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rugged

Portuguese translation: imponência

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English term or phrase:rugged power
Portuguese translation:imponência
Entered by: Lúcia Lopes

19:55 Apr 18, 2003
English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Architecture / Arquitectura
English term or phrase: rugged
Here, at an altitude of ca. 2,000 meters, near the Monte Tamaro, he asked the architect to build a chapel in memory of his late wife. With its uninterrupted view over the valley of Lugano, this is one of the most spectacular works of contemporary European architecture. Its RUGGED POWER is defined not only by its strong forms, but also by its unusual cladding of rusticated porphyry. The whole is completed by a group of frescoes by the Italian painter Enzo Cucchi, who seems to have been very much in tune with the spiritual nature of the architect’s scheme. Both the chapel itself and its decor
are indisputably modern, and yet they also appear to spring from much older forms.

Ainda não encontrei nenhuma solução para "rugged" que me agradasse. Alguma sugestão?

Português europeu
Vanessa Marques
Portugal
Local time: 23:38
(poderosa) imponência
Explanation:
rugged power (poder de imponência, ou simplesmente imponência)

fica bonito, não fica? :-)
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Lúcia Lopes
Brazil
Local time: 19:38
Grading comment
obrigada a todos
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4(poderosa) imponência
Lúcia Lopes
5 +1rústico
José Antonio Azevedo
5força rude
Tania Marques-Cardoso
4austero
António Ribeiro
3rudeza / aspereza
Ricardo Fonseca


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
rústico


Explanation:
É uma opção.

José Antonio Azevedo
Brazil
Local time: 19:38
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Serra: é o termo que eu geralmente utilizo. Boa Páscoa, José.
22 mins
  -> Obrigado, Henrique. Boa Páscoa para você e sua família!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
rudeza / aspereza


Explanation:
... no sentido humano de um pescador ou de um agricultor, velhos com as faces crispadas pelo sol e os outros elementos, cujas rugas poderia contar muitas histórias...

rugged - adjective of rough, uneven surface or appearance; strong; stern, harsh. Chambers Essential Dictionary







Ricardo Fonseca
Portugal
Local time: 23:38
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
(poderosa) imponência


Explanation:
rugged power (poder de imponência, ou simplesmente imponência)

fica bonito, não fica? :-)

Lúcia Lopes
Brazil
Local time: 19:38
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Grading comment
obrigada a todos

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Serra: boa alternativa
1 hr
agree  Ricardo Almeida
1 hr
agree  Mayura Silveira
4 hrs
agree  SilLiz (X): nesse contexto parece ser a melhor alternativa
4 hrs
  -> Obrigada a todos! :-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
austero


Explanation:
Penso que seria adequado.

António Ribeiro
Local time: 08:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 17
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
força rude


Explanation:
Por coincidência, ao procurar "força rude" no Google, deparei com um texto relativo à capela concebida por Mario Botta, em português europeu. A página Web também mostra algumas fotos -- de fato impressionantes.

Aí vai um trecho:

A sua força rude define-se não só pelas suas formas sólidas, mas também pelo seu invulgar revestimento de pórfiro

http://victorian.fortunecity.com/parkstreet/418/botta/tamaro...

Boa sorte e bom trabalho, Vanessa!

Tania Marques-Cardoso
Brazil
Local time: 19:38
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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