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there is no pleasing him

Portuguese translation: não há nada que possa agradá-lo

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English term or phrase: there is no pleasing him
Portuguese translation:não há nada que possa agradá-lo
Entered by: Mario Freitas

18:09 May 31, 2016
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: there is no pleasing him
Leonard figures out what Sheldon is up to and confronts him: “You’re using
chocolates as positive reinforcement for what you consider correct behavior!”
Sheldon confirms that Leonard is right and offers him a chocolate.
Leonard refuses the chocolate and tells Sheldon that he should not train his
girlfriend as if she is a lab rat. Sheldon tells Leonard that there is no pleasing
him. Since Sheldon’s previous attempts at being nice had failed, he simply
decided “to employ operant conditioning techniques, building on the work of
Thorndike and B. F. Skinner.” Sheldon then boldly claims, “By this time next
week, I believe I can have her jumping out of a pool, balancing a beach ball on
her nose.” When Leonard forbids Sheldon from the further use of chocolate
to shape Penny’s behavior, Sheldon squirts him with water and scolds him:
“Bad Leonard.”
Maiza Ritomy
Local time: 16:36
não há nada que possa agradá-lo
Explanation:
Sugestão
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 16:36
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3ele nunca está satisfeito
Matheus Chaud
4 +3não há nada que possa agradá-lo
Mario Freitas
4 +2Ele é impossível de agradar
Carlota Távora
4 +1não há jeito de contentá-lo
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4Para mim, não há prazer em fazer isso.
papier
4Não há forma de agradá-lo.
dianasantos21


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
não há jeito de contentá-lo


Explanation:
http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/please
There is no pleasing him 
no hay manera de ntentarlo



Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 21:36
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 120

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Danik 2014
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Ele é impossível de agradar


Explanation:
I'm sure there are many ways of saying this and this would be one.

Carlota Távora
Portugal
Local time: 20:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Rita Santiago: As opções dos colegas também estão corretas, mas eu teria dito assim...
1 hr
  -> Obrigada Ana Rita!
agree  Ana Cravidao
15 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ele nunca está satisfeito


Explanation:

Sugestão:

Sheldon tells Leonard that there is no pleasing him.
Sheldon diz a Leonard que ele nunca está satisfeito.

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 16:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 126

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carla Goncalves
4 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Carla!
agree  Danik 2014
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Dani!
agree  Isadora Veiga
1 day 20 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Isadora!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
não há nada que possa agradá-lo


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 16:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 74
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Danik 2014
53 mins
  -> Obrigado, Dani!
agree  Sueli Astrini
1 day 14 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Sueli!
agree  Cris Valadares
2 days 2 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Cris!
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2 days 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Para mim, não há prazer em fazer isso.


Explanation:
O sentido da frase é esse, a meu ver, Na verdade, algo como "não me agrada" ou "não sinto prazer em fazer isso". . Tanto que, logo em seguida ele próprio explica porque teve que adotar esse método. O redator fala de Leonard como uma terceira pessoa, talvez por isso a dificuldade de entender a frase no infinitivo do verbo haver em modo reflexivo.

papier
Brazil
Local time: 16:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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113 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Não há forma de agradá-lo.


Explanation:
Nada o satisfaz, nada o contenta, nada o deixa agradado.

dianasantos21
Portugal
Local time: 20:36
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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