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  1. 04-10-2014 #11
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    Default Re: Tener el tupé de (hacer algo)

    Hola Pim
    creo que "Qué cretino" si bien podría reemplazarse en algún contexto por "cómo tiene el tupé de...", no necesariamente se pueden usar indistintamente.
    Creo que "cretino" se puede usar en un spectro mucho más amplio... Qué sinvergüenza, qué mala persona, qué traidor, etc etc. Sería "Jerk" en inglés?
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    Default Re: Tener el tupé de (hacer algo)

    FYI

    "to have the gall" is very similar to "to have the nerve" to do something; however, "to have the nerve" has two very different meanings. In one context it means to have the courage, or to be brave enough, to do something. EX: I don't have the nerve to go skydiving; or Skydiving is fun if you have the nerve for it.

    On the other hand, it is the same as "to have the gall". There are several phrases in which the two words could be used interchangeably. EX: You have a lot of nerve!(gall); What nerve (gall)!! The nerve (gall)!! She had a lot of nerve (gall) showing up at my party with my ex-boyfriend.
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    Default Re: Tener el tupé de (hacer algo)

    I would use "have the nerve of ... "

    For example, " he took my car without telling me and then had the nerve of telling me that it was dirty ".
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    Default Re: Tener el tupé de (hacer algo)

    Ahh, interesante Vicente, y Gall es sinónimo de Guts?
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    Default Re: Tener el tupé de (hacer algo)

    Claro, esas 2 frases en inglés son las que mejor expresan "Qué tupé"...
    Pim, qué opinás de "cretino"?
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    Default Re: Tener el tupé de (hacer algo)

    Hacia tiempo que no veía a diegonel comentando por acá.
    Más que negativa, lo defino como tragi-cómico ¿no les parece? Algo así como un "correctivo" ¿qué dicen?
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    Hi Pim!!! He estado un poco ausente
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    Default Re: Tener el tupé de (hacer algo)

    Quote Originally Posted by Salvadorm View Post
    Ahh, interesante Vicente, y Gall es sinónimo de Guts?
    Hola Salvadorm!

    Pues mi amigo, puede ser pero depende del context ya que to have gall significa: have the audacity or arrogance to do something; tener el descaro de hacer algo pero en general nerve es sinómino de guts ya que "guts" significa darle a uno el cuero ; tener agallas ; tener redaños; tener huevos
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    Default Re: Tener el tupé de (hacer algo)

    "Cretino" me suena muy general, como un insulto, como "necio" o "estúpido".
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    Default Re: Tener el tupé de (hacer algo)

    sí, claro, "cretino" se puede usar en un sinfín de situaciones. Se me ocurren miles a la mente! jajajajja
    Y está bien decir "Jerk" para cretino?
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