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What is the typical Spanish translation of the English idiom "to talk behind someone's back" (as in saying something bad about another person to others instead of to them directly)?

{ asked by jrdioko }

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One typical translation is

Hablar a espaldas (de alguien).

The DRAE also suggests:

Hablar por las espaldas.

  1. loc. verb. Decir contra alguien, en su ausencia, lo que no se le diría cara a cara.
{ answered by Gonzalo Medina }
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