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Old July 30, 2010, 05:15 AM
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I'd like to know the meaning of addled in the following sentences, please:

This soufflé is addled.
¿Podrido?

That parliament was addled.


His brain is addled.
¿Confundido?



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Old July 30, 2010, 05:32 AM
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addled brain=un mente hecho menos fuerte por varios razones (droga, edad,un matrimonio malo, alcohol)

addled parliament= un palimento inefectivo for varios razones (corrupción,
quereles personales,etc)

addled soufflé=un soufflé caido
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Old July 30, 2010, 05:43 AM
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Muchas gracias, Poli.
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Old July 30, 2010, 05:52 AM
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Interesting word. Addle is an old word for urine, and ovum urinum is a translation of ουριον ωον, the wind-egg from Aristophanes Clouds. Anyway, it means rotten or putrid, and is usually used for an egg which is bad. Possibly then the eggs used in a soufflé were bad, but I'm guessing here.
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addled brain=una mente hecha menos fuerte (debilitada) por varios razones (droga, edad,un matrimonio malo, alcohol)

addled parliament= un parlamento inefectivo for varios razones (corrupción,
querellas personales,etc)

addled soufflé=un soufflé caido
Pequeñas correcciones.
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Old July 30, 2010, 07:55 AM
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Also "varias razones" and "soufflé caído"
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Old July 30, 2010, 10:16 AM
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Also "varias razones" and "soufflé caído"
Es que estaba apurado...
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addled adj a (confused) confundido, aturullado (fam); her brain’s completely addled = está completamente loca
b ‹ egg › podrido

Adler addled the communication...

No clue of what a "soufflé caído" really means... ¿"desinflado"?
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addled adj a (confused) confundido, aturullado (fam); her brain’s completely addled = está completamente loca
b ‹ egg › podrido

Adler addled the communication...

No clue of what a "soufflé caído" really means... ¿"desinflado"?
No. Debería ser traducido por desinflado, lo cuál me salté la frase completamente...
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Tengo una tía que sufría mucho cuando se le "caía" el soufflé, así que no me suena nada raro "soufflé caído". Pero no tengo nada en contra de "desinflado".
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Old July 31, 2010, 04:52 PM
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Ah, vale, pues todos contentos. (Me he acordado de un chiquito de 4 ó 5 años, que tiraba algo al suelo, 'sin querer', y decía: "Se cayó...")
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