Spanish term
Argentina
Multilingual Experts
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, UK) 
Works in: English, Spanish to English, English to Spanish, and 12 more.
en español clavo
Y ahora llegó el momento de hablar de una obra que un periodista ha llamado maliciosamente el clou del salon; decimos maliciosamente porque si bien la palabra francesa clou significa en tal caso lo que los ingleses llaman la great attraction, la palabra clou se traduce en español clavo, y esto de decir que una obra es el clavo del salon es bastante malicioso
It's a negative review
Thanks
| 5 -1 | 'nail' in Spanish (see explanation) |
Rebecca Breekveldt
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| 4 +4 | is "clavo" in Spanish |
philgoddard
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| 4 | nail |
AllegroTrans
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| 2 | eye-sore |
Lydia De Jorge
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| 3 -1 | the main attraction |
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
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Proposed translations
Austria
Helping to communicate across cultures
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: French to Spanish, English to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
'nail' in Spanish (see explanation)
I think you have to re-write it in a way that explains that yes, in French and English it means 'great attraction', but it was a spiteful insult in Spanish because 'clou' means 'clavo' (literally 'nail'), but in Argentine Spanish 'ser un clavo' is to say someone or something is incredibly boring or a drag. That is why it's an insult - the critic was calling the work 'a bore'.
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philgoddard
: Nail is English, not Spanish. This doesn't make sense.
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United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
eye-sore
Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 6 more.
the main attraction
Es algo como el dicho en español de ¨darle al clavo¨, ¨hacer algo acertadamente¨.
¨Le diste al clavo con esa presentación¨.
I would say that more than ¨malignancy¨ is ¨wisely or clever.¨
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AllegroTrans
: There is a double meaning here and you have ignored it
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United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois)
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
nail
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
is "clavo" in Spanish
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: I would say "is 'clavo' in Spanish, which means 'nail' (or 'spike').
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Yes, exactly. Thanks.
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neilmac
: That's what it says... Also agree about rewrite.
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patinba
: "is "clavo" in Spanish, which means ......." should resolve the problem.
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MollyRose
: with Muriel.
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Discussion
"Le clou" es ni más ni menos que "lo mejor de lo mejor".
Todo lo contrario de una "It's a negative review".