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Portuguese term English translation
Ela é brincalhona e sorridente. She's lots of fun and smiles
Ela é espaçosa e entrona. She is meddlesome (freeloader=parasita) and nosy
Ela canta todas as mulheres, inclusive me deu a maior cantada. He hits on every woman, and he hit on me too. (Hit on / Make a pass / Chats up (British)
Ela chegou toda suada a -15 graus centígrados... ,,,see her arriving, all sweaty (SOAKED IN SWEAT), in -15 C. degree weather.
Ela dá curso preparatório para o Cambridge. She teaches a preparatory course for the Cambridge Certificates.
Ela demonstrou ser vulgar e assanhada. She proved to be vulgar and slutty
Entered by: Beta Cummins
Ela deu o "golpe do baú"... She married money / She went gold digging...
Ela fez biquinhos em quase todas as fotos... She pouts in almost all the photos...
Ela fica muito bem de cabelo solto. She looks great with her hair down
Ela foi minha hóspede por 6 meses. she was my guest for six months
Ela tem uma loja de BIJUTERIAS. costume jewelry
Ela teve outra recaída e implorou ao marido para voltarem. She had another relapse and begged the husband to get back together (TO PATCH THINGS UP)
Ela usou um strass no nariz, imitando um piercing... She wore a stick-on jewel on her nose to make it look like it was pierced
Ela vai desfilar para a Channel. she will model/will be model(l)ing for Chanel/she'll be walking for Chanel (assuming it's a runway show)/She'll be modelling Chanel on the catwalk.
Elaborei projetos para a criação de pequenas empresas. I created (developed / put together) projects for starting (creating) small businesses (companies).
Ele é metido a valente... He plays (a) tough (guy)
Ele é publicitário e grande He is a publicist and a great marketeer
Ele é um empreendedor arrojado... He is a bold/audacious/daring entrepeneur
Ele é vaidoso, presunçoso, convencido e narcisista. vain, presumptuous/immodest, conceited, and narcissistic
Ele cortou as asinhas dela! "He clipped her wings" / He SOON put an end [a stop] to that !
Ele costuma me atormentar com seus problemas. He is always bothering (or annoying) me with his problems./ desabafar (pour out)... see Nadia's translation!
Ele está se vendendo muito caro. He's pricing himself too high
Ele fará vestibular na área de exatas ou de humanas? he will take SAT for a BA or a BS?//Vestibular: COLLEGE ADMISSION EXAM
Ele faz pouco caso da esposa o tempo todo... He takes his wife for granted all the time...
Ele fez gol contra. He scored an own goal.
Ele ficou de recuperação apenas em Física. He only had to take a makeup exam in physics/He only had to retake the physics exam.
Ele foi demitido por justa causa. He was dismissed for gross misconduct
Ele formou em Medicina. Fez a faculdade na Italia. He graduated in medicine and went to university in Italy.
Ele ganhou um carro no sorteio! He won a car in the raffle! He won a car in the PRIZE DRAW (British)
ele não mede esforços no efforts are spared
Ele passou a tarefa a limpo e estudou tabuada. His rewrote/WROTE UP his homework and studied the times table/square table/multiplication table.
Ele perdeu o sono esta madrugada. He woke up in the wee hours
Ele pisou na bola com Jane e ela lhe deu um fora! He messed up with Jane and she dumped him!
Entered by: Nadia Morais
Ele sempre me fez sentir desvalorizada, menosprezada, indesejada e rejeitada. He always makes me feel undervalued/devalued, despised,undesired and rejected.
Ele tem os olhos e o jeito da tia. his aunt's eyes and mannerisms
Ele tentará conseguir aulas extras para melhorar o salário. He will try to get (fit in) extra classes to improve (better) his salary.
Ele trabalha como motoboy para diversas empresas. He works as a motorcycle courier for several companies
Ele, orgulhosamente, convidou os pais para darem uma volta em seu novo carro. He proudly invited his parents to go for a spin/take a spin/take a ride/go for a ride in his new car
Eles já estavam em "alto-mar" quando a tempestade começou. they were already on THE high seas when the storm came
em caldeirão de não sei que terra da mourisma in a cauldron in some Moorish town / place / land
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