Jun 8, 2016 14:43
7 yrs ago
Portuguese term
Portugal
EN Translator
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
, Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
dar carapau
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Subtitles
'Observada uma aflita à velha, que tem os pintores escondidos atrás do Sagrado Coração e está a dar carapau ao Benfica'
Thanks in advance for your help!
Thanks in advance for your help!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | give some horse mackerel |
Ana Cravidao
|
| 4 | feeding Benfica with minnows |
Mario Freitas
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| 3 | ..... a cock-and-bull story |
Verginia Ophof
|
Proposed translations
13 mins
Ana Cravidao
Native in Portuguese
Technical translator
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
give some horse mackerel
Dar (um) carapau ao Benfica (gato).
Penso que "dar carapau" não é uma expressão idiomática, "se carapau de corrida" sim.
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Note added at 14 mins (2016-06-08 14:58:17 GMT)
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"seR carapau de corrida"(peço desculpa, faltou um R)
Penso que "dar carapau" não é uma expressão idiomática, "se carapau de corrida" sim.
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Note added at 14 mins (2016-06-08 14:58:17 GMT)
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"seR carapau de corrida"(peço desculpa, faltou um R)
Reference:
Note from asker:
| Obrigada, Ana! Acho que tem razão. Nem me ocorreu que o gato se chamasse Benfica. Pensei logo numa possível expressão idiomática. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
50 mins
Mario Freitas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
feeding Benfica with minnows
Sugestão
1 hr
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Belize
Native in English
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
24
..... a cock-and-bull story
suggestion
It doesn’t seem that there is a direct link from ‘cock and bull’ to‘bullshit’, meaning rubbish or nonsense, which is a 20th century US term. ‘Bull’ is associated with made up stories from around the date of the earliest ‘cock and bull’ citation though, as in this quotation from J. Taylor, 1630:
“Wit and Mirth … Made vp, and fashioned into Clinches, Bulls, Quirkes, Yerkes, Quips, and Ierkes.”
It doesn’t seem that there is a direct link from ‘cock and bull’ to‘bullshit’, meaning rubbish or nonsense, which is a 20th century US term. ‘Bull’ is associated with made up stories from around the date of the earliest ‘cock and bull’ citation though, as in this quotation from J. Taylor, 1630:
“Wit and Mirth … Made vp, and fashioned into Clinches, Bulls, Quirkes, Yerkes, Quips, and Ierkes.”
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