Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

half-and-halfer

Spanish translation:

indio occidentalizado

Added to glossary by Cecilia Gowar
Dec 17, 2016 19:45
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English term

half-and-halfer

English to Spanish Art/Literary Poetry & Literature Salman Rushdie
"He became a stupid thing, a half-and-halfer with a nagging wife..."
"Doctor Aziz whose rubies and diamonds have turned into a half-and-halfer, remembers this story.."

¿Alguien tiene idea de a qué se refiere con ese término? No logro encontrar nada en ningún lado, ni entender el significado como para "crear" un término... ¿Será algo así como "mediocre"?

Thanks in advance.
Change log

Dec 31, 2016 09:41: Cecilia Gowar Created KOG entry

Discussion

Cecilia Gowar Dec 17, 2016:
The urban lingo was probably coined after the book was published. However, this definition: "Half Halfer is a African American who is also White" is compatible with the meaning. "Halfer" is "mestizo"
Cecilia Gowar Dec 17, 2016:
Context Half and halfer is British slang for bisexual, but it could also be mixed race. I have not read the book so you'd have to point me in the right direction.

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indio occidentalizado

"He is a "half and halfer", an Indian with a western education and outlook"
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agree Charles Davis
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Thanks Charles!
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un algo indefinido

¨Se volvió una cosa estúpida, un-algo-indefinido con una esposa temperamental/de mal carácter/temperamento.
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