Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
a bad bet
Spanish translation:
no es la (actividad) más indicada
English term
Spain
Certified Sworn Translator (English)
Native in: Spanish 
, Galician
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Galician, French to Spanish, and 3 more.
a bad bet
¿Cómo podría traducir esta expresión? Es que "una mala apuesta" me suena muy literal.
Muchas gracias por la ayuda.
Jul 16, 2009 22:20: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1043333">Nuria Cobelo's</a> old entry - "a bad bet"" to ""no es la (actividad) más indicada""
Jul 16, 2009 22:20: Michael Powers (PhD) changed "Field" from "Bus/Financial" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Economics" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Proposed translations
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.
no es la (actividad) más indicada
Mike :)
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Note added at 4 mins (2009-07-14 12:44:54 GMT)
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Oxford
"She's a bad bet in my opinion: Opino que no es la más indicada"
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Note added at 2 days9 hrs (2009-07-16 22:19:49 GMT) Post-grading
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You're certainly welcome.
Mexico
30+ years in financial, business, legal
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
piensan que invertir en bienes raíces es un mal negocio
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Remy Arce
6 mins
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Gracias, Remy.
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Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
: Hola Rafael!!!
9 mins
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Hola, Margot. Gracias.
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Adriana Martinez
: ¡Muy bien! ¡Saludos!
14 mins
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Gracias, Adriana.
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Maria Mastruzzo
1 hr
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Gracias, María.
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Richard Boulter
: Very colloquial in Spanish, as in the English source.
1 hr
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Gracias, Richard.
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que no compense
Espero que te sirva, suerte, un saludo!
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English
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