Shady

Indonesian translation: bukan orang baik

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English term or phrase:Shady
Indonesian translation:bukan orang baik
Entered by: Karnity Elora

02:18 Oct 5, 2020
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English term or phrase: Shady
The man furrowed his brows. “Hold your horses. He’s a shady dude but that’s harsh, even for her. Why would she add fuel to the fire like that?”
Karnity Elora
Indonesia
Local time: 06:16
bukan orang baik
Explanation:
He's a shady dude = Dia bukan orang baik.

Shady means an untrustworthy characteristic of an individual or situation, which would be translated as "mencurigakan". But in this context, that basically means he's not a nice person. Normally, I would translate it to "kasar", but there's the word "harsh" following it, so I would just translate "shady" in a different way.

For reference, this is a British slang.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1bukan orang baik
Mr. Satan (X)
5tenang (kalem)
Anastasia Andriani
5abu-abu
ErichEko ⟹⭐
5misterius
Priyo Utomo
4describing his negative personality --or behavior due to the moment
angelina fan (X)


  

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shady
tenang (kalem)


Explanation:
Synonim shady in english is calm
in Bahasa means kalem/tenang/lembut


    https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/shady.html
Anastasia Andriani
Indonesia
Local time: 05:16
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
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shady
abu-abu


Explanation:

"Dia itu pemuda yang abu-abu."

🐺 IMO, dalam konteks ini, makna shady yang masuk adalah:

https://www.lexico.com/definition/shady
informal Of doubtful honesty or legality.

🐺 Jadi, laki-laki itu diragukan kejujurannya. Dalam bahasa Indonesia, orang atau sesuatu yang abu-abu adalah orang/sesuatu yang diragukan kelurusan atau keabsahannya.

Nah, ini contoh penggunaannya:

https://www.kompasiana.com/embahnyutz1/550054d4a333111d72510...
Seperti dunia lain, seperti politik atau bisnis, di mana ada "orang baik" versus "orang buruk" dan "orang yang abu-abu." Demikian pula dengan ...

https://www.idnnews.id/pengumuman-pq-tender-waduk-tembesi-di...
Bukannya kami tidak ingin menyelesaikan secepatnya, akan tetapi inti utamanya adalah kami tidak ingin memberikan barang yang ‘abu-abu’ kepada investor. Untuk itu, kami tunda sambil menunggu semuanya clear

ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Local time: 05:16
Native speaker of: Native in IndonesianIndonesian
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shady
describing his negative personality --or behavior due to the moment


Explanation:
I think the word shady used here, is a slang word to describe his behavior due to the moment or toward the person he does not like or have an issue with, eg. he has behaved as a complainer;
or his character which, might be a suspicious guy, untrustworthy.

If you can give at least one paragraph is better to be understood. Because shady has lots of meanings; a formal or informal, even each of it.
Especially if you got it from novels.

So, some of the earlier and later answers, might be correct too.

The followed link may can help to understand more.

Love the sharing,
Angelina


    Reference: http://www.pitt.edu/~emk4/comp1/shady.html
    Reference: http://https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/shady
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shady
misterius


Explanation:
Mengingat minimnya informasi mengenai penggambaran karakter yang dimaksud, saya lebih suka menggunakan kata 'misterius' untuk padanan kata 'shady' dalam kalimat ini. Selain itu, kata 'mysterious' bersinonim dengan 'shady' (https://www.macmillanthesaurus.com/shady).

Priyo Utomo
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Local time: 05:16
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shady
bukan orang baik


Explanation:
He's a shady dude = Dia bukan orang baik.

Shady means an untrustworthy characteristic of an individual or situation, which would be translated as "mencurigakan". But in this context, that basically means he's not a nice person. Normally, I would translate it to "kasar", but there's the word "harsh" following it, so I would just translate "shady" in a different way.

For reference, this is a British slang.


    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shady
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shady
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agree  Muhammad Fahmi Lubis: Konteksnya juga sesuai. Meski ia orang yang 'shady', tapi perlakuan yang diberikan ke orang itu 'harsh', bahkan kepada 'her/she'. 'Man' tidak setuju 'she' memperburuk keadaan seperti itu.
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