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Portuguese to English Linguistics Translation Glossary

Portuguese term English translation
“ideologia do bem falar” (Sílvia Friedmann) good speaker ideology
Entered by: Mario Freitas
‘eu a ouvi dizer que vai deixar (para mim)’ i heard her say that she is going to leave it to me/ leave it for me
‘tinha havido muitas estrelas no alto/céu there had been many stars (up) in the sky
Entered by: Fernando Domeniconi
bancos de leite humano breast milk bank
bando de enrustidos bunch of closet queens
base do empréstimo loan(word) base OR base of the loan(word)
base lexical nominal nominal lexical basis
base lexical semanticamente nula semantically null lexical base/item
base nominal nula null nominal base
bases lexicais lexical base
beiju \'manioc flatcake\' OR: \'manioc bread\'
bem que valeria a pena uma edição que superasse esses empecilhos atuais. it would be well worth getting a publicaiton that exceeded those current snags (obstacles)
binômio prestígio/estigma binomial prestige/stigma
bloco fônico prosodic unit
Bolsa de Iniciação Científica / Coeficiente de Rendimento Research Initiation Scholarship, grade point ratio (GPR)
bolsista de Iniciação Científica (CNPq) CNPq Science Intern / Science Intern, CNPq Fellowship Program
Bom apetite Enjoy your meal/bon appétit
bom prato (a) good eater
Bonitei I made myself pretty/I have been making myself pretty
breve <--> longa duration (short <--> long)
características de comportamento e controle behavioural and control characteristics
caráter camaleônico protean quality
carga semântica adjetival adjectival semantic load
carregam o sentimento bear the feeling
carregar noções variadas entre si represent several different concepts
cartas de chamada invitation letters
categórico bloqueio de sonorização categoric blocking of voicing
categorias lexicais sufixadas suffixed lexical categories
caveirão Caveirão (police armored car)
chegando a sugerir even suggesting
circum-oralizados circum-oralized
cisão na marcação cesura in the marking
classes flexionáveis flexional group
classes nominais/gênero nominal classes/gender
Classificador em Construção Numeral The Classifier in Numeral Constructions
classificadores que trazem conceitos classifiers that signify concepts...
classificados como A classified/categorized as A
Cláusula Adversativa Adversative clause
Cláusula de Causa/Razão Causal clause (or Clause of cause/reason)
Cláusula Equativa equative clause
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