cardada

English translation: coiffed

16:56 Dec 11, 2023

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Spanish term or phrase: cardada

A description of the attitude of the upper classes by a Spanish writer:

A este respecto, me comentaba un amigo que las personas de clases altas están educadas para neutralizar su empatía y poder así sacar un beneficio de sus semejantes. Tiene toda la lógica. Siempre me ha llamado la atención cómo utilizan el lenguaje en su propio provecho; por ejemplo, cuando el típico señor o señora bien, al ir a recoger un trabajo que habían solicitado, dice al trabajador tras un mostrador: “no me has entendido bien”, mientras empuja el trabajo rechazándolo, dejándole ver con su gesto y su comentario que alguien tendrá que repetirlo y que, desde luego, no va a ser ella o él quien pague los costes de lo ya hecho. El nivel de sofisticación cuando este tipo de operación se desarrolla sin que intervenga lo físico, solo con el lenguaje verbal, lo hace más brutal y despiadado. Un día vi a una señora mayor, perfectamente cardada, con su nieta en una terraza

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Wendy Gosselin KudoZ activity Questions: 2020 (3 open) (214 closed without grading) Answers: 2 Argentina
Local time: 15:27

English translation:coiffed

Explanation:
If someone has neatly coiffed hair, their hair is very carefully arranged. [formal] Her hair was perfectly coiffed.
NB: It's pronounced like "quaffed"... :-)

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"One day I saw an elderly lady, perfectly coiffed, with her granddaughter on a terrace...."

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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/coiffed

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Note added at 2 days 27 mins (2023-12-13 17:23:42 GMT)
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NB: Pax OGV, I don't deny that it could mean backcombed, but I think my suggestion works better, and even more so if we use ormiston's suggestion "impeccably coiffed" (10,600 results in an online search).

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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 20:27

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Summary of answers provided

4 +4

coiffed

neilmac

3 +2

combed/bsckcombed

O G V

Summary of reference entries provided

Backcombed hair is like Dusty Springfield!

ormiston

Discussion entries: 1

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24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

combed/bsckcombed

Explanation:
Es un proceso de peinado q se asemeja al de ciertos tejidos

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Backcombed, claro.

O G V
Spain
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Tomasso: My first guess much like inglish word to CARD, To comb (Wool) peinado clasico talvez de Barcelona https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardado

10 mins

-> I saw carded too but seems more suitable for wool. Lavar y cardar es algo típico de las peluquerías, al menos en España. Y cuidado, cardar en catalán coloquial es otra cosa: https://www.diccionari.cat/GDLC/cardar

neutral

ormiston: Your two suggestions are not compatible!

13 mins

-> i guess is one or another, thanks

agree

Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales: Backcombed. Also "teased" or "ratted". Bridget Bardot was quite the fan early in her career.

19 hrs

-> Brigitte, Brigitte, la petite deése!! And good suggestions, you should add them as an answer thinking in future researchs.

19 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

coiffed

An elderly lady with perfectly coiffed hair had just stepped out of the elevator.

Reference: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/coiffed#...

neilmac
Spain
Local time: 20:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 82

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38 mins peer agreement (net): +2

Reference: Backcombed hair is like Dusty Springfield!

Reference information:
verb. to comb the under layers of (the hair) towards the roots to give more bulk to a hairstyle.

ormiston
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

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