AF

Spanish translation: Realmente (u otro intensificador)

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English term or phrase:	AF
Spanish translation:	Realmente (u otro intensificador)
Entered by:	Lucía Rossi

14:33 Feb 16, 2021

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Cosmetics, Beauty

English term or phrase: AF

Moisturizers
Honey Balm Jelly Moisturizer

A crème balm moisturizer that helps to minimize the appearance of pores, leaving you with fresh, smooth, and luminous skin.

Your skin will look next-level fresh and dewy, not to mention flawless AF.

Cristina Heraud-van Tol KudoZ activity Questions: 575 (3 open) (56 closed without grading) Answers: 3476 Peru
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Realmente (u otro intensificador)

Explanation:
"AF" means "as fuck" which functions as an intensifier but it is very vulgar. I'd translate it as "realmente" or any other intensifier in Spanish which gives the same idea as "as fuck".

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Lucía Rossi
Argentina
Local time: 10:12

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5 +2

Realmente (u otro intensificador)

Lucía Rossi

3 +1

como siempre

Marcelo Viera

como nunca/increíblemente

Adriana Martinez

Summary of reference entries provided

Tone

Pablo Waldman

Discussion entries: 10

Cristina Heraud-van Tol

Peru

ASKER

21:38 Feb 17, 2021

Gracias a todos. Al final, opté por poner "con un acabado perfecto", ya que en Sudamérica o al menos en Perú, es impensable usar una grosería. Y sí, es de un catálogo enorme de Huda Beauty.

Marcelo Viera

Uruguay

AF buena idea plantear al cliente la connotación

16:39 Feb 17, 2021

Por esa razón aparece abreviado.

Anastasiya Horyacheva (X)

Spain

14:30 Feb 17, 2021

La traducción más literal sería: "jodidamente impecable", al menos, en España. Yo le explicaría a la clienta que esta expresión suena demasiado vulgar, a lo mejor esa es su intención y toca mantenerla. Si no, utilizaría un intensificador como han propuesto Lucía y Adriana, puesto que esa es la función de AF. También se podría intensificar el mensaje con alguna redundancia como: perfecta e impecable, perfectamente impecable, etc.

Pablo Waldman

Argentina

@Taña

17:57 Feb 16, 2021

I agree!

Taña Dalglish

Jamaica

@ Pablo

16:56 Feb 16, 2021

Okay! LOL! Not nice! I like Marcelo's option very much. Very appropriate here, I think!

Pablo Waldman

Argentina

@Taña

15:23 Feb 16, 2021

It seems to be a common expression used by young women in the context of makeup routines, as seen in many YouTube videos and in these products: https://www.etsy.com/ie/market/flawless_af

Taña Dalglish

Jamaica

@ Pablo

15:10 Feb 16, 2021

I have deep reservations that "AF" means what you alluded to! Personally, I would just leave AF alone, if the meaning cannot be found with concrete evidence!

Taña Dalglish

Jamaica

15:08 Feb 16, 2021

https://www.fullpotentialbeauty.com/product-page/flawless-af...
I really don't understand what "AF" could be, but I seriously ask why would beauty products use written in marketing speak then use bad language as Pablo alluded to below? I don't know!

Pablo Waldman

Argentina

15:07 Feb 16, 2021

As the link shared by Taña shows, the target audience is clearly a young one, so AF must be the acronym I've mentioned.

Taña Dalglish

Jamaica

15:01 Feb 16, 2021

https://www.nykaa.com/wishful-honey-balm-jelly-moisturiser/p... WISHFUL Honey Balm Jelly Moisturiser is a luxuriously textured crème balm moisturizer infused with ingredients to minimize pores and even skin tone, leaving you with a radiant and smooth complexion. Your skin will look next level fresh and dewy, not to mention flawless AF.

Key Highlights:

- Moisturized skin
- Visibly smaller pores
- Luminosity
- Calm and soothed skin

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44 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

af como siempre

Explanation:
A fin de no usar "taboo words" or "offensive words" sugiero hacer la siguiente "adaptación".

Si es verdad que no traducimos "palabras" sino que traducimos "mensajes yo sugiero algo asi:

Hidratantes Bálsamo de Miel Hidratante de Gelatina. Un bálsamo hidratante que ayuda a minimizar la apariencia de los poros, dejándote una piel fresca, suave y luminosa.
Su piel tendrá un aspecto fresco y húmedo de nivel superior, por no hablar de que estará impecable como siempre.

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Note added at 49 mins (2021-02-16 15:23:01 GMT)
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Lorde showed up to the Met Gala in New York in a sequinned navy Calvin Klein gown, looking as flawless as ever.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillaume/lorde-looks-flawless...

https://youtu.be/WqlqWNHLPkU

Marcelo Viera
Uruguay
Local time: 10:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Spanish

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Realmente (u otro intensificador)

Lucía Rossi
Argentina
Local time: 10:12
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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3 hrs confidence:

af como nunca/increíblemente

Explanation:
TOP DEFINITION
As fuck
An expression that can be added to almost any adjective to give emphasis. It generally means, "Extremely" or "To the utmost degree." This expression is very flexible (you might say it's flexible as fuck?), as you can use it to modify essentially any description, good, bad or other.
No me parece "como siempre" pues se supone que el producto mejore la piel de la muchacha, y si la deja como siempre no habría cambio.

Example sentence(s):

(la piel) quedará impecable como nunca/increíblemente impecable

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=As%20fuck

Adriana Martinez
Mexico
Local time: 07:12
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Reference comments

4 mins

Reference: Tone

Reference information:
If the text's tone is informal and intended for a young audience, AF might be the acronym for "as fuck":
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=af

Pablo Waldman
Argentina
Native speaker of:

Spanish

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