fea del baile: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- A girl or young woman regarded as the unattractive participant at a social dance; literally, 'the ugly girl at the dance'.
Examples
BetaEn la fiesta, Marta fue la fea del baile, pero eso no le impidió divertirse con sus amigos.
At the party, Marta was the ugly girl at the dance, but that didn't stop her from having fun with her friends.
Siempre la llamaban la fea del baile en el colegio, pero con el tiempo ganó confianza en sí misma.
They always called her the ugly girl at the dance in school, but over time she gained self-confidence.
Aunque era considerada la fea del baile, su personalidad brillante la convirtió en la favorita del grupo.
Although she was considered the ugly girl at the dance, her bright personality made her the group's favorite.
Nunca le importó ser la fea del baile, porque valoraba más la amistad que la apariencia física.
She never cared about being the ugly girl at the dance because she valued friendship more than physical appearance.
- A person who is treated as undesirable, overlooked, or socially awkward within a group; used metaphorically to denote the odd one out or the person with low social standing.
Examples
BetaEn la oficina, siempre se siente como la fea del baile, porque nadie le presta atención.
At the office, she always feels like the odd one out because no one pays attention to her.
No la invites a la reunión, se siente como la fea del baile y se incomoda mucho en esos eventos.
Don't invite her to the meeting; she feels like the odd one out and gets very uncomfortable at those events.
Muchas veces, ser la fea del baile es solo una percepción que cambia con el tiempo y la autoestima.
Often, being the odd one out is just a perception that changes over time with self-esteem.
Examples:
- ES: Bird Castro, la fea del baile.EN: Bird Castro, the wallflower.
- ES: No construyes una compañía como Catco siendo la fea del baile y no teniendo una opinión y un fuerte punto de vista.EN: You don't build a company like CatCo by being a wallflower and not having an opinion and a strong point of view.
- ES: - Muy bien, fea del baile.EN: - All right, little wallflower.
- ES: De la fea del baile... a un matrimonio de conveniencia a... de una madre confusa a una adúltera ingenua.EN: From wallflower to... to marriage of convenience to... confused mother to naive adulteress.
- ES: Es muy emocionante cuando eres joven... y estás sentada en una pequeña silla dorada... con los párpados bajados... aterrada por ser la fea del baile.EN: it's very exciting when you're young... and you're sitting on a small gilt chair. ...your eyes cast down terrified that you'll be a wallflower.
- ES: Aún antes de irme, me trataba como a la chica fea del baile.EN: Even before I left, he was treating me like the ugly girl at the dance.
- ES: Chicas, yo misma fui la fea del baile.EN: Girls, take it from a former wallflower myself.
- ES: Soy la fea del baile.EN: I am a wallflower.
- ES: Estaba pensando en que podríamos escribir una historia sobre el origen de una chica que va desde la inhumana fea del baile a la horrorosa arpía.EN: I was thinking that we could write a story about the genesis of a girl who goes from heinous wallflower to hideous skank.
- ES: Él decía que yo era la fea del baile.EN: He said I was a wallflower.
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