Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
bewdy
Spanish translation:
genial / estupendo
Added to glossary by
Charles Davis
Jun 29, 2012 18:19
11 yrs ago
English term
bedwy
English to Spanish
Other
Slang
On this one day, the day of my dad’s story, my Dad and this boy were getting on the bus after school. As usual, the boy was quite proud to be on the bus, and he was helping his dad guide the bus past a sign.
“How far son?”the boy’s dad called out from the front of the bus.
The boy stretched his head out of the bus – you could do that with bus windows in those days – and took a good look.
“You’ve got heaps of room!” said the boy, loudly, so that the other children could hear.
“Bewdy,” thought the dad, before putting his foot down on the accelerator.
“How far son?”the boy’s dad called out from the front of the bus.
The boy stretched his head out of the bus – you could do that with bus windows in those days – and took a good look.
“You’ve got heaps of room!” said the boy, loudly, so that the other children could hear.
“Bewdy,” thought the dad, before putting his foot down on the accelerator.
Proposed translations
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Charles Davis
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Jul 13, 2012 12:48: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
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genial / estupendo
Es una expresión típicamente australiano. "Bewdy" (no "bedwy") imita la pronunciación australiana de "beauty". Como exclamación, significa simplemente "muy bien", "genial", "estupendo". Son muy frecuentes las variantes "you bewdy" y "bewdy mate".
"beaut – (adj) great, fantastic, terrific; in use since the 1910s (n); great thing; for example, "What a beaut!"; in use since the 1890s
beauty – exclamation showing approval, often spelt as bewdy (to represent Australian pronunciation). For example: "You bewdy!", which is roughly equivalent to "Great!", "Fantastic!" or "Wonderful!". In use since the 1850s."
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Australian_English_vo...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-06-29 21:08:14 GMT)
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Perdón: "una expresión típicamente australianA".
"beaut – (adj) great, fantastic, terrific; in use since the 1910s (n); great thing; for example, "What a beaut!"; in use since the 1890s
beauty – exclamation showing approval, often spelt as bewdy (to represent Australian pronunciation). For example: "You bewdy!", which is roughly equivalent to "Great!", "Fantastic!" or "Wonderful!". In use since the 1850s."
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Australian_English_vo...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-06-29 21:08:14 GMT)
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Perdón: "una expresión típicamente australianA".
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
Reference comments
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Margit Schlosser
Mexico
Mexico
Native in Spanish
Mexico
Medical pharmaceutical specialist
Native in: German 
, Spanish
Works in: German to Spanish, English to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
Reference:
Very good. An exclamation expressing a positive opinion for an event or object. Accompanying exclaimation to a "thumbs-up" symbol in Australia.
See also Grouse and Bonza
"She's a bewdy mate."
A: "I got this great job at Caltech."
B: "Bewdy."
See also Grouse and Bonza
"She's a bewdy mate."
A: "I got this great job at Caltech."
B: "Bewdy."
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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Triston Goodwin
: looks like a spin off of "Beauty" ^_^
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