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Whether or not you wear leather, if you are as tough as shoe leather, you do not have a vulnerable nature. I cannot think of a figurative term for invulnerable in Spanish, but does cara dura come close?
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@Poli: Hmm... I've only heard "ser un caradura" / "tener la cara dura" rather for someone being very cynical.
![]() @Pablo: I like "historias de hombres curtidos". ![]() Or maybe "escribió rudas/duras/recias historias..."
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This thread made me remember the Spanish writer Estefanía: http://elpais.com/diario/1984/08/09/...01_850215.html
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In English someone who is tough as leather can in many cases be called calloused.
Quiero saber si puede suena normal si se usa encallecido en lugar de recio.
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Aquí "encallecido" no se entendería tan normal en ese sentido figurado. "Curtido" es más normal, y estoy de acuerdo con la diferencia de significado con "recio" que señala Angelica.
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Gracias a todos por vuestras aportaciones. Son una buena ayuda.
(Aparte de todo, me acuerdo de los anuncios de "Varon Dandy"... "para hombres curtidos" o algo así...)
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