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Al alegar que la mujer ha cometido adulterio, muchos hombres han sido y son exculpados por jurados y tribunales de acusaciones de agresión o asesinato de sus esposas (así como de amantes, ex amantes o compañeras con las que cohabitaban o habían cohabitado), con la polémica e infundada justificación de defensa del propio honor, pergeñada por los juristas y respaldada todavía en tribunales brasileños.
By claiming that women have committed adultery, many men have been - and some still are - acquitted by juries and courts, of assault on and murder of their wives (and also live-in girlfriends, ex-live-in girlfriends, lovers, ex-lovers, etc.), on the polemical and outrageous grounds of self-defense of the honor, which was construed by experts in law, and sometimes still is supported and sustained in our courts.
¿Era el Martillo su hermano, Voz de Pito su ex amante?
Was the Hammer her brother, Squeaky her ex-lover?
Por un lado estaba un joven, amante suyo, o ex amante, presionándola.
There was a young man, a lover or ex-lover, bullying her.
Ya sabía qué esperar del Didier ex amante.
She already knew what to expect from Didier as an ex-lover.
No era una chica ordinaria peleando para sacarle plata a su ex amante.
This was no ordinary gold digger out to gouge an ex-lover.
Como bien dices, la gente murmura, habla. Los ex amantes hablan.
As you say, people talk. Ex-lovers talk.
Un ex amante mío lleva una semana en cuidados intensivos.
One ex-lover of mine, he’s been in intensive care a week now.
Los ex amantes no representaban la única amenaza para las muchachas de Roma, o de donde fuera.
Ex-lovers were not the only danger that young women risked in Rome, or anywhere.
Y una vez más, de manera por demás irracional, temí por la suerte de mi ex amante.
And again, irrationally, I feared for my ex-lover’s well-being.
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