Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
encalhada
English translation:
on the shelf
Added to glossary by
Nick Taylor
Dec 22, 2015 18:26
8 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Brazil
Media & Marketing - Transcreation
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese
encalhada
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
"O estudo revelou que as RS de homens e mulheres sobre a solteirice feminina são marcadas por elementos como independente, sozinha, trabalho, exigente, livre, encalhada, chata, solteirona, titia e triste. "
"encalhada" is a slang in Brazil for a woman that can't get married, even though she is trying hard.
Is there any term and/or slang for this in English?
Thanks in advance for your help.
"encalhada" is a slang in Brazil for a woman that can't get married, even though she is trying hard.
Is there any term and/or slang for this in English?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +7 | on the shelf |
Nick Taylor
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| 3 +1 | perpetual bridesmaid |
Andrew Bramhall
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| 4 | spinster |
airmailrpl
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| 4 | unable to move/stuck |
Marcia R Pinheiro
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Change log
Jan 5, 2016 08:27: Nick Taylor Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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23 mins
Nick Taylor
Native in English
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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119
Selected
on the shelf
on the shelf
Peer comment(s):
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Mario Freitas
: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/on the shelf
7 mins
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Thanks Mário
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Natasha Zadorosny
2 hrs
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thanks Natasha
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Ana Vozone
3 hrs
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thanks Ana - Merry Xmas
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Sheryle Oliver
4 hrs
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thanks Sheryle
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
13 hrs
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thanks SS
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airmailrpl
: never heard it before..apparently only UK !! - would mean nothing in the USA
16 hrs
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/7753947/Actres...
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Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
1 day 16 hrs
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thanks António
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Yvonne Gallagher
: http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/to-be-left-on-the-she...
8 days
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Thanks Gallagy
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
30 mins
Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Flair and accuracy tailored to your text
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
Related KudoZ points
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12
perpetual bridesmaid
Wedding Planning: Advice to Brides From Perpetual Bridesmaids
http://www.glamour.com/weddings/2010/10/wedding-planning-adv...
Being a bridesmaid is an honor, but it's also a commitment. Just like the bride,
you're investing in a dress, setting aside time for wedding activities and playing a
How to be the perpetual bridesmaid and survive wedding season ...
http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/how-to-be-th...
13 Jun 2013 ... I am the perpetual bridesmaid. Six times I've been asked to accompany a woman
in white down the aisle — so often that I've had to come up ...
Cached
http://www.glamour.com/weddings/2010/10/wedding-planning-adv...
Being a bridesmaid is an honor, but it's also a commitment. Just like the bride,
you're investing in a dress, setting aside time for wedding activities and playing a
How to be the perpetual bridesmaid and survive wedding season ...
http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/how-to-be-th...
13 Jun 2013 ... I am the perpetual bridesmaid. Six times I've been asked to accompany a woman
in white down the aisle — so often that I've had to come up ...
Cached
Peer comment(s):
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Nick Taylor
: Always the bridesmaid
38 mins
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If you're always the bridesmaid, you're a bridesmaid in perpituity;
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Marcia R Pinheiro
: I think this is a good idea
5 days
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Yvonne Gallagher
: yes if "on the shelf" really not known in US ...which I think unlikely
8 days
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2 hrs
airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Works in field
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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80
spinster
encalhada => spinster
Spinster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinster
A poem entitled "It won't be my fault if I die an Old Maid", containing the lines "Remember no thought to a girl is so dread / As the terrible one—She may die an Old Maid." A spinster is an unmarried woman who is past the usual age for marrying and is considered unlikely to marry.
Spinster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinster
A poem entitled "It won't be my fault if I die an Old Maid", containing the lines "Remember no thought to a girl is so dread / As the terrible one—She may die an Old Maid." A spinster is an unmarried woman who is past the usual age for marrying and is considered unlikely to marry.
Peer comment(s):
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Marcia R Pinheiro
: this would be more like solteirona, I reckon
5 days
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A spinster is an unmarried woman who is past the usual age for marrying and is considered unlikely to marry.
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5 days
Marcia R Pinheiro
Australia
Australia
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Specializes in field
Australia
Our target is having zero errors in all
Native in: English , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
unable to move/stuck
encalhada has to give that idea of being in a car, driving, and not succeeding in getting the car to move.
Reference:
Discussion
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/always_a_bridesmaid,_never_a_...