Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

vehemente

English translation:

furious, vindictive, vehement

Added to glossary by William Stein
Jul 24, 2003 20:27
20 yrs ago
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Spanish term

vehemente

Spanish to English Art/Literary
Alguien un poco más vehemente ha querido focalizarse sobre nosotros.
Talking whoever made complaints about the company.I can't quite make out what they mean. Someone not as strong, someone has exaggerated ??
Proposed translations (English)
5 -1 A little less furious
5 +4 passionate
5 +2 vehement

Proposed translations

-1
1 min
Selected

A little less furious

or less vindictive (somebody who wasn't trying quite as hard to bite their heads off!)

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Note added at 2003-07-24 20:55:55 (GMT)
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Sorry, I was thinking \"alguièn un poco menos vehemente\". Anyway, it\'s the same translation of \"vehemenite: A little more furious, a little more vindictive (somebody trying even harder to bite their heads off)

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Note added at 2003-07-24 20:56:49 (GMT)
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\"Vehement\" is fine, too, but I thought you wanted another word to explain the meaning.
Peer comment(s):

disagree Ramiro Arango : It's the opposite
22 mins
Right, I forget the context, but it's still "furious"
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks - vindictive is the word I was looking for. "
+4
5 mins

passionate

That is the word you need, Zac.

Cheers, Au

fervent? impetuous? vehement? Other possibilities as per dictionaries. I "smell" your word is PASSIONATE.

Peer comment(s):

agree Esperanza Gallegos
8 mins
la vehemencia que a veces se paga cara... Gracias! Au
agree afsdfds
14 mins
Muy amable!
agree José Luis Villanueva-Senchuk (X)
24 mins
Gracias aunque estoy bastante perdida, en varios sentidos.... Au :-(
agree Ino66 (X)
1 hr
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+2
19 mins

vehement

The word "vehement" often accompanies nouns such as "complaint" "comment" and "opinion". It appears over 10,000 times in the Web, and it might go well with your text here.

Cheers,
Elena



http://keithlynch.net/april1/spam3.html
... Well, I suppose in theory he could have figured it out from the **vehement** complaint I CCd him after the first time he sent me the same messages. ...

http://keithlynch.net/april1/spam3.html

AmosWEB: A PEDestrian's GUIDE to the ECONOMY: Laying The ...
... Stella, the pharmacist and proprietor of the Good Time Pharmacy, has taken the opportunity
of our meeting to voice a rather **vehement** complaint over a new Shady ...

REGULATION - 24k - Jul 23, 2003 - similar pages

http://www.zianet.com/desertx/june01/disorderly.html
... they emit? AW: I would expect that would be it, but a bitter complaint,
or a vehement complaint, need not be loud. It's hard to ...
http://www.zianet.com/desertx/june01/disorderly.html - 19k - similar pages
Letter to the Editor
... Anderline is an Israeli citizen, who has lived here many years. In the wake of the incident he sent a **vehement** complaint to the IDF Spokesman. ...

http://www.stuorg.iastate.edu/drummer/2002SumWarLooks.html - 9k - similar pages

Multichannel News International - Kirch Files Complaint Against ...

... If the Office of Fair Trading upholds Kirch's complaint, both channels could be ... didn't
pass a law, but the country's politicians offered **vehement** opposition to ...

http://www.multichannel.com/esec/Article_176173.htm

Taxis in Prague - Prague TV
... This will generally keep him quiet, but if he doesn't back down, a **vehement** complaint to the taxi firm is always a nice way to work off a hangover. ...

Peer comment(s):

agree Nikki Graham : yes, this is the only one that means impetuous, fervent, passionate, etc., as the Spanish does.
19 mins
agree Ino66 (X)
1 hr
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