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Old August 16, 2013, 08:53 AM
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RAE states un empellón means an over-achieving student. What is the term for an under-acheving student?
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No hay un término específico para un mal estudiante. Pero puedes decir holgazán, burro, vago, zoquete, etc...
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In Mexico, a very good student used to be "un cerebrito" or "un matado"; lately they're called "nerds", borrowing the English word.

A bad student used to be called "un burro", but I don't know if this is used at all anymore.
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An underacheiver is someone who is smart but doesn't show much effort to learn in school. I think slaker is the word in English

An overacheiver is someone who may not be too smart but works hard(empollón). I think striver is the word in English.

I don't know if there is an antonymn for empollón in Spanish.
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Hmmm... I don't think students here can be tagged so precisely.

I think for slacker a Mexican teacher would say that he's "flojo".
- Señora, su hijo es muy inteligente, pero muy flojo.

...and a striver would be "trabajador":
- Ese niño es muy trabajador, se esfuerza mucho, pero nunca saca más de 8.
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RAE states un empellón means an over-achieving student. What is the term for an under-acheving student?
Is the word you are looking for empollón or empellón?

in any event:

http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=empell%C3%B3n

http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=empoll%C3%B3n

under-achieving is not the word for empollón.
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Avoiding confusion from English language leaners:

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An underacheiver is someone who is smart but doesn't show much effort to learn in school. I think slaker slacker is the word in English...
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under-achieving is not the word for empollón.
Yo creo que sí. Según el diccionario, se trata de alguien "que prepara mucho sus lecciones, y se distingue más por la aplicación que por el talento"; es decir, es un estudiante que se esfuerza mucho, pero logra poco. Así que la palabra que eligió Poli, "empollón", es la correcta, y me parece que el equivalente en inglés, también.
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Yo creo que sí. Según el diccionario, se trata de alguien "que prepara mucho sus lecciones, y se distingue más por la aplicación que por el talento"; es decir, es un estudiante que se esfuerza mucho, pero logra poco. Así que la palabra que eligió Poli, "empollón", es la correcta, y me parece que el equivalente en inglés, también.
Estoy en desacuerdo. Eso que dice la RAE yo lo interpreto como que ambos consiguen lo mismo, pero uno con más esfuerzo, o sea, más aplicación que talento.

Para mí, no es un underachiever = flojo

Empollón, de empollar, como una gallina, se toma el tiempo, pero ve los resultados.

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