This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English to Portuguese
  3. Management

KudoZ question not available

Portuguese translation: recuperar-se da derrota; dar a volta por cima

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:lick one's wounds
Portuguese translation:recuperar-se da derrota; dar a volta por cima
Entered by: Matheus Chaud

14:40 Feb 4, 2020
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Marketing - Management / Management
English term or phrase: lick their wounds
Every aspiring entrepreneur, whether they desire to start a new company or create something new within an existing company, has a Plan A — and virtually all of these individuals believe that their Plan A will work. They can probably even imagine how they’ll look on the cover of Fortune or Inc. magazine. Unfortunately, they are usually wrong. But what separates the ultimate successes from the rest is what they do when their first plan fails to catch on. Do they lick their wounds, get back on their feet, and morph their newly found insights into great businesses or do they doggedly stick to their original plan?
Ena Smith
United States
Local time: 17:14
recuperam-se da derrota; dão a volta por cima
Explanation:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-lick...
to lick your wounds
If you say that someone is licking their wounds, you mean that they are recovering after being defeated or made to feel ashamed or unhappy.
Selected response from:

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 18:14
Grading comment
thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2levantar a cabeça / sacudir a poeira / dar a volta por cima
Felipe Tomasi
4 +1recuperam-se da derrota; dão a volta por cima
Matheus Chaud
4 +1Eles lambem suas feridas
Priscila Lara
4aprendem com os erros
ferreirac
4ficam a chorar as mágoas
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4Eles se recompuseram
Eduan Moraes
3recompõem-se da(s) dificuldades/tristeza/derrota
Ana Vozone


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
aprendem com os erros


Explanation:
Sug.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 5 mins (2020-02-04 14:45:59 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Poderia ser uma tradução literal (lambem as feridas), mas optaria por algo mais neutro.

ferreirac
Brazil
Local time: 18:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 72
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
recuperam-se da derrota; dão a volta por cima


Explanation:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/to-lick...
to lick your wounds
If you say that someone is licking their wounds, you mean that they are recovering after being defeated or made to feel ashamed or unhappy.

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 18:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 191
Grading comment
thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tereza Rae: Acho 'dar a volta por cima' perfeito para conservar o sentido figurado.
3 mins
  -> Obrigado, Tereza!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Eles lambem suas feridas


Explanation:
O texto fala em lamber as feridas, levantar-se e transformar o aprendizado em novos negócios.

Priscila Lara
Brazil
Local time: 18:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Freitas: Sim, a expressão existe em PT também.
2 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ficam a chorar as mágoas


Explanation:
Diria assim em PT(pt)...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 22:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 55
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
recompõem-se da(s) dificuldades/tristeza/derrota


Explanation:
E poderia até utilizar a tradução literal:

https://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/significado/lamber as ...

Ana Vozone
Local time: 22:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 92
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Eles se recompuseram


Explanation:
o significado está no link
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/lick-y...

Eduan Moraes
Brazil
Local time: 18:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
levantar a cabeça / sacudir a poeira / dar a volta por cima


Explanation:
Minha sugestão.



--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 15 mins (2020-02-04 14:55:21 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Agora vi que o Matheus colocou antes "dar a volta por cima", então eu ficaria com "levantar a cabeça"

Felipe Tomasi
Brazil
Local time: 18:14
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mariana Carmo: *sacudir
24 mins
  -> Obrigado, Mariana!
agree  Thiago Silva
1 day 0 min
  -> Obrigado, Thiago!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search