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[There's this sentence on
Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1155835):  
- According to her, he is a coward.

For which the following translation was added:  
- 彼女に言わせれば、あいつは意気地なんだと。

The first part is clear to me (causative + conditional: 言う -> 言わせる -> 言わせれば -
"if (you) make her say"), but I can't figure out how the second part works.
AFAIK 意気地 means [self-respect; self-confidence; guts;
etc.](https://jisho.org/search/%E6%84%8F%E6%B0%97%E5%9C%B0) so an antonym of
"coward". As such, 「なんだと」at the end must somehow imply a negation... or
something. I couldn't find any reference to that kind of use for such a
sentence ending.

Ideas? Thanks in advance :)
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How does 「あいつは意気地なんだと」 translate into "he's a coward"?
Makes no sense.

> 「あいつは意気地{いくじ}なんだと。」

**_does not_** mean:

> "He is a coward."

「意気地」 would need to be changed to 「意気地なし」, which means " ** _a coward_** "

「～～なんだと」 is an expression of hearsay meaning " **It is said ~~** ", " **I hear
~~** ", etc. Thus, it is used correctly.
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