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72 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

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72 months ago

   wrote:

very angry/upset(*) for some reason

My comment:

enfadado POR algo = upset about something
https://glosbe.com/es/en/enfadado%20algo

enfadado algo = upset/angry for some reason

My references:

https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=in+some+way :

"in some way (adv) (= **somehow**):

por alguna razón
de algún modo
en cierto sentido
***algo***"


=> "somehow": https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=somehow :

"somehow (ADV):
1. (=by some means) de algún modo, de alguna manera
2. (=**for some reason**) por alguna razón"

https://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=enfadado%20algo :

(*) "enfadado adj (= disgustado, malhumorado): ***angry, furious, upset; annoyed, bothered***" according to your context.

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

72 months ago

María P. Álvarez   wrote:

I agree..."POR" seems to be missing, for some mysterious reason. One has to be upset/angry FOR some reason.

72 months ago

María P. Álvarez   wrote:

Maria, Yes, the "por" must be missing. By the way, my explanation here above with the "algo" alone AFTER the adjective is incorrect, as I hadn't seen the example sentence ("Me pareció que tenía ***algo diferente***") that was somewhat hidden BELOW the note in a box on the said Wordreference page (https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=in+some+way). My automatic translator says "very angry AT SOMETHING" (which comes to the same as "very angry/upset FOR SOME REASON"...): ""Olaf, if you don't mind, could you come back tomorrow?" I think it's better to talk to Marianus and when you come back we'll talk about the details ... - the young man looked at the friar ***very angry at something*** and she thought he wouldn't leave, but he did.". https://mymemory.translated.net/en/Spanish/English/%E2%80%94Olaf%2C-si-no-te-importa-%C2%BFpodr%C3%ADas-volver-ma%C3%B1ana%3F-Creo-que-es-mejor-que-hable-con-Marianus-y-cuando-vuelvas-hablaremos-sobre-los-detalles%E2%80%A6-%E2%80%94-el-joven-miraba-al-fraile-muy-enfadado-algo-y-ella-pens%C3%B3-que-no-se-ir%C3%ADa%2C-pero-lo-hizo.# => THE ANSWER SHOULD BE: "very angry AT SOMETHING" or "very (angry/)upset FOR SOME REASON" according to context. Maybe the author should be contacted, so as to confirm the missing "por" (and to correct his or her text).

72 months ago

María P. Álvarez   wrote:

In fact, to include the asked expression in the source sentence, it should be: "the young man looked at the friar very angrILY FOR SOME REASON". So the answer is: "very angriLY for some reason", not "very angry for some reason", which I had first indicated. This structure (adjective iso adverb) exists in Romanic languages (Spanish, French,...), but not in English. Maybe "muy enfadado (por) algo" should be between commas: "el joven miraba al fraile, muy enfadado (por) algo, y ella pensó que...". So there could be a double mistake in that source sentence.

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72 months ago

Ffion Marianne Moyle   wrote:

very angry with him

My comment:

enfadado = angry

72 months ago

Sylvia J. Andrade   wrote:

fed-up with something

My comment:

it's a synonym for "tener harto."
(Mexican Spanish)