French translation of "dorky" - "....son abruti de cousin Bryan"

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248 months ago

Ghislaine Delorme (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > French
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	dorky
Context:	Andrew is counselling his dork
Keywords:	Movie blurb. Lots of superlati

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248 months ago

Prabir Mudaliar wrote:

une personne stupide

My comment:

I assume the asker needs an explanation of the slang term 'dorky', and not a translation of the context.

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248 months ago

Prabir Mudaliar wrote:

Sorry, 'dork' (noun). 'Dorky' (adj) would be simply 'stupide', or not 'a la mode'.

248 months ago

Prabir Mudaliar wrote:

....son abruti de cousin Bryan

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248 months ago

Prabir Mudaliar wrote:

Ghislaine, it looks like you already have two best answers, no need to add to that.

248 months ago

Prabir Mudaliar wrote:

Ghislaine, it looks like you already have two best answers, no need to add to that.

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248 months ago

INTRAD wrote:

... son cousin Bryan, un cave

My comment:

Longman dictionary: "dork (AmEngl.) someone who you think is stupid because they behave strangely or wear strange clothes. adj. dorky." - Attention, "cave" c'est de l'argot !

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248 months ago

Prabir Mudaliar wrote:

Pas mal du tout, Birgit, cette proposition propre au monde des petits gangsters sans envergure.

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