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to call an ace an ace and a spade a spade

Romanian translation: să spui lucrurilor pe nume

15:17 May 21, 2012
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: to call an ace an ace and a spade a spade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_call_a_spade_a_spade
Adela Porumbel
Romania
Local time: 23:38
Romanian translation:să spui lucrurilor pe nume
Explanation:
nu ştiu contextul exact, dar din câte văd, aceasta ar fi cea mai bună traducere; altă variantă ar fi "să spui [cuiva] verde în faţă"
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Nicu Teodorescu
United Kingdom
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Mulțumesc
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4 +9să spui lucrurilor pe nume
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
să spui lucrurilor pe nume


Explanation:
nu ştiu contextul exact, dar din câte văd, aceasta ar fi cea mai bună traducere; altă variantă ar fi "să spui [cuiva] verde în faţă"

Nicu Teodorescu
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 4
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Mulțumesc

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agree  ANDA PENA RO
4 mins
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agree  ION CAPATINA: să spui verde-n față
16 mins
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agree  Testeronline: ai de unde alege, sunt o groaza de variante in romana, a da cartile pe fata, a spune de sleau, a vorbi franc
23 mins
  -> aşa e, româna e bogată când e vorba de spus lucrurilor pe şleau :)
agree  Diana Coada (X)
42 mins
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agree  Ovidiu Martin Jurj
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agree  IGMI
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agree  RODICA CIOBANU
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agree  Cosmin Băduleţeanu
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agree  Victorița Ionela Duță
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