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Decadent


Pixter June 09, 2008 09:07 PM

Decadent
 
I was watching a Publix announcement about its bakery and they refer to their cakes as "decadent" cakes....I understand what it means but how would we say "decadent" cakes in Spanish?? :thinking:

Rusty June 09, 2008 09:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pixter (Post 10057)
I was watching a Publix announcement about its bakery and they refer to their cakes as "decadent" cakes....I understand what it means but how would we say "decadent" cakes in Spanish?? :thinking:

Try any of the following:
torta ...
sabrosa, sabrosísima
riquísima
exquisita
de muerte/para morir
para chuparse los dedos/de rechupete
pecaminosa

Tomisimo June 09, 2008 09:55 PM

Rusty's options are good. To me the idea of a decadent cake is a cake that is so rich and so full of sugar that it's a "sin" to eat it, thus these ideas:
Es una tentación de pastel.
Este pastel prohibido.
Es un exquisito pastel tentador.

sosia June 10, 2008 12:35 AM

Rusty's are good, but it's more like Tomisimo said.
Yo can also simply say "un pastel para gente decadente"/"un pastel para viejos sibaritas"
saludos :D

Tomisimo June 10, 2008 11:16 AM

I had never heard viejos sibaritas before now... and I had never heard sibarita used at all in Spanish. Cool. BTW, it's sybarite in English.

Alfonso June 10, 2008 02:34 PM

I agree with Sosia. We usually say in Spanish decadente for luxurious, sybarite, baroque, manierist...
Don't you use decadent with this nuance in English?
Is it just putrid and other meanings related to this?

poli June 10, 2008 02:40 PM

Decadent can mean something truly rich, luxurious and pleasurable--nothing a Puritan would approve of, though.

Alfonso June 10, 2008 02:43 PM

Same meaning as in Spanish then, Poli.

María José June 10, 2008 02:45 PM

There's an idea of "vice" associated to it.:D Decadence rules!:love::love::love:

poli June 10, 2008 02:52 PM

"Too much of a good thing can be wonderful" said Mae West

María José June 10, 2008 02:55 PM

Clever lady... let's not give examples... though a few things come to mind...;)

poiuyt August 07, 2008 11:56 AM

I looked it up on <snip> and this is what they came up with 1. Word:- decadent
Pronunciation:- [de-ka-dent]
Meaning(s):- a. Decadente.


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