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ZamIAm

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"Spanish Question" , posted Tue 24 Dec 23:02

What would be the spanish language equivalent of a "redneck"/"hilbilly"?

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Time Mage

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"Re(1):Spanish Question" , posted Wed 25 Dec 13:12

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What would be the spanish language equivalent of a "redneck"/"hilbilly"?

If you could describe what's a "redneck"/"hilbilly", i could help, because I don't know the word in english.

The droogo
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"Droogo will translate" , posted Wed 25 Dec 13:21

About redneck I can translate it like : cuello rojo and the other word I dont fucking know

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"Backwoods" , posted Wed 25 Dec 13:24

Rednecks and Hillbillies...

They're those undereducated, back woods type folk. Y'know that image given to us all by the movie "Deliverance". Lots of missing teeth, long hair sometimes... no shoes and dressed in coveralls. Straw hats.. the simple, farmer type. Appalachian<sp>... mountain folk... Those types. Living in shacks with entirely TOO many dogs under the porch and keeping them all outside.

And I live near them. -_-

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"Re(1):Backwoods" , posted Wed 25 Dec 13:29

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Rednecks and Hillbillies...

They're those undereducated, back woods type folk. Y'know that image given to us all by the movie "Deliverance". Lots of missing teeth, long hair sometimes... no shoes and dressed in coveralls. Straw hats.. the simple, farmer type. Appalachian<sp>... mountain folk... Those types. Living in shacks with entirely TOO many dogs under the porch and keeping them all outside.

And I live near them. -_-

You mean something like hmmm... Cleetus from The Simpsons??

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"Re(1):Spanish Question" , posted Wed 25 Dec 13:53

There is no direct equivalent of the word redneck. But cuello rojo will do.

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What would be the spanish language equivalent of a "redneck"/"hilbilly"?

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VManOfMana
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"Re(2):Spanish Question" , posted Wed 25 Dec 14:57

Problem is that by using "cuello rojo" no one will understand you. There is simply no expression close to "redneck" since there is no people like that, at least in Mexico.

Slang can be very hard to translate due to the lack of equivalent expressions. As an example, try to translate "chilango" into English.

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ZamIAm

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"Oh boy..." , posted Wed 25 Dec 20:52

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Problem is that by using "cuello rojo" no one will understand you. There is simply no expression close to "redneck" since there is no people like that, at least in Mexico.

Slang can be very hard to translate due to the lack of equivalent expressions. As an example, try to translate "chilango" into English.

Erm, what would a generic term for someone of little education/ettiquette?

Curious, a Spanish English dictionary I saw had hillbilly=palurdo. How good is this translation?

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Time Mage

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"Re(1):Oh boy..." , posted Thu 26 Dec 02:57

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Curious, a Spanish English dictionary I saw had hillbilly=palurdo. How good is this translation?

In Spanish of Spain, that's a very good translation, I think. You can also say hillbilly=paleto.

Sensenic
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"Estos de pueblo...." , posted Thu 26 Dec 11:20

quote:

Rednecks and Hillbillies...

They're those undereducated, back woods type folk. Y'know that image given to us all by the movie "Deliverance". Lots of missing teeth, long hair sometimes... no shoes and dressed in coveralls. Straw hats.. the simple, farmer type. Appalachian<sp>... mountain folk... Those types. Living in shacks with entirely TOO many dogs under the porch and keeping them all outside.

And I live near them. -_-

Curious, a Spanish English dictionary I saw had hillbilly=palurdo. How good is this translation?

In Spanish of Spain, that's a very good translation, I think. You can also say hillbilly=paleto.

According to TK's def., me'd choose cazurro. Pueblerino could be ok too.

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Time Mage

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"Re(1):Estos de pueblo...." , posted Thu 26 Dec 12:31

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According to TK's def., me'd choose cazurro. Pueblerino could be ok too.

Cuñaaaaaao... <---- Debe ser uno de ésos.

Sensenic
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"Re(2):Estos de pueblo...." , posted Thu 26 Dec 12:38:

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According to TK's def., me'd choose cazurro. Pueblerino could be ok too.

Cuñaaaaaao... <---- Debe ser uno de ésos.

poozi <---- Éste no, éste es un caso aparte...

EDIT: ey! Sólo hay un 1 de diferencia entre tu número de posts y el mío

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"Re(3):Estos de pueblo...." , posted Thu 26 Dec 14:32

campesino no es bastante...burlo e?

Sensenic
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"Re(4):Estos de pueblo...." , posted Thu 26 Dec 14:43

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campesino no es bastante...burlo e?

No, campesino es "normal", no es para burla.

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Makondo99
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"Re(1):Oh boy..." , posted Thu 26 Dec 15:19

quote:

Erm, what would a generic term for someone of little education/ettiquette?

Curious, a Spanish English dictionary I saw had hillbilly=palurdo. How good is this translation?

Hum, in Chilean Spanish you could say "roto" or "cuma", the former being a sort of snobish way to refer to that kind of people, and the latter a slang word for that.

Now, I had never heard before "parludo" and the other terms posted by other members here, I'd say that they make sense only in its country of origin (Mexico, Spain, etc) but not in every country with Spanish as mother language.

Perhaps a more generic term could be "mal educado" but I'm not quite sure if it has the same meaning in every Spanish-spoken country...

Sensenic
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"So, ZamYouAre..." , posted Thu 26 Dec 15:38

quote:

Erm, what would a generic term for someone of little education/ettiquette?

Curious, a Spanish English dictionary I saw had hillbilly=palurdo. How good is this translation?

Hum, in Chilean Spanish you could say "roto" or "cuma", the former being a sort of snobish way to refer to that kind of people, and the latter a slang word for that.

Now, I had never heard before "parludo" and the other terms posted by other members here, I'd say that they make sense only in its country of origin (Mexico, Spain, etc) but not in every country with Spanish as mother language.

Perhaps a more generic term could be "mal educado" but I'm not quite sure if it has the same meaning in every Spanish-spoken country...

The word you choose depends on who has to receive the word. As you see, Makondo didn't know the Spain-Spanish words and, at least, I don't know both of Makondo's words. Specially words of this kind (despective), cause they are very ...erm, don't know how to say it... informal, street language... so they are very different from one country to another.

And Makondo, don't know in Chile, but I'd say "mal educado" (bad mannered?, unpolite?) is too generic and not necessarily refers to country people.

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Makondo99
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"Yep" , posted Thu 26 Dec 16:25

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And Makondo, don't know in Chile, but I'd say "mal educado" (bad mannered?, unpolite?) is too generic and not necessarily refers to country people.

You are right, but I had in mind ZamIam's second post:

quote:

Erm, what would a generic term for someone of little education/ettiquette?

Damn, I really can't think of a "generic" slang word in Spanish that refers to country people who lack education/ettiquete as it would appear that "redneck" or "hillbilly" mean...

Now, I could coin up something like "huaso cuma", but I bet that only Chileans (or people with certain knowledge of my country) could make some sense of it...

Oh, yeah "mal educado" = rude

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Sensenic
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"Re(1):Yep" , posted Fri 27 Dec 11:18

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And Makondo, don't know in Chile, but I'd say "mal educado" (bad mannered?, unpolite?) is too generic and not necessarily refers to country people.

You are right, but I had in mind ZamIam's second post:

Erm, what would a generic term for someone of little education/ettiquette?

Ooops, didn't see that 1.

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¿De qué parte de España eres Sensenic?

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ZamIAm

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"Re(1):Yep" , posted Fri 27 Dec 22:20

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And Makondo, don't know in Chile, but I'd say "mal educado" (bad mannered?, unpolite?) is too generic and not necessarily refers to country people.

You are right, but I had in mind ZamIam's second post:

Erm, what would a generic term for someone of little education/ettiquette?

Damn, I really can't think of a "generic" slang word in Spanish that refers to country people who lack education/ettiquete as it would appear that "redneck" or "hillbilly" mean...

Now, I could coin up something like "huaso cuma", but I bet that only Chileans (or people with certain knowledge of my country) could make some sense of it...

Oh, yeah "mal educado" = rude

¿De qué parte de España eres Sensenic?

I'm debating whether or not I should even translate it to spanish or just go <<hillbilly>> to imply that it is in another language. This is a story point where the main character's girlfriend is from the southern US and she pronounces some words with an accent. She dislikes this because in her opinion, that accent makes her sound like a redneck/hillbilly and doesn't want to be seen that way. I have a mentality that, after a point of development, I'll need to translate stuff to spanish to spread to a wider audience. A was just curious to what redneck/hillbilly translated to.

I might get back to posting characters here, there's just some copyright issues I've been worried about. (Hate to work so hard on an idea only for someone else to steal it and you have no defense.)

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"Re(2):Yep" , posted Sat 28 Dec 19:56

Spanish is quite different from country to country and if you search for a word equal to "redneck", it'll be quite different in each zone. The very word redneck is used in a few parts of the US refering to some ppl in the US (i think is often used on Texans, right?).

Maybe a equivalent would be "temporero/temporera" (ppl who works in the country by a day or a season, usually bad paid, usually with little education).

*Looks at the thread*

Damn, when did chileans invaded the gaming boards? I'm not the only one anymore ;_;

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Makondo99
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"Re(3):Yep" , posted Sun 29 Dec 09:59

quote:

Maybe a equivalent would be "temporero/temporera" (ppl who works in the country by a day or a season, usually bad paid, usually with little education).

I disagree. "Temporero(a)" doesn't really refer to country people but rather to people who work in the country.

quote:

*Looks at the thread*

Damn, when did chileans invaded the gaming boards? I'm not the only one anymore ;_;

Hum, blame the TLC? ^^

ZamIAm

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"hmm..." , posted Mon 30 Dec 20:57

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Spanish is quite different from country to country and if you search for a word equal to "redneck", it'll be quite different in each zone. The very word redneck is used in a few parts of the US refering to some ppl in the US (i think is often used on Texans, right?).

Redneck is used to refer to people from states in the southeast US though it does stretch to Texas.

That does make spanish difficult to do. I'm guessing I would mainly need Spain-spanish and Mexican-spanish for most translations. In all honesty, this actually makes me think even deeper on on how I choose to word things that way translating will be easier.

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