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'Flat-Out Wrong'

Portuguese translation: Totalmente errado

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English term or phrase:'Flat-Out Wrong'
Portuguese translation:Totalmente errado
Entered by: Roberto Costa

20:51 Jun 9, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Journalism
English term or phrase: 'Flat-Out Wrong'
Ethanol As Cause Of Food Crisis 'Flat-Out Wrong'

This is a headline for an article released last month in the Washington Times, and I'm really puzzled by the term "flat-out wrong".
Any suggestions??
Tks in advance.
Roberto Costa
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:24
Totalmente errado
Explanation:
Sugg. se o termo é usado em ENG - USA

"You are flat-out wrong" - "você está totalmente errado"
Selected response from:

Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 00:24
Grading comment
Thanks, everyone!!!! Todas as sugestões foram excelentes. Muito obrigado mesmo pela ajuda!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +9Totalmente errado
Arthur Godinho
4 +3redondamente errado
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
3 +2completamente errada/errônea
Andrea Munhoz
4completamente/totalmente sem razão/injusto.
Marcos Antonio
4'enganação'
Flavio Steffen
3 +1ledo engano (v. contexto abaixo)
marinagil
3contraditório
Iara Fino Silva


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +9
'flat-out wrong'
Totalmente errado


Explanation:
Sugg. se o termo é usado em ENG - USA

"You are flat-out wrong" - "você está totalmente errado"

Arthur Godinho
United States
Local time: 00:24
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, everyone!!!! Todas as sugestões foram excelentes. Muito obrigado mesmo pela ajuda!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rhandler
8 mins
  -> Grato, rhandler
agree  Heloísa Ferdinandt: A idéia é de que a crença de que o etanol/álcool é causa da crise de alimentos está (totalmente) errada.
47 mins
  -> Obrigado, Heloísa
agree  Katarina Peters
56 mins
agree  marinagil
1 hr
agree  Elvira Alves Barry
13 hrs
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida: concordo
13 hrs
agree  Fiona Stephenson
16 hrs
agree  Luciana Roppa
18 hrs
agree  airmailrpl: -
19 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
'flat-out wrong'
contraditório


Explanation:
pesquisei no google, entrei com o termo em páginas em português, tem uma frase "contraditory (flat out wrong)"

Iara Fino Silva
Local time: 01:24
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
'flat-out wrong'
completamente errada/errônea


Explanation:
Ao que tudo indica

flat-out

flat-out: an adverb that means: at full capacity, at maximum speed, totally, thoroughgoing
Ben, pumps working flat-out. A foot of water in the bilge.

a flat-out promotional campaign
a flat-out deception.
flat-out totally at full capacity thoroughgoing at maximum speed


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Note added at 12 mins (2008-06-09 21:03:34 GMT)
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(A tese de ser) o etanol a causa da crise nos alimentos (está) totalmente errada/étotalmente errônea



Andrea Munhoz
Brazil
Local time: 01:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luciana Roppa
17 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Luciana!
agree  airmailrpl: -
19 hrs
  -> Obrigada, airmailprl!
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
'flat-out wrong'
redondamente errado


Language variant: PT(pt)

Explanation:
É a minha sugestão...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 05:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 46

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  marinagil: Bem idiomático e +informal do que 'totalmente errado'. Outra variante (PT-BR): redondamente enganado.
54 mins
  -> Também se diz em PT(pt)!
agree  Luciana Roppa
17 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  airmailrpl: -
19 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
'flat-out wrong'
completamente/totalmente sem razão/injusto.


Explanation:
Outras sugestões.


- be in the wrong: não ter razão- estar enganado.
- do someone wrong: cometer uma injustiça c/ alguém

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 01:24
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 18
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
'flat-out wrong'
'enganação'


Explanation:
Seguindo a linha da notícia, eu usaria um jargão.

Flavio Steffen
Brazil
Local time: 01:24
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
'flat-out wrong'
ledo engano (v. contexto abaixo)


Explanation:
Etanol causa crise alimentar? Ledo engano!
(ou enganação, como sugere o F. Steffen)

TODAS as sugestões são corretas. Mas dependendo da finalidade a que se destina essa tradução, caberia uma solução criativa.
Em termos jornalísticos, dá pra enxugar essa manchete compridona.

marinagil
Brazil
Local time: 01:24
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  reginakersten: acho a melhor opção para uma manchete
2 hrs
  -> Grata, Regina. Quase lasco um "ledo e ivo engano"!
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