ficha importante
English translation: major player
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|  Selected response from: Charles Davis Spain Local time: 16:10 | ||||||
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| 4 +3 | major player |
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| 4 | has a big file on you |
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| 3 | there's a significant file on you |
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has a big file on you Explanation: I think this may work. "The DEA (?) has a big file on you." BBC News - Today - MI5 'said Bronowski was a risk' news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9444000/9444270.stm Apr 4, 2011 - Files released today show that MI5 labelled the scientist and broadcaster Jacob Bronowski a "security risk" for nearly 20 years. ... The local police were asked if they knew of him, and they ... **MI5 have a big file on him".** Jack Martin - Google Groups https://groups.google.com/d/topic/alt.assassination.jfk/Afk8... Aug 24, 1999 - available at the National Archives. Garrison had to bury ... Deputy Sheriffs and the Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department, whom ... must **have a big file on** Ferrie as a they conducted a complete investigation of ... 1 January 2013 - daehanmindecline www.daehanmindecline.com/2013/ Also, as it's the end of the year, I'm unlocking all the 2013 archives. ..... just covering, eg "I Fought the Law," "Revolution Rock," "Police on My Back"; ...... By the way, I didn't go mainly because they probably already **have a big file on me** from the ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 minutos (2018-06-30 17:18:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You could use 'HEFTY' as an alternative to 'big', which I think is actually better than 'big', suits the register of the conversation. |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3major player Explanation: In other words, an important criminal. "Ficha" doesn't mean a file or police record here; the man himself is seen as a "ficha". "Para la DEA" means in the opinion of the DEA. You could say "the DEA sees you as a major player" or "the DEA has you down as a major player", or maybe "you're high on the DEA's most-wanted list" or even "the DEA really wants to get its hands on you". "Ficha" can mean "8. f. Persona peligrosa; pícaro, bribón" ( http://dle.rae.es/?id=HqtY6oE ). In Mexico it can mean "Persona peligrosa o de cuidado, que no es de fiar y cuyas intenciones no son transparentes" ( http://lema.rae.es/damer/?key=ficha ). It's along those lines. The expression is quite often used in the world of narcos and cartels. A couple of examples: "También está un hombre identificado como Jefrie Rojas, a quien se le atribuye ser una “ficha importante” en el lavado de activos de la organización criminal." http://eldia.com.do/cartel-del-malecon-usaba-con-facilidad-a... "En diciembre de 2012, Graça Alves, alias Mano G, fue capturado por las autoridades de Brasil en desarrollo de una fase de la operación Muralla, ya que era considerado una ficha importante del ala armada de la organización delincuencial que dirige su tío." https://www.fiscalia.gov.co/colombia/trafico-de-estupefacien... "Jarvis Pavão era uno de los delincuentes más buscados de Paraguay al momento de su detención en 2009, junto a Carlos Antonio Caballero, alias “Capilo”, otro sospechoso de ser ficha importante del narcotráfico con nexos con grupos criminales brasileños." https://es.insightcrime.org/noticias/noticias-del-dia/homici... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2018-06-30 17:52:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In Spain it's quite common to say "¡menuda ficha! referring to someone who behaves dishonestly, outrageously or maliciously. "¡Ese Croft, menuda ficha! Un malnacido. Justo lo que necesitaban: un verdadero hijo de puta" (from the Spanish version of Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead), https://books.google.es/books?id=wtA3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT555&lpg=P... |
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