Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
vencer pelo cansaço
Portuguese translation:
Wear someone down/You wear me down/You wore me down
English term
vencer pelo cansaço
Dec 4, 2013 14:22: Marlene Curtis changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/109243">Bett's</a> old entry - "vencer pelo cansaço"" to ""Wear someone down/You wear me down/You wore me down""
Proposed translations
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Wear someone down/You wear me down/You wore me down
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Expressões Idiomáticas: Vencer pelo cansaço. Posted by Ulisses Carvalho. Vencer pelo cansaço; TO WEAR SOMEBODY DOWN; Sei tanto quanto você!
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Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
to beat someone by exhaustion
| agree |
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
: Nesse caso, é a resposta que expressa melhor a ideia.
2 hrs
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Obrigada, Salvador!
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Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
You bested me by attrition (Domination by attrition)
Brazil
English -- Brazilian Portuguese
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
To pester someone into something / give up (specific to this context)
"Ok, fine, I'm leaving! You've pestered me into [doing] it! F–k!"
This is a very casual expression and its usage is wide, being present in, but not limited to:
* "TheFreeDictionary," (link: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/badger).
* Books "Creative Writing Years 5-6," by Alan Horsefield p. (120,)
* TVRopes (link: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/review_comments.php?id=4608).
Considering the context, combining "to give up" with "to wear down" also works, but it means inserting an extra term into your translation.
"Ok, fine, you wore me down and I give up! I'm leaving! F–k!"
I can't pester someone into giving me a second interview. I know this. But I want this job so much-- it would be perfect. Damn. [Youbemom.com]
Sure you can occasionally pester someone into buying your product, but that’s not the kind of business most businesspeople want. [Nowheremanphotos.com]
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