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Spanish term or phrase:
Cabezada (in this context)
English translation:
effrontery
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Bubo Coroman (X)
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Cabezada (in this context)
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"Conocemos el talante de la Corte en aquellos días primaverales de 1485. La ***cabezada*** de Don Rodrigo, como la definía el Doctor Alcocer en una carta al Almirante de Castilla, había dejado a todos consternados."
Expl=> Don Rodrigo estaba invadiendo Ponferrada y se disponía a parapetarse en sus castillos
Gracias de antemano
Expl=> Don Rodrigo estaba invadiendo Ponferrada y se disponía a parapetarse en sus castillos
Gracias de antemano
Proposed translations
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| 3 | effrontery |
Bubo Coroman (X)
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| 3 | "Head-on collision" |
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Mar 13, 2008 09:19: Rosario Villaescusa Created KOG entry
Mar 13, 2008 10:15: Bubo Coroman (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/77471">Rosario Villaescusa's</a> old entry - "Cabezada (in this context)"" to ""effrontery""
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effrontery
I'm just going by the context ...
effrontery means "shameless boldness, insolence"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effrontery
effrontery means "shameless boldness, insolence"
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effrontery
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"Head-on collision"
Or Head-on attack/blow, etc.
"Headbutt" exists, but the term is strongly linked to sports and too modern for your context.
Although I'm not sure I understand: if Don Rodrigo was invading Portugal, how was it that he was taking shelter in his castles? Perhaps I'm missing something ...
Anyway, an idea to get the ball rolling...
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Note added at 17 mins (2008-03-12 23:36:54 GMT)
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cabezada.
Cabezada:
1. f. Golpe dado con la cabeza.
2. f. Golpe que se recibe en ella chocando con un cuerpo duro
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-13 00:44:18 GMT)
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You know, that's what I thought (cabezonería) what I read the sentence, but then the DRAE didn't have a listing for that meaning, so I began to doubt.
Then, I would suggest:
Don Rodrigo's "stubbornness"
or
Don Rodrigo's "obstinancy"-
"Headbutt" exists, but the term is strongly linked to sports and too modern for your context.
Although I'm not sure I understand: if Don Rodrigo was invading Portugal, how was it that he was taking shelter in his castles? Perhaps I'm missing something ...
Anyway, an idea to get the ball rolling...
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Note added at 17 mins (2008-03-12 23:36:54 GMT)
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cabezada.
Cabezada:
1. f. Golpe dado con la cabeza.
2. f. Golpe que se recibe en ella chocando con un cuerpo duro
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-03-13 00:44:18 GMT)
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You know, that's what I thought (cabezonería) what I read the sentence, but then the DRAE didn't have a listing for that meaning, so I began to doubt.
Then, I would suggest:
Don Rodrigo's "stubbornness"
or
Don Rodrigo's "obstinancy"-
Note from asker:
| creo que en el contexto la idea es de una decisión errónea, quizás " cabezonería", o "tozudez" |
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