Spanish term
United States
English degree, copy editing experience
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English, Portuguese to English
la bandita del barrio
hacía uso de un tiempo libre sin límites para evadirse en esas lecturas y poner a prueba su sadismo , junto a la bandita del barrio.
Proposed translations
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
local gang
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Note added at 7 mins (2020-06-26 21:22:39 GMT)
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e.g.: Your gang kills four security guards. Tu banda mata a cuatro guardias de seguridad.
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just an example of "banda" and I think "bandita del barrio" just refers to the local gang
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the gang that gets up to its antics in the district
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I also think the diminutive "-ita" is implicitly covered by "local"
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
: Amateurs are enjoying their "safe golf" more than ever after confinement, but spring was not spring without the Masters.
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gracias Bea y hay algo de golf chez toi? we'll get the Masters later on this year :) paciencia
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philgoddard
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thanks Phil and continue to stay safe :)
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Chema Nieto Castañón
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gracias Chema
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Juan Jacob
: Nothing to do with crime. Banda = group of friends.
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thanks Juan
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neilmac
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thanks Neil
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Thayenga
: :) Stay safe, David.
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thank you Thayenga and you too danke
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patinba
: or "neighbourhood gang"
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thanks Pat
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Translator and interpreter - EnEsPt
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to Spanish, and 3 more.
street gang
The first street-gang in the United States, the 40 Thieves, began around the late 1820s in New York City.
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David Hollywood
: me gusta también pero pierde el efecto de "local"
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Juan Jacob
: Nothing to do with crime. Banda = group of friends.
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Serbia
Native in: Serbian
Works in: English to Serbian, Serbian to English, Croatian to English, and 1 more.
An orchestra from the environment
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Excuse me. This is a gang after all, because of the context. The translation is: "An gang from the environment"; "An gang from the surroundings"; "An mob from the environment"; "The bandit environment"; "The bandit surroundings"
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Juan Jacob
: Nothing to do with crime. Banda = group of friends.
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Thank you for the advince
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ormiston
: This suggestion is ridiculous
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Thank you for the useful advice. Regards
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AllegroTrans
: agree with ormison - doesn't make sense and neither do the terms suggested after your "excuse me" heading
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United Kingdom
experienced and well qualified linguist
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, English, Spanish, and 3 more.
the neighbourhood bandit or gangster
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The words used don't mean anything specific but that the person is in a group from the same neighbourhood. I understood the words 'bandismo', and 'bandista'; 'bandita' in this case might be the same or not the same.
Hacía uso de un tiempo libre sin límites para evadirse en esas lecturas y poner a prueba su sadismo, junto a la bandita del barrio.
He or she made use of his limitless free time escaping among those reading materials and by putting sadism to the test, alongside the neighbourhood gangster.
Argentina
NGOs - Tourism🧳 Education 📚 | EN-ES
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
street gang
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AllegroTrans
: If you look at the previous answers you will find this has already been suggested; the site etiquette is that you post an agree instead of just repeating the same answer
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