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Old April 27, 2009, 03:29 PM
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Colectivos desfavorecidos

I'm having another mental block, folks!

Please, can someone get me out of this "atolladero".

How do you translate: colectivos desfavorecidos (tercera edad, minusválidos, población reclusa, etc.)?

Gracias por adelantado.
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Old April 27, 2009, 04:33 PM
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impoverished, disadvantaged, deprived, depressed

the unfortunate, the less fortunate, the poor and needy, the afflicted
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I'm having another mental block, folks!

Please, can someone get me out of this "atolladero".

How do you translate: colectivos desfavorecidos (tercera edad, minusválidos, población reclusa, etc.)?

Gracias por adelantado.

A toda esa poblacion se le llama "colectivos desfavorecidos', en españa?
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Old April 28, 2009, 02:30 AM
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impoverished, disadvantaged, deprived, depressed

the unfortunate, the less fortunate, the poor and needy, the afflicted
Gracias, Rusty. I used "the less fortunate".
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"Desiderata" - ...be gentle with yourself.You are a child of this universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
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Old April 28, 2009, 03:31 AM
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Is the word atolladero or atrolladero?
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Old April 28, 2009, 03:35 AM
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Is the word atolladero or atrolladero?
Atolladero de "atollar" = atascar, atascadero.
I learnt it from the title of a film. It's one of my favourite words.
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"Desiderata" - ...be gentle with yourself.You are a child of this universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
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Is the word atolladero or atrolladero?
I haven't looked, but I don't think atrolladero exists...

Atolladero like Ambarina explained means atascadero. Se usa para implicar problema.
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A toda esa poblacion se le llama "colectivos desfavorecidos', en españa?
Sí, desfavorecidos o menos favorecidos. ¿Por qué? ¿Cómo se dice por esos lares?
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Sí, desfavorecidos o menos favorecidos. ¿Por qué? ¿Cómo se dice por esos lares?
solo desfavorecidos o menos favorecidos, nunca con el "colectivo"

Tambien se usa desafortunados, desgraciados You know.
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