Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

hacer la judía

English translation:

to cheat

Added to glossary by Jairo Payan
May 7, 2008 03:03
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term

"hacer la judía"

Spanish to English Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Pedro y Pablo eran muy buenos amigos pero dejaron de serlo porque un día pablo le hizo la judía.

Me pregunto si existe una traducción más o menos literal para este modismo que se escucha mucho en Colombia, no se que tanto en otros países. Mi respeto por la comunidad judía y no pretendo ofender con la frase pero trabajo es trabajo!
Proposed translations (English)
4 to cheat
Change log

May 7, 2008 03:09: M. C. Filgueira changed "Language pair" from "English to Spanish" to "Spanish to English"

Discussion

Jairo Payan (asker) Feb 16, 2018:
Thanks John, quite interesting.
Robert Forstag Feb 10, 2018:
Highly offensive I am certain that the translation offered by Henry Hinds (RIP) is correct. Another possibility here (and more exact equivalent) would be: "He jewed him."

In this connection, it should be noted that the use of "judía/jew" in such contexts is *highly offensive* (the equivalent of "nigger," "chink," etc.).

Proposed translations

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Spanish term (edited): \"hacer la judía\"
Selected

to cheat

Declined
EL PARCHE, DICCIONARIO- [ Translate this page ]HACER LA JUDIA: Estafar. Engañar. Traicionar a un amigo. Tomar ventaja en un negocio. JUDIO: m. adj. Sapo. Traidor. Que solo piensa en el dinero. Egoísta. ...
www.caucanet.net.co/nf/mc/mcweb/j.htm - 50k

un día Pablo le hizo la judía = one day Pablo cheated him
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Perdón por la tardanza Henry. Pensé que había otra acepción pero veo que al parecer no."
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