aloof

Portuguese translation: desapegado

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English term or phrase:aloof
Portuguese translation:desapegado
Entered by: María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda

16:14 Jun 5, 2020
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / general
English term or phrase: aloof
I even proposed marriage to someone who was aloof like me in relationships.
María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
Local time: 07:24
desapegado
Explanation:



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2690984 (X)
Grading comment
Muito obrigada a todas. Agradou-me esta-
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5Indiferente/alheio
Augusto Rochadel
5com atitude superior
Nick Taylor
4 +1desinteressado
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4frio
Matheus Chaud
4desapegado
2690984 (X)
4distraido
Katarina Peters
4desligado
Clauwolf
3Retraído(a)
Daniela Silva
3desapaixonado
Julio Cinquina
3reservado(a)/tímido(a)
expressisverbis
3distante
Anderson Calixto


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Indiferente/alheio


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Augusto Rochadel
Brazil
Local time: 09:24
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 10

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cassio Bozzi: Acredito que esta seja a melhor tradução neste contexto. Pessoa indiferente/distante.
11 mins
  -> Obrigado, Cássio!

agree  Sonia Mendes
17 mins
  -> Obrigado, Sônia!

agree  João Victor Oliveira
7 hrs
  -> Obrigado, João!

agree  Daisa Galli: Nesse contexto também gosto de alheio/indiferente ou desinteressado.
15 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Decoding!

agree  Elsa de Barros
2 days 23 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Elsa!
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Retraído(a)


Explanation:
Acho que o adjetivo retraído(a) "casa" bem com o contexto em questão (fica o pun!), visto que se refere a relacionamentos.

Daniela Silva
Portugal
Local time: 12:24
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
desapaixonado


Explanation:
Referências:

"Aloof: distant, unsympathetic, or supercilious in manner, attitude, or feeling"
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/pt/dictionary/english/aloo...

"Desapaixonado: incapaz de sentir grandes paixões, sentimentos fortes de amor ou ódio; sem paixão ou amor; frio (...)."
http://www.aulete.com.br/desapaixonado

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"Desapaixonado - em que não há paixão: Era um amor desapaixonado."
http://www.aulete.com.br/desapaixonado

Julio Cinquina
Brazil
Local time: 09:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 15
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
com atitude superior


Explanation:
com atitude superior

Nick Taylor
Local time: 12:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 67
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
desinteressado


Explanation:
+ uma sugestão...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 12:24
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 68

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sueli Astrini
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Sueli!
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
frio


Explanation:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aloof
distant either physically or emotionally

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https://consultoriodepsicologia.blogs.sapo.pt/nao-sentir-emo...
Não sentir emoções - Consultório de Psicologia
Muitas das pessoas chamadas frias ou racionais sofrem de alexitimia, uma espécie de analfabetismo emocional.


Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 09:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 126
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
desapegado


Explanation:





Example sentence(s):
  • “(...) percebi o quanto sou desapegada a relacionamentos, e isso é bom, faz a mulher se valorizar, se impor, viver sem sofrer”.

    https://www.google.com/books/edition/O_que_%C3%A9_a_dan%C3%A7a_para_voc%C3%AA/tpqeDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
    https://vejasp.abril.com.br/atracao/o-amor-outras-drogas/
2690984 (X)
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Muito obrigada a todas. Agradou-me esta-
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
reservado(a)/tímido(a)


Explanation:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/aloof

Será isso?

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Também "relação distante", ou "relação à distância" que me parece bem melhor, dependendo do contexto.

1.
reservado; distante
2.
ausente
https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/ingles-portugues/aloof

expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 12:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 40
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
distraido


Explanation:
outra sugestão

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 08:24
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
desligado


Explanation:
:) Faltou esta

Clauwolf
Local time: 09:24
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 63
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
distante


Explanation:
sugestão

Anderson Calixto
Brazil
Local time: 09:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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