Apr 15, 2010 00:57
14 yrs ago
Russian term
замороченый
Russian to English
Other
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
-Что ты о нем думаешь?
-Я думаю, он немного замороченый. Ему нужна семья, дети, а я пока к этому не готова.
-Я думаю, он немного замороченый. Ему нужна семья, дети, а я пока к этому не готова.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
+2
22 mins
Selected
troubled
Best I can think of, having limited access to the speaker's brain.
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Note added at 44 mins (2010-04-15 01:42:48 GMT)
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Hmm, that probably works then.
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Note added at 44 mins (2010-04-15 01:42:48 GMT)
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Hmm, that probably works then.
Note from asker:
From a larger context, I understand it is somewhat of an opposite to a relaxed guy who likes to chill and is not looking for a commitment. |
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Mikhail Kropotov
4 hrs
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Thanks, Misha.
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agree |
Olga Cartlidge
: troubled meaning he s got hang - ups.
12 hrs
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Hang-ups is great! Thanks Olga, but this merits your own answer.
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neutral |
boostrer
: Мне кажется, тут замороченый от "морок", "заморочка". что-то вроде мономании
13 hrs
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neutral |
Ethan Bien
: I'm also for Olga's "hang-ups"
1 day 19 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
2 hrs
hi is rather fiddled with...
fiddle with something
1. to be busy with something without a special purpose fool with something Don't fiddle with the remote control - you'll break it!
2. to try to fix or use something complicated fool with something The report says that computer users spend about one-third of their time fiddling with the operating system and organizing files.
Related vocabulary: fuss with something
http:///idioms.thefreedictionary.com/fiddle
1. to be busy with something without a special purpose fool with something Don't fiddle with the remote control - you'll break it!
2. to try to fix or use something complicated fool with something The report says that computer users spend about one-third of their time fiddling with the operating system and organizing files.
Related vocabulary: fuss with something
http:///idioms.thefreedictionary.com/fiddle
Reference:
4 hrs
He is a bit too complex/difficult for me.
=)
+1
9 hrs
he is too focused on family life
He is too family oriented but...
Peer comment(s):
agree |
boostrer
: надо бы идиому, но смысл такой. зд., я думаю, деноминатив от "заморочка".
4 hrs
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12 hrs
a bit too much for me
in this context
14 hrs
screwed-up
in this context, conversationally perfect
15 hrs
uptight
he's a little uptight
Discussion
If Olga doesn't propose it as an answer, someone else should!
has bees
or
to have a bee in one's bonnet разг. — быть с причудами; быть помешанным на чем-л.
заморочеННый - два Н
Молодежный сленг в России: заморочить = замучить непонятным поведением и/или высказываниями. Он не complex, он не понятен говорящему.
- He's a bit too focused on (making) a family, (having) children...
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