Spanish term
la cordobesa
La cordobesa siempre me prestaba discos.
Córdoba como provincia de Argentina. Siento que el sobrenombre tiene bastante de afectivo.
Muchas gracias de antemano.
SAludos
| 4 +6 | the lady from Cordoba |
JH Trads
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| 5 +2 | the Cordovan |
Katrin Mkrtchian
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| 3 +2 | the cordobense |
Cecilia Gowar
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| 2 -1 | miss Córdoba |
Agustin Brignolo
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Non-PRO (1): Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
the lady from Cordoba
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Helena Chavarria
: the lady from Córdoba
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Jennifer Levey
: With Helena.
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philgoddard
: Lady has a very oldfashioned ring to it. Woman would be better.
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ormiston
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neilmac
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liz askew
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Yvonne Gallagher
: yes agree with Helena in Dbox
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United States
B.A. in translation
Native in: English 
, Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Armenian to English, and 22 more.
the Cordovan
Cordovan (from Cordoba, Spain) El cordobés se casó con una gaditana en Sevilla.The Cordovan married a woman from Cadiz in Sevilla.
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philgoddard
: If this is ChatGPT, you should say so.
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Andrew Bramhall
: I think the demonym is correct; and just as well it wasn't 'el cordobés' in the question, as it could have led to confusion with the famous eponymous bullfighter!
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Etnonautas
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United Kingdom
I read the Alethiometer
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
the cordobense
A couple of plants from the region where the demonym is used:
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hordeum_cordobense
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:5...
Alternatively, I would leave ¨cordobesa¨and explain between brackets it means from Córdoba.
It is a nickname after all.
Ideally, ask the author.
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
: I would also leave "cordobesa" untranslated as a nickname. Actually, both nicknames could be left in Spanish.
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Thanks Beatriz, I totally agree. Regards!
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Carina Mariani
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¡Gracias Carina!
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Yvonne Gallagher
: we use demonyms in English very rarely, and only when clearcut // yes, a translation TO English. Your suggestion "explain between brackets it means from Córdoba" is clumsy rather than fluid.
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Well this is obviously not an English story.
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Argentina
Mass Media and Comms. Science Specialist
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
miss Córdoba
I also think "lady from Córdoba" can be a little too old fashioned or drift away a little from the tone the original piece has.
Adding "miss" is an expression I find suiting to represent that "affectionate" quality you mention could be expressed there. Something like "little miss sunshine"
I am not entirely sure this translation works for this narration as I would need to read the text to judge a little more, but I'll post it just in case it's a good enough match.
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Note added at 2 days 4 hrs (2024-05-13 03:13:27 GMT)
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other variations that I think could work:
the Córdoba chick
the girl/chick from Córdoba
Al romano y a la cordobesa los conocí en el Bar de Juan.
I met the roman dude and miss córdoba at Juan's bar/pub.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: it's not a beauty contest!//Your suggestions and "explanation" are linguistically incorrect in this context.
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It could surely sound like that put of context, but I think you missed the whole explanation, Yvonne.
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