Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
mano negra
English translation:
dark forces
Added to glossary by
Theodoros Karyotis
Jan 30, 2013 19:36
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Spanish term
Greece
Expert in social sciences and humanities
Native in: Greek 
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English, Spanish to Greek, and 2 more.
mano negra
Spanish to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
social movements
"Por contrario, el presidente Morales continúa negando haber dado la orden para la intervención y dice que “hay una mano negra” tras los hechos y que quiere que se investiguen. El martes acusó a algunos policías, a los que no nombró, de haber filmado la violencia para “calumniar” a su gobierno."
Obviamente mano negra significa "interes oculto" o "intervención de algun infiltrado", pero estoy buscando una manera natural de expresarlo en ingles.
Obviamente mano negra significa "interes oculto" o "intervención de algun infiltrado", pero estoy buscando una manera natural de expresarlo en ingles.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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1 hr
Edward Tully
Native in English
Because your words matter
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: Spanish to English
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292
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dark forces
This is commonly used in this context, especially when referring to a conspiracy.
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24/10/2010 – This governmental "war on drugs" has become a "class war" and ... dark forces behind the scenes that are quite happy having the war as it is.
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The Dark Forces behind the Homosexual Agenda are very powerful indeed. ... the activists and proselytisers of homosexuality in the war with normality was the ..... real pathological behaviours, i.e. drug addicts that steal to satiate their craving .
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I feel the "drug war" really began in earnest with him and the dark forces behind him. If Reagan had smoked pot, imagine how different the world would be today!
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An expose of the dark forces behind wars and revolutions. Price £5.50 ..... Most of the population is either on street or medically prescribed drugs - the dire ...
Operation False Flag: A Modern Primer Alex Jones' Infowars ... www.infowars.com/operation-false-flag-a-moder...En caché - Traducir esta página
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29/08/2011 – As practically the only anti-war candidate, Ron Paul recently pointed out ..... Event: Direct selling of weapons by US Government to Mexican drug cartels. ... group of discontents or the systemic dark forces behind deep events, ...
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To stir up more trouble and sucker their protector into a war they crave for. ... and also to keep control of the drug trade now operated by the CIA and other government ... the dark forces behind the US government will start a war with Pakistan.
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27/10/2012 – And why? It's a murder mystery swallowed up in the fog of Cold War politics. ... `' We have to know whether there were dark forces behind this .
The Global Observer: October 2010 panamaconnections.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_...En caché - Traducir esta página
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24/10/2010 – This governmental "war on drugs" has become a "class war" and ... dark forces behind the scenes that are quite happy having the war as it is.
Homosexual Agenda www.overlordsofchaos.com/.../gay_agenda.htmlEn caché - Similares - Traducir esta página
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The Dark Forces behind the Homosexual Agenda are very powerful indeed. ... the activists and proselytisers of homosexuality in the war with normality was the ..... real pathological behaviours, i.e. drug addicts that steal to satiate their craving .
cannabisnews.com: Pot Helps in Fighting Alzheimer's, Study Says cannabisnews.com/news/thread22255.shtmlEn caché - Traducir esta página
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I feel the "drug war" really began in earnest with him and the dark forces behind him. If Reagan had smoked pot, imagine how different the world would be today!
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The Identity Mission Book List newensignarchive.christogenea.org/.../Book_List... - Traducir esta página
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Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Vista rápida
An expose of the dark forces behind wars and revolutions. Price £5.50 ..... Most of the population is either on street or medically prescribed drugs - the dire ...
Operation False Flag: A Modern Primer Alex Jones' Infowars ... www.infowars.com/operation-false-flag-a-moder...En caché - Traducir esta página
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29/08/2011 – As practically the only anti-war candidate, Ron Paul recently pointed out ..... Event: Direct selling of weapons by US Government to Mexican drug cartels. ... group of discontents or the systemic dark forces behind deep events, ...
2011 World Predictions PT2 www.levi-tarot.co.uk/2011-world_predictions_P...En caché - Traducir esta página
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To stir up more trouble and sucker their protector into a war they crave for. ... and also to keep control of the drug trade now operated by the CIA and other government ... the dark forces behind the US government will start a war with Pakistan.
Julien Lahaut Assassination: Belgium Communist Leader's Murder ... www.huffingtonpost.com/.../julien-lahaut-assassi...En caché - Traducir esta página
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27/10/2012 – And why? It's a murder mystery swallowed up in the fog of Cold War politics. ... `' We have to know whether there were dark forces behind this .
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks everyone, you offer lots of great options, I think "dark forces at work" is the one that sounds more natural in English while remaining faithful to the tone of the original."
5 mins
AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
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123
dark hand
Mexicans Are Queasy Over U.S. Election Suspense
"There's a dark hand behind what's happening," said Salvador Canedo Romero, an Internet entrepreneur in this small central Mexican town. "How is it that the most powerful ...
www.laprensa-sandiego.org/archieve/november17/queasy.htm - Cached
The cathedral of Cap-Haitien desecrated - "Haiti news ...
"There's a dark hand behind the desecration of the cathedral," he said, without the economy of a call for a judicial inquiry "to determine what actually happened."
www.ayitinou.com/article-posts/29-haitian-articles/3435... - Cached
Mr. President: Stop Appeasing Islam! : Personal Liberty Digest™
Sir, believe it or not there is a ‘dark hand’ behind many of the problems we’re experiencing: and if both Americans and the planet do not wake up very soon, we’re ...
personalliberty.com/2012/01/11/mr-president-stop... - Cached
The Ice is Thin and the Fix is In. Reflections in a Petri Dish
I know Hakim is straight and while I do agree there is a dark hand behind many of these games, I don't think it is the players throwing the games.
www.zippittydodah.com/2012/02/ice-is-thin-and-fix-is-in.htm... - Cached
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New Baja governor Osuna calls for 'everyone's commitment ...
... cause of the late opening of the polling stations: “I don't think there's a dark hand ... Salvador Morales, president of the PAN in Baja California, said undecided voters ...
www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070807/news_1n7baja.html - Cached
"There's a dark hand behind what's happening," said Salvador Canedo Romero, an Internet entrepreneur in this small central Mexican town. "How is it that the most powerful ...
www.laprensa-sandiego.org/archieve/november17/queasy.htm - Cached
The cathedral of Cap-Haitien desecrated - "Haiti news ...
"There's a dark hand behind the desecration of the cathedral," he said, without the economy of a call for a judicial inquiry "to determine what actually happened."
www.ayitinou.com/article-posts/29-haitian-articles/3435... - Cached
Mr. President: Stop Appeasing Islam! : Personal Liberty Digest™
Sir, believe it or not there is a ‘dark hand’ behind many of the problems we’re experiencing: and if both Americans and the planet do not wake up very soon, we’re ...
personalliberty.com/2012/01/11/mr-president-stop... - Cached
The Ice is Thin and the Fix is In. Reflections in a Petri Dish
I know Hakim is straight and while I do agree there is a dark hand behind many of these games, I don't think it is the players throwing the games.
www.zippittydodah.com/2012/02/ice-is-thin-and-fix-is-in.htm... - Cached
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New Baja governor Osuna calls for 'everyone's commitment ...
... cause of the late opening of the polling stations: “I don't think there's a dark hand ... Salvador Morales, president of the PAN in Baja California, said undecided voters ...
www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070807/news_1n7baja.html - Cached
Peer comment(s):
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patinba
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thanks
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: All your references are from Spanish-speaking sources.
2 hrs
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yes, but the term is valid and current English
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Simon Bruni
: Sorry but I've never heard this and can't find any examples of normal usage
12 hrs
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+2
6 mins
Darius Saczuk
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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28
dark shadow, hidden hand
two options
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Note added at 12 mins (2013-01-30 19:49:13 GMT)
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The Hidden Hand: Middle East Fears of Conspiracy
Foreign Affairs
www.foreignaffairs.com
But Pipes is convinced that the propensity to see a hidden hand behind much of political reality is a distinctive feature of the Middle East.
Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight - Page 130 -
Robert Mnookin - 2010 - Business & Economics
Mandela became increasingly convinced that there was a “hidden hand behind the violence . . . a mysterious 'Third Force,' which consisted of renegade men
Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders - Page 136 - Google Books Resultbooks.google.com/books?isbn=0299222144
William R. Drennan - 2008 - Architecture
No doubt many townsfolk harbored the notion that Wright, the local renegade, was either a hidden hand behind the massacre or had at least prompted it
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Note added at 12 mins (2013-01-30 19:49:13 GMT)
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The Hidden Hand: Middle East Fears of Conspiracy
Foreign Affairs
www.foreignaffairs.com
But Pipes is convinced that the propensity to see a hidden hand behind much of political reality is a distinctive feature of the Middle East.
Bargaining with the Devil: When to Negotiate, When to Fight - Page 130 -
Robert Mnookin - 2010 - Business & Economics
Mandela became increasingly convinced that there was a “hidden hand behind the violence . . . a mysterious 'Third Force,' which consisted of renegade men
Death in a Prairie House: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Murders - Page 136 - Google Books Resultbooks.google.com/books?isbn=0299222144
William R. Drennan - 2008 - Architecture
No doubt many townsfolk harbored the notion that Wright, the local renegade, was either a hidden hand behind the massacre or had at least prompted it
Peer comment(s):
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Christine Walsh
: I like 'a hidden hand' too.
14 mins
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Thank you, Christine. :-)
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Alan Furth (X)
: Hidden hand was the first term I thought of, even if "dark forces" would probably also be a good option
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Thank you, Alan. :-)
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4 mins
something fishy
If something informal and idiomatic will do...
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Note added at 19 mins (2013-01-30 19:55:51 GMT)
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To keep the 'hand' image, it could be 'something underhand'.
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To keep the 'hand' image, it could be 'something underhand'.
+1
21 mins
dirty work / dirty tricks / skullduggery
I think one of these would strike the right tone. I wouldn't really recommend the third here, actually; it's the right meaning but probably the wrong register. I just put it in because I like the word. (It can also be spelt "skulduggery").
28 mins
invisible hand
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UwVYtrmBIEYC&pg=PT626&lpg...
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/30/bolivia.mor...
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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/30/bolivia.mor...
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1 day 23 hrs
deceit/wile/scheme/hidden agenda
Alternatives... ;o)
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