mas o menos

English translation: for the most part / mostly / on the whole

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Spanish term or phrase:mas o menos
English translation:for the most part / mostly / on the whole
Entered by: jenny morenos

19:03 Mar 11, 2020
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: mas o menos
Hola. Podéis ayudarme a hacer esta traduccion por favor ? Como decir mas o menos corazon bueno ? No son requete buenos pero tampoco son requete malos. Son capaces de tener algunas veces buenas intenciones, deseos buenos, pero no quieren cesar de tragar a los pavos. Solo quieren comprar pavos asesinados no maltratados. Muchas gracias por vuestra ayuda .

Estos humanos con mas o menos corazon bueno creen que estan haciendo bien.

These humans with ? more or less ? a good heart ? kind of a good heart ? think they’re doing good .
jenny morenos
France
for the most part / mostly / on the whole
Explanation:
"These humans who are mostly well-meaning..."
"These people who have good intentions on the whole..."
etc.
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Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 05:48
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2for the most part / mostly / on the whole
Robert Carter
4rather good-hearted
Yudith Madrazo
4more or less
neilmac
4basically
Martin Cosgrove (X)


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rather good-hearted


Explanation:
These rather good-hearted humans think they are ....

Yudith Madrazo
Cuba
Local time: 07:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
for the most part / mostly / on the whole


Explanation:
"These humans who are mostly well-meaning..."
"These people who have good intentions on the whole..."
etc.

Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 05:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 120
Notes to answerer
Asker: thank you very much for helping me.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: Who mostly act with good intentions
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Muriel.

agree  MollyRose
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, Molly.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
more or less


Explanation:
Using the literal translation, I might render the sentence something like this:

"These MORE OR LESS GOOD-HEARTED humans think that they are doing good/the right thing."

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Note added at 13 hrs (2020-03-12 08:25:02 GMT)
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Funnily enough, if you run a Google search for "more or less goodhearted" with the hyphen (good-hearted), there are no examples of usage. However, the same search without the hyphen yields several examples:

"The premise was simple: a dull, boring, but more or less goodhearted guy marries a recovering drug addict"...
"While most people are more or less goodhearted ..."
etc.


Example sentence(s):
  • I am convinced that people want to be more decent, more good- hearted...

    Reference: http://https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good-heart...
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 12:48
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 207
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
basically


Explanation:
basically well-meaning/kind-hearted/good people

Martin Cosgrove (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:48
Native speaker of: English
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