Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
anda em todas as bocas
English translation:
everyone knows about it/it's the talk of the town
Added to glossary by
Geoffrey Chan
Feb 13, 2014 21:30
10 yrs ago
Portuguese term
anda em todas as bocas
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Fiction Novel
Context (taxi driver and his passenger):
"É uma rua famosa pelo que percebo?!"
O motorista soltou uma gargalhada farfalhuda:
"Oh la la, se é...! Vem assinalada em todos os guias turísticos. Anda em todas as bocas."
Muito Obrigada,
Barbara
"É uma rua famosa pelo que percebo?!"
O motorista soltou uma gargalhada farfalhuda:
"Oh la la, se é...! Vem assinalada em todos os guias turísticos. Anda em todas as bocas."
Muito Obrigada,
Barbara
Change log
Feb 17, 2014 14:38: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Feb 17, 2014 19:45: Barbara Cochran, MFA changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/123909">Barbara Cochran, MFA's</a> old entry - "anda em todas as bocas"" to ""everyone knows about it ""
Feb 17, 2014 21:07: Geoffrey Chan changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/123909">Barbara Cochran, MFA's</a> old entry - "anda em todas as bocas"" to ""everyone knows about it/it's the talk of the town ""
Proposed translations
+3
45 mins
Selected
everybody knows about it / it's the talk of the town
my interpretation in the context of the conversation.
'it's the talk of the town' connotes something that's currently 'hot' so depending on what the rest of the dialogue indicates in the text, it may be too specific.
'it's the talk of the town' connotes something that's currently 'hot' so depending on what the rest of the dialogue indicates in the text, it may be too specific.
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1 hr
It's pretty well-known
Sug
25 mins
is on everyone's lips
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/on everyone's lips
being talked about by many people
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Note added at 4 hrs (2014-02-14 02:14:40 GMT)
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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/on-eve...
being talked about by many people
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Note added at 4 hrs (2014-02-14 02:14:40 GMT)
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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/on-eve...
+1
8 hrs
everyone talks about it
This seems the most natural to me.
12 hrs
they're all/everybody's (going) on about it
they're all/everybody's (going) on about it
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