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Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

enjoar

English translation:

get sick / get tired / become fed up (greatly depending on context)

Added to glossary by R. Alex Jenkins
Jul 9, 2008 15:40
15 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

enjoar

Portuguese to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
How can I say this verb in the following context:
_Você não lê mais gibis?
_Ah, enjoei.(Quer dizer, não tenho mais saco para isso)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +16 get sick (of them)
5 +3 fed up
5 +1 get tired
4 +1 Sick and tired of (them).
4 I got sick of it ( I have no more patience for this)
4 get bored with
Change log

Jul 10, 2008 18:06: R. Alex Jenkins Created KOG entry

Discussion

antonio costa (asker) Jul 10, 2008:
Gibi Richard got it rigth, Turma da Mônica is really a comic book and I liked his sugestion best of all, anyway..thank you guys!!
Amy Duncan (X) Jul 10, 2008:
The difference between being sick (or tired) of a book and fed up with one is that in the first case you're bored and in the second the book is really starting to annoy you. Really all the answers here are "right" - just depends on what you want to say.
Amy Duncan (X) Jul 10, 2008:
I know what you mean, Richard, but on the other hand I do think you can be fed up with a book.
R. Alex Jenkins Jul 10, 2008:
The thing is, you see, you don't usually say 'I'm fed up' with a 'book' or a 'thing'. It just sounds odd. You usually say 'I'm fed up with a person or with a situation, like a job'. It's one of those nuances that a dictionary doesn't/can't really explain.
sula (X) Jul 10, 2008:
Wow, lots of answers! In my view, the word 'sick' is far too strong in English compared to 'enjoei' in Port. 'I'm fed up' (with these comics) seems closer to the sense intended of being bored over a time. see http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp
R. Alex Jenkins Jul 9, 2008:
Tiny little comic books, I believe. My kids read them sometimes, like 'Turma da Mônica' and so forth...
Elvira Alves Barry Jul 9, 2008:
Just curious. What are gibis?

Proposed translations

+16
2 mins
Selected

get sick (of them)

I get sick of them (as in 'I get tired of them')

My suggestion :)
Peer comment(s):
agree Catarina Aleixo : that's how I would say it (I got sick of them)
2 mins
Yes, thanks. You get 'fed up' with a PERSON, not a comic book.
agree savaria (X)
2 mins
Cheers, Gabor :)
agree Ligia Dias Costa
7 mins
Cheers, Ligia :)
agree Fernando Domeniconi : Exactly!
10 mins
Cheers, Fernando :)
agree Fernanda Rocha
33 mins
Cheers, Fernanda :)
agree Alexandra Gouveia
44 mins
Cheers, Alexandra :)
agree Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
55 mins
Cheers, Luciano :)
agree Marcelo Gonçalves : or "sick and tired of them".
57 mins
Cheers, Marcelo :)
agree jack_speak
1 hr
Thanks a lot, Jack :))
agree Lucio C P Soluchinsky
1 hr
Cheers, Lucio :)
agree Amy Duncan (X)
1 hr
Cheers, Amy :))
agree Arlete Moraes
1 hr
Cheers, Arlete :)
agree Christiane Jost
1 hr
Cheers, Christiane :)
agree Sara Sousa Soares
2 hrs
Cheers, Sara :)
agree Katarina Peters
10 hrs
Cheers, Katarina :)
agree Dawnimac
1 day 1 hr
Cheers :)
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+3
3 mins

fed up

fed up
sick and tired of, had enough, disgusted with

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Note added at 3 mins (2008-07-09 15:44:30 GMT)
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I'm fed up with it.


fed up
■ adjective informal annoyed or bored.

fed up
se encheu, ficou de saco cheio

fed up
tired of, disgusted with, had enough He's fed up with their laziness. I think he's angry with them.

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-07-09 15:45:33 GMT)
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Ah, I'm fed up with it.

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Note added at 16 mins (2008-07-09 15:57:09 GMT)
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fed up with
had enough of; have no patience for someone or something
Peer comment(s):
agree Luciana Roppa
1 min
agree savaria (X)
2 mins
neutral Catarina Aleixo : In this context it's not quite right
2 mins
neutral jack_speak : fed up is more like being frustrated.
1 hr
agree sula (X) : It does not just mean frustrated. 'fed up' can also simply means bored and is used in the same way as enjoei in Portuguese.
10 hrs
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18 mins

I got sick of it ( I have no more patience for this)

Outra sugestão
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37 mins

get bored with

My suggestion.
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+1
1 hr

get tired

I got tired of them.
Peer comment(s):
agree jack_speak : Hi Amy.
5 mins
Hi Jack, thanks!
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+1
3 hrs

Sick and tired of (them).

Opção.


- Sick and tired of : farto de , enjoado de. (Dic. Exp. Idiom - Osvaldo Serpa).

- Sick and tired of : entediado , cansado de (Dic. Exp. Idiom. - Donald Collins)
Peer comment(s):
agree Katarina Peters
7 hrs
Thanks! Katarina.
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