Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Leaner and meaner competitors
Spanish translation:
Competencia limitada, pero más despiadada
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Jul 15, 2009 03:39
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English term
United States
Time goes by in the blink of an eye
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Leaner and meaner competitors
English to Spanish
Marketing
Marketing
Formación con respecto al alza en los precios de venta de una empresa.
Proposed translations
(Spanish)
Proposed translations
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9 hrs
ELIZABETH OROZC
Native in English
&
Spanish
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English
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menos competidores pero más agresivos
También podría ser: menos competencia con competidores más agresivos
?Cuánto vale Grupo Gigante? Entre US$ 1500 y US$ 2300 millones,
El ...Sin embargo, Wal-Mart enfrentaría menos competencia (temporalmente) ... Competencia más agresiva sobre todo en la Ciudad de México, ... pues Chedraui es un competidor muy agresivo, aunque ya conocen su manera de operar. ...
www.elsemanario.com.mx/.../news_display.php?... - En caché - Similares
Leaner
Main Entry: few
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hardly any
Synonyms: exiguous, few and far between, imperceptible, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infrequent, insufficient, lean, less, meager, middling, minor, minority, minute, negligible, not many, not too many, occasional, paltry, petty, piddling, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcely any, scattered, scattering, seldom, semioccasional, short, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, some, sparse, sporadic, stingy, straggling, thin, trifling, uncommon, unfrequent, widely spaced
Antonyms: many, much
?Cuánto vale Grupo Gigante? Entre US$ 1500 y US$ 2300 millones,
El ...Sin embargo, Wal-Mart enfrentaría menos competencia (temporalmente) ... Competencia más agresiva sobre todo en la Ciudad de México, ... pues Chedraui es un competidor muy agresivo, aunque ya conocen su manera de operar. ...
www.elsemanario.com.mx/.../news_display.php?... - En caché - Similares
Leaner
Main Entry: few
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hardly any
Synonyms: exiguous, few and far between, imperceptible, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infrequent, insufficient, lean, less, meager, middling, minor, minority, minute, negligible, not many, not too many, occasional, paltry, petty, piddling, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcely any, scattered, scattering, seldom, semioccasional, short, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, some, sparse, sporadic, stingy, straggling, thin, trifling, uncommon, unfrequent, widely spaced
Antonyms: many, much
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3 mins
Cristina Heraud-van Tol
Peru
Peru
Native in Spanish
Peru
Accuracy and Commitment
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Peruvian)
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 5 more.
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55
competidores/rivales más débiles y más perversos/ruines
Word Magic
Meaner:
perverso, malo, alevoso, canalla, vil, cabrón, indino, méndigo, mula; Synonyms: bad, base, perverse, wicked, abject, oblique, unholy; Characterized by wickedness or immorality.
Comparative form of lean: more lean
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leaner
débil; Synonyms: faint, feeble, weak, dim, enfeebled, flimsy, frail; Lacking in mineral content or combustible material. ; Low in mineral content.
Meaner:
perverso, malo, alevoso, canalla, vil, cabrón, indino, méndigo, mula; Synonyms: bad, base, perverse, wicked, abject, oblique, unholy; Characterized by wickedness or immorality.
Comparative form of lean: more lean
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leaner
débil; Synonyms: faint, feeble, weak, dim, enfeebled, flimsy, frail; Lacking in mineral content or combustible material. ; Low in mineral content.
5 mins
Javier Moreno Pollarolo
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Spanish
United States
From Shakespeare to Cervantes.
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
competidors más ágiles y agresivos
agresivos is a better way of saying they're mean. You could say tramposos but that would mean they're cheating.
5 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
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90
menos competidores/rivales con más maldad
Oxford y el contexto
"leaner" menos
Mike :)
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Note added at 7 mins (2009-07-15 03:46:22 GMT)
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Oxford
"a leaner, more efficient company: una compañía más eficiente con menos personal"
"leaner" menos
Mike :)
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Note added at 7 mins (2009-07-15 03:46:22 GMT)
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Oxford
"a leaner, more efficient company: una compañía más eficiente con menos personal"
6 hrs
Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Uruguay
Native in Spanish
Specializes in field
Uruguay
ATA-certified English-Spanish translator
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish
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318
competencia limitada, pero más despiadada
Un poco de rima, para armonizar con el original.
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Note added at 6 horas (2009-07-15 09:40:46 GMT)
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Otra variante posible que no me gusta tanto: "competencia más limitada, pero también más despiadada"
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Note added at 6 horas (2009-07-15 09:40:46 GMT)
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Otra variante posible que no me gusta tanto: "competencia más limitada, pero también más despiadada"
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