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Småfeit

English translation: a bit of a porker

19:26 Apr 15, 2011
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang
Norwegian term or phrase: Småfeit
Prøver å finne et engelsk (amerikansk) adjektiv som beskriver dette spesielle uttrykket. Er ikke på utkikk etter "chubby" eller "plump", men et uttrykk som er like negativt ladet som originalen.

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Karin Berling
United States
Local time: 18:19
English translation:a bit of a porker
Explanation:
Definitely a negative description commonly used for humans (of either gender) and animals.
Selected response from:

lingo_montreal
Local time: 18:19
Grading comment
This was definitely the most colorful suggestion. Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2Pudgy
Anne
5chubby
jeffrey engberg
4pot-bellied
Charles Ek
4baby fat
Jande
3chunky
trsk2000 (X)
3a bit of a porker
lingo_montreal
3 -1Rubenesque
Sven Petersson


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pot-bellied


Explanation:
"Småfeit" is used at the link below in a manner that suggests this possibility. "Pot-bellied" is even more negative than "paunchy" and "tubby", I think, and it can be used for both men and women. But I'd only call a woman "pot-bellied" with a good-sized head start . . . ;-)


    Reference: http://forum.snartmamma.com/showthread.php?t=298846
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 17:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
chubby


Explanation:
chunky flabby plump portly pudgy tubby...
many ways to say this in Inglish!

jeffrey engberg
Norway
Local time: 00:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  alexandratheres
5 mins
disagree  Anne: Chubby is "lubben", which is more positive than "småfeit"
1 hr
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Rubenesque


Explanation:
:o)

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 00:19
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Charles Ek: This one's usually used approvingly, not with a negative connotation. Charlesp -- Karin is in fact looking for something negative, which "Rubenesque" is typically not.
32 mins
agree  Charlesp: Isn't that what the asker is asking? (referring to the disagree and comment above).
1 day 19 hrs
disagree  Anne: Doesn't really capture the intended insult of "småfeit"..
3 days 10 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
chunky


Explanation:
en mulighet, synes jeg..

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-04-15 22:37:06 GMT)
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**my suggestion still stands, but I was thinking that you can use of the synonyms suggested and form the commonly heard construction thus; i.e. "she's a little bit on the chunky side", thereby conveying the idea of "små" and using a sentence understood by an American English target readership (also added to discussion)

Example sentence(s):
  • The soprano was a chunky girl from California

    Reference: http://onlineslangdictionary.com/thesaurus/words+meaning+ove...
    Reference: http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/chunky
trsk2000 (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:19
Native speaker of: English
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Pudgy


Explanation:
Avoids the "cuddly" notion and captures the negative connotations.

Anne
Australia
Local time: 08:19
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Per Bergvall
5 hrs
agree  Donna Stevens
11 hrs
disagree  Charlesp: nah, I wouldn't think so.
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Could you elaborate on the disagreement?
agree  Fantasia Translations
9 days
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1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a bit of a porker


Explanation:
Definitely a negative description commonly used for humans (of either gender) and animals.

Example sentence(s):
  • "I've always been a bit of a porker. In school I was the chubby kid and I took the teasing in my stride."
  • "Sultry Sharon Gless confesses that she was a bit of a porker as a teen and her nickname was Moby Dick. The Cagney & Lacey beauty now works out."

    Reference: http://www.yellow-llama.com/my-personal-transformation/
    Reference: http://books.google.ca/books?id=ge0DAAAAMBAJ
lingo_montreal
Local time: 18:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
This was definitely the most colorful suggestion. Thanks!
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3 days 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
baby fat


Explanation:
e.g. xyz lost their baby fat.

He/she has a bit of baby fat.

Jande
Australia
Local time: 08:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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