Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
forma frustrada
English translation:
milder form / less severe form
Added to glossary by
Lucas Haney
Nov 9, 2022 01:14
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Spanish term
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forma frustrada
Spanish to English
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This phrase appears in a study about tics that takes place in Mexico, but for this question the focus is on a table within the paper describing the prevalence of the condition itself in different forms (motor, vocal or Tourettes). I originally believed the meaning to be "failed" to signify an "incomplete" version of Tourettes, but I am not sure and wish to possibly either verify my choice or correct my mistake. The sentence containing the phrase is down below:
"La forma completa del cuadro es rara, reportándose una prevalencia de 1:2000, sin embargo, la frecuencia aumenta a 1:200 cuando se consideran también las formas frustradas del padecimiento".
Thank you in advance to anyone who assists with this small issue!
"La forma completa del cuadro es rara, reportándose una prevalencia de 1:2000, sin embargo, la frecuencia aumenta a 1:200 cuando se consideran también las formas frustradas del padecimiento".
Thank you in advance to anyone who assists with this small issue!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +2 | milder form / less severe form |
Robert Carter
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References
| Forme fruste |
Anne Schulz
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Proposed translations
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18 mins
Robert Carter
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Mexico
Translating full-time since 1998
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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milder form / less severe form
"Frustrada" can mean "not quite achieved", but even so it does strike me as unusual to describe a milder form of Tourette's this way, but sure that's the only thing it can mean, right?
"There are three types of Tourette’s:
Pure Tourette’s Syndrome – movement and vocal tics only
Full blown Tourette’s Syndrome – movement and sound tics as well as ‘Echophenomena’ (repeating others or one’s own sounds and movements, ‘Copropraxia / Coprolalia’ (obscene and unacceptable movements, gestures and language. Only 10% of people with Tourette’s suffer with the well-publicised ‘swearing’ tic called Coprolalia)
Tourette’s Syndrome plus – OCD, ADHD, sleep problems, depression, anxiety as well as the symptoms of full blown TS"
https://www.clinical-partners.co.uk/child-adolescents/a-z-of...
"There are three types of Tourette’s:
Pure Tourette’s Syndrome – movement and vocal tics only
Full blown Tourette’s Syndrome – movement and sound tics as well as ‘Echophenomena’ (repeating others or one’s own sounds and movements, ‘Copropraxia / Coprolalia’ (obscene and unacceptable movements, gestures and language. Only 10% of people with Tourette’s suffer with the well-publicised ‘swearing’ tic called Coprolalia)
Tourette’s Syndrome plus – OCD, ADHD, sleep problems, depression, anxiety as well as the symptoms of full blown TS"
https://www.clinical-partners.co.uk/child-adolescents/a-z-of...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you for the helpful response, this will definitely help with me with my translation!"
Reference comments
9 hrs
Reference:
Forme fruste
In medicine, a forme fruste (French, "crude, or unfinished, form"; pl., formes frustes) is an atypical or attenuated manifestation of a disease or syndrome, with the implications of incompleteness, partial presence or aborted state. The context is usually one of a well defined clinical or pathological entity, which the case at hand almost — but not quite — fits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forme_fruste
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forme_fruste
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Robert Carter
: That's interesting, Anne, and is revealing of my own ignorance on the subject. Why not post it as an answer, or do you think it's not widely used at present?//Okay, thanks, Anne!
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I think it's quite a highfalutin term. I know it because the same French loan word exists in German, but I know nothing about its use in English nor Spanish. Anyway, the meaning is what you assumed in your answer.
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Joel Schaefer
: I just today learned forme fruste, but in Italian and referring to an early stage of keratoconus. Anyway, I agree with Robert’s answer.
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