How in heaven’s name

Portuguese translation: Por que carga de água

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English term or phrase:How in heaven’s name
Portuguese translation:Por que carga de água

06:16 May 2, 2019
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English to Portuguese translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: How in heaven’s name
Full context:

How in heaven’s name would anyone have guessed that you robbed a bank?

My best attempt (but is "em nome do cue" really idiomatic, or is there a better way to put this which is more common?):

Como, em nome do céu, alguém poderia imaginar que você roubou um banco?
Niedz
Netherlands
Por que carga de água
Explanation:
Talvez...

https://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/consultorio/perguntas/por-...
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Ana Vozone
Local time: 12:24
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3Como, pelo amor de Deus
Tereza Rae
2 +5Por que carga de água
Ana Vozone
4 +3Pelo amor de Deus, como
Marina Soares
4 +1Como, em nome de Deus, alguém ...
Vivian Holtz
4Céus, como (alguém poderia imaginar...)
Oliver Simões


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
how in heaven’s name
Como, pelo amor de Deus


Explanation:
:-D

Tereza Rae
Canada
Local time: 07:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sueli Astrini
5 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Sueli! :-D

agree  Paulo Gasques
6 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Paulo! :-D

agree  Mario Freitas: Sim, pelo bem da eufonia, esta ordem e melhor
10 hrs
  -> Será mesmo? Terminei votando na Marina, que inverteu a ordem
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +5
how in heaven’s name
Por que carga de água


Explanation:
Talvez...

https://ciberduvidas.iscte-iul.pt/consultorio/perguntas/por-...

Ana Vozone
Local time: 12:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 82
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  expressisverbis
10 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Sandra!

agree  Liane Lazoski: Concordo, só que eu diria: "Por que cargas d'água".
12 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Liane!

agree  Paulo Marcon: Incredulidade diante do não explicado. Em PT-BR seria no plural, "cargas d'água".
13 hrs
  -> Obrigada, BV1!

agree  JohnMcDove
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Obrigada, John!

agree  Margarida Ataide
5 days
  -> Obrigada, Margarida!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
how in heaven’s name
Pelo amor de Deus, como


Explanation:
Eu inverteria os termos, pois assim é mais usado.

Diria:

Pelo amor de Deus, como alguém poderia imaginar...

Marina Soares
Local time: 08:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrea Pilenso
25 mins

agree  Leonor Machado
2 hrs

agree  Tereza Rae: Tem razão, invertendo fica melhor.
5 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
how in heaven’s name
Céus, como (alguém poderia imaginar...)


Explanation:
Fica aí mais uma sugestão (semiliteral).



Example sentence(s):
  • Céus, como alguém tão insensível podia ter gerado um filho risonho, despreocupado e cheio de vida como Leland?
  • Céus, como alguém podia ser tão inútil? Sra. Jinx agradeceu-me, levantou cabisbaixa e dirigiu-se rumo à porta. Céus, como eu podia ser tão inútil?

    https://www.passeidireto.com/arquivo/56427237/edith-layton---como-seduzir-uma-noiva/26
    https://books.google.com/books?id=TcCwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT36&lpg=PT36&dq=%22C%C3%A9us,+como+algu%C3%A9m%22&source=bl&ots=oQ5RARYMG7&sig=ACfU3U2s1L
Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 04:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
how in heaven’s name
Como, em nome de Deus, alguém ...


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Vivian Holtz
Brazil
Local time: 08:25
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lais Leite: Acertou em cheio!
1 day 22 hrs
  -> thank you!
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