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pointedly

Spanish translation: deliberada/intencionada/sin rodeos

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English term or phrase:pointedly
Spanish translation:deliberada/intencionada/sin rodeos
Entered by: Claudia Pesce

22:02 Jan 24, 2008
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Journalism / environment
English term or phrase: pointedly
¡Hola a todos! A ver si me dan una mano.....
Es un artículo acerca del medio ambiente. ¿Cómo traducirían "pointedly" aquí?

"CAN poor countries afford to be green? That is a question which politicians in the developing world have often asked rather pointedly."

¡Gracias!
Claudia Pesce
Argentina
Local time: 13:47
deliberada/intencionada/sin rodeos
Explanation:
deliberada/intencionada/sin rodeos

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-24 23:17:22 GMT)
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deliberadamente, intencionadamente
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Babelio
Spain
Local time: 17:47
Grading comment
Me quedo con la respuesta de Babelio, pero les agradezco a TODOS. ¡Mil gracias!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6deliberada/intencionada/sin rodeos
Babelio
4 +2atinadamente
Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
5acentuadamente / agudamente
Sandra Rodriguez
5malintencionadamente
Andrea Tutte
5enfáticamente
Carlos Segura


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
atinadamente


Explanation:
a menudo han preguntado muy atinadamente...

Óscar Delgado Gosálvez
United States
Local time: 12:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Egmont
3 mins
  -> gracias de nuevo, AVRVM.
agree  Adriana Rubinstein
18 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
acentuadamente / agudamente


Explanation:
Bastante literal.

Sandra Rodriguez
Puerto Rico
Local time: 12:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
malintencionadamente


Explanation:
Creo que el término se usa más bien en sentido crítico, y no para denotar "puntería".
Pointedly:
adverb
in a very obvious way, usually to express criticism or disapproval:


    Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=611...
Andrea Tutte
Paraguay
Local time: 12:47
Native speaker of: Spanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
deliberada/intencionada/sin rodeos


Explanation:
deliberada/intencionada/sin rodeos

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-24 23:17:22 GMT)
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deliberadamente, intencionadamente

Babelio
Spain
Local time: 17:47
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Me quedo con la respuesta de Babelio, pero les agradezco a TODOS. ¡Mil gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Denise DeVries: con intencion
27 mins
  -> :-)
agree  Marian Martin (X)
28 mins
  -> :-)
agree  nigthgirl
1 hr
  -> :-)
agree  Marisa Raich
5 hrs
  -> :-)
agree  Bubo Coroman (X)
6 hrs
  -> :-)
agree  Ximena P. Aguilar
23 hrs
  -> :-)
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
enfáticamente


Explanation:
Una de las acepciones del OED: "Pointed: emphasized, made evident. - Pointedly, adv."

Esto es lo que se expresa aquí; dar énfasis, realzar la importancia del tema.

Carlos Segura
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:47
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2
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