victor Meldrew!!
a few more to describe someone who moans all the time!
Think Victor Meldrew!!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+3
31 mins
ever disatisfied / never satisfied
Es como la gata flora, si se la ponen grita, si se la sacan llora.
Ese es el dicho popular completo, un poco bestial, pero entrega completamente la imagen de alguien a quien no hay cosa que le venga bien.
Ese es el dicho popular completo, un poco bestial, pero entrega completamente la imagen de alguien a quien no hay cosa que le venga bien.
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Cinta Cano Barbudo
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Rafa Lombardino
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Marisa_mm (X)
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Mariana Solanet
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
&
English
Argentina
Writer, marketing, games, 40 years
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
, English (Variant: US) 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
Related KudoZ points
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117
a person that is never satisfied or happy with a situation
I can't think of an equivalent frase in English, but you say someone is the gata Flora because: "cuando se la ponen, grita, y cuando se la sacan llora". She always complaints, she wants it both ways...
40 mins
a big complainer
I am not sure if there is a better rendition.
Someone who no matter what, will always complain
Someone who no matter what, will always complain
52 mins
constant complainer
:)
58 mins
Flora, the cat
queda como el cuetero: si truena, malo, si no truna malo...
1 hr
Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Always welcome! :)
Native in: Russian
Works in: German to Russian, English to Russian, Spanish to Russian, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
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450
ever displeased /(discontented) person
(usually a woman).
Good luck with cats & women, nancidb!
Good luck with cats & women, nancidb!
+3
1 hr
Crab
\"You\'re such a crab!\" (You\'re always complaining)
(This was the only animal analogy I could come up with.)
Other possibilities:
bellyacher, complainer, crosspatch, faultfinder, griper
see below:
from Merriam-Websters Thesaurus
(http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus)
Entry Word: crab
Function: noun
Text: Synonyms GROUCH, ||bellyacher, complainer, crosspatch, faultfinder, griper, grouser, growler, grumbler, kicker
(This was the only animal analogy I could come up with.)
Other possibilities:
bellyacher, complainer, crosspatch, faultfinder, griper
see below:
from Merriam-Websters Thesaurus
(http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus)
Entry Word: crab
Function: noun
Text: Synonyms GROUCH, ||bellyacher, complainer, crosspatch, faultfinder, griper, grouser, growler, grumbler, kicker
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Oso (X)
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LoreAC (X)
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