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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespájaro de cuenta
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈpa.xa.ɾo ðe ˈkwen.ta
"Ten cuidado con él, parece ser un mal bicho."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A dishonest, untrustworthy, or disreputable person.
"He looks like a bit of a wrong-un, so I wouldn't lend him any money." - 2
In cricket, a googly; a ball bowled with the action of a leg-break that breaks in the opposite direction.
"The batsman was completely deceived by a clever wrong-un from the spinner."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from British colloquial speech in the late 19th or early 20th century, combining the adjective 'wrong' with the suffix '-un', a phonetic representation of 'one'. Originally used in criminal slang to denote a bad penny or a dishonest person, it expanded into broader British regional usage to describe someone untrustworthy or morally corrupt.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Wrong-un" is said worldwide
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criminel
Transliteration: kʁi.mi.nɛl
"Il a l'air d'un type louche, un vrai vaurien."
Zwielichtiger
Transliteration: ˈt͡sviːˌlɪçtɪɡɐ
"Traue ihm nicht, er sieht aus wie ein windiger Typ."
poco di buono
Transliteration: ˈpɔːko di ˈbwɔːno
"Quella persona ha la reputazione di essere un poco di buono."
pájaro de cuenta
Transliteration: ˈpa.xa.ɾo ðe ˈkwen.ta
"Ten cuidado con él, parece ser un mal bicho."
sujeito duvidoso
Transliteration: suˈʒej.tu du.viˈdo.zu
"Ele tem cara de ser um elemento perigoso."
बेईमान व्यक्ति
Transliteration: be-iman vyakti
"उस पर भरोसा मत करो, वह एक संदिग्ध व्यक्ति है।"
不可靠的人
Transliteration: bù kě kào de rén
"别相信他，他看起来像个不可靠的人。"
수상한 자
Transliteration: susanghan ja
"그는 믿을 만한 사람이 아니야."
怪しげな奴
Transliteration: ayashigena yatsu
"彼とは関わらない方がいい、危なっかしい奴だから。"
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