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Crack
ES UN CRACK.
When somebody is very good at something or almost everything we say he is un crack, what the equivalente in English? He ´s a cracker He is on fire. |
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He's an ace.
He's the man. He's on his game. (He's on fire.) He owns this. Like a boss! He's a wiz. He's a genius. There are others. |
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Crack is sometimes used as an adjective to mean exceptional just like it is used in Spanish. I don't use it, because, as an adjective, it has other meanings in English, and some of those meanings are quite negative referring to cocaine induced psychosis.
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In American English, crack only means superior if it is used as an adjective. He is a crack craftsman, for example. Calling someone a crack would be confusing.
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Según el Oxford English Dictionary (omitiendo las acepciones marcadas como obsoletas, pero no me fío de que ninguna de estas acepciones sea actual), crack como sustantivo en inglés y refiriéndose a una persona podría significar bromista, loco, ladrón, o alguien de quien se jactan otros. La última sería la fuente de la palabra prestada, pero el ejemplo más reciente en el diccionario es de hace 134 años.
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Muchas gracias!
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