Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Speaking down
Spanish translation:
hablarle en tono condescendiente
Added to glossary by
Taña Dalglish
May 22, 2020 01:26
3 yrs ago
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English term
Argentina
To interpret clients' needs
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, and 3 more.
Speaking down
English to Spanish
Bus/Financial
Medical (general)
Newsletter
Speaking down to the employee will elicit one type of response.
Speaking “up” to the employee will elicit another.
So approach any problem as though both you and the employee have a stake in its resolution, and as though it is a problem you mutually desire to resolve.
Speaking “up” to the employee will elicit another.
So approach any problem as though both you and the employee have a stake in its resolution, and as though it is a problem you mutually desire to resolve.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
| 2 +5 | hablarle en tono condescendiente |
Taña Dalglish
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| 4 +1 | dirigirse (al empleado) con menosprecio |
María C Turri
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| 4 | subestimar |
Liliana Garfunkel
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Change log
May 26, 2020 18:12: Taña Dalglish changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/89615">Karina Cappelletti's</a> old entry - "Speaking down "" to ""hablarle en tono condescendiente""
Proposed translations
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33 mins
Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Jamaica
Native in English
Jamaica
Translating the Ideas Behind the Words
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
143
Selected
hablarle en tono condescendiente
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/speaking down to someon...
speak down to (one) (redirected from speaking down to someone)
speak down to (one)
To speak in an insultingly condescending manner to one; to speak to one as if they are less mature, intelligent, or capable than they really are.
I try not to speak down to my kids when they ask me a serious question.
I hate the way my boss speaks down to me whenever I ask him to explain something.
See also: down, speak
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
La condescendencia | Una hipoacúsica másunahipoacusicamas.com › la-condesc...
https://unahipoacusicamas.com/la-condescendencia/
Jan 22, 2019 - Condescendencia es cuando alguien te trata de una manera en la que parece que eres «tonto» o que «no comprendes» lo que te dicen. ¿No os suena?, ¿no os da rabia?: te empiezan a hablar súper lento porque creen que así se entenderá mejor lo que dicen, cuando la verdad es que así, yo por lo menos, me pierdo aún con más facilidad. Ir con alguien que también se esté dando cuenta, y cruzando miradas que… ¡es tan divertido! ¡Jaja!
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/social-science...
GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase: talk down
Spanish translation: hablarle en tono condescendiente a
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Note added at 4 days (2020-05-26 18:11:44 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.
speak down to (one) (redirected from speaking down to someone)
speak down to (one)
To speak in an insultingly condescending manner to one; to speak to one as if they are less mature, intelligent, or capable than they really are.
I try not to speak down to my kids when they ask me a serious question.
I hate the way my boss speaks down to me whenever I ask him to explain something.
See also: down, speak
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
La condescendencia | Una hipoacúsica másunahipoacusicamas.com › la-condesc...
https://unahipoacusicamas.com/la-condescendencia/
Jan 22, 2019 - Condescendencia es cuando alguien te trata de una manera en la que parece que eres «tonto» o que «no comprendes» lo que te dicen. ¿No os suena?, ¿no os da rabia?: te empiezan a hablar súper lento porque creen que así se entenderá mejor lo que dicen, cuando la verdad es que así, yo por lo menos, me pierdo aún con más facilidad. Ir con alguien que también se esté dando cuenta, y cruzando miradas que… ¡es tan divertido! ¡Jaja!
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/english-to-spanish/social-science...
GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase: talk down
Spanish translation: hablarle en tono condescendiente a
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Note added at 4 days (2020-05-26 18:11:44 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Gracias!"
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36 mins
María C Turri
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Argentina
A realiable translator at your disposal
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish
Related KudoZ points
:
95
dirigirse (al empleado) con menosprecio
Me parece que iría por ahí la cuestión...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
MARIELA BONACHERA
: Me parece que menospreciar queda mejor que condescender, de acuerdo a la definición de la RAE de ambas (no significan lo mismo).
13 hrs
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21 hrs
Liliana Garfunkel
Argentina
Argentina
Native in Spanish
Argentina
Reliable. Computing skills.
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
subestimar
Otra opción.
Subestimar al empleado provocará un tipo de respuesta.
Subestimar al empleado provocará un tipo de respuesta.
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