La palabra del día: "la víctima"
la víctima ( veek'-tee-mah )
(noun) victim, casualty
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Examples:
1. En casos de abuso sexual, lo normal es no publicar el nombre de la víctima.
In cases of sexual assault, the standard practice is not to print the victim's name.
2. Esa banda fue víctima de su propio éxito. Siempre iba a ser difícil sacar un disco tan bueno como su primero.
That band was a victim of its own success. It was always going to be hard to put out an album as good as their first.
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No soporto a la gente que se hace la víctima. Son tan manipuladoras. ¡Pero yo las reconozco tan bien!
I cannot stand people who play the victim card. They are so manipulative. But I can recognize them from a mile away!
Please make any corrections.
La violencia de género es una de las peores lacras de nuestra sociedad en la que la víctima es manipulada hasta pensar que se lo merece. Repugnante.
Domestic violence is one of the worst scourges of our society in which the victim is manipulated to think that she/he deserves it. Disgusting.
[Feel free to correct my English. Thank you]
He is a victim of his own ego.
(Él) es una víctima de su propio ego.
Las víctimas de asalto sexual a menudo se sienten estigmatizadas por su comunidad.
The victims of sexual assault often feel stigmatized by their community.
I was the victim.
Yo era la víctima.
Muchas veces, los hijos son las víctimas.
Often, the children are the victims.
Muchas veces las víctimas de la violencia doméstica no quieren llamar la policía.
Many times the victim of domestic violence don't want to call the police.
¿Eres la víctima? ¡Eres la víctima? Todo el mundo sabe que tú soltaste el primer puñetazo. Aunque creas que la culpa es mía, los hechos muestran que la culpa es en realidad tuya.
You're the victim? You're the victim?! Everyone knows that you threw the first punch. Even if you somehow believe that I'm to blame, the facts prove that you're actually at fault.
Claro que es malísimo ser una víctima de cualquier típo, pero las víctimas inocentes no han tenido ninguna suerte en la vida.
Obviously it's really bad to be a victim of whatever sort, but innocent victims really have had the least luck in life.
Mi perrito apenas puede caminar... una víctima de envejecimiento.
My dog barely can walk... a victim of old age.
El víctima es que chico bajo
The victim is that short boy
¡Las víctimas de la guerra ya no peuden preguntarnos por nada más!
The victims of war can no longer ask anything of us!
Bosnia 1996
Al s Ser una víctima propiciatoria/un chivo expiatorio es sólo una parte del trabajo.
Being a scapegoat is just part of the job.
The 'The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt, 1854.
SD dictionary Research: la víctima
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víctima propiciatoria -> scapegoat
The victims of bullying in that school were miserable.
Las víctimas de la intimidación en esa escuela la pasaron horrible estuvieron miserable.
Mi perrito es a la víctima en a guerra
My dog is a victim of a war
