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"matón" in English

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matón{masculine}
bully{noun}
Esta completa e indecorosa saga parece más la política del matón que la de una democracia.
This whole unseemly saga has more of the politics of the bully boy about it than of democracy.
Mugabe es un hombre malo, un matón y un asesino.
Mugabe is an evil man, a bully and a murderer.
Los matones siempre interpretan los intentos de avenencia como debilidad y China es uno de esos matones.
Attempts to compromise are always interpreted as weakness by bullies, and China is such a bully.
bruiser{noun} [coll.] (aggressive)
bully boy{noun}
Esta completa e indecorosa saga parece más la política del matón que la de una democracia.
This whole unseemly saga has more of the politics of the bully boy about it than of democracy.
goon{noun} [Amer.] [coll.] (thug)
gorilla{noun} [Amer.] [slg.] (in organized crime)
matón(also: matona)
hood{noun} [Amer.] [slg.] (gangster)
hoodlum{noun} [Amer.]
plug-ugly{noun} [Amer.] [coll.]
rough{noun} [Brit.] (hooligan)
thug{noun}
Dicho comunicado de prensa equipara a los musulmanes con matones.
This press release equates Muslims with thugs.
Porque los matones y los criminales no temen la ley.
It is because the thugs and criminals do not fear the law.
Los cultivadores de fresas a gran escala, y sus matones a sueldo, trataron de intimidar a los trabajadores extranjeros.
Large-scale strawberry growers and their hired thugs attempted to intimidate the foreign workers.
matón(also: gorila)
heavy{noun} (strong-arm man)
tough{noun} [coll.]
matón{adjective}

CONTEXT EXAMPLES
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La UE no debe intentar, mediante presiones propias de un matón, subvertir la posición de Sudáfrica en unas negociaciones que son multilaterales.
The EU should not try by thuggish pressure to subvert South Africa's position in what are multilateral negotiations.