she is swelling with his disease

Portuguese translation: ela está padecendo com a doença dele

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English term or phrase:she is swelling with his disease
Portuguese translation:ela está padecendo com a doença dele
Entered by: Valeria Gauz

12:18 Sep 30, 2020
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English term or phrase: she is swelling with his disease
An old man is dying in a nursing home. Nurses are angry for having to clean him. His daughter overhears the nurses say: "she is swelling with his disease. How can a man feel good living in that body?
Valeria Gauz
Brazil
Local time: 12:22
ela está padecendo com a doença dele
Explanation:
"ela está padecendo com a doença dele". Como um homem pode se sentir bem vivendo nesse corpo?
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Felipe Tomasi
Brazil
Local time: 12:22
Grading comment
Thank you, Felipe and all for the answers.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +7ela está padecendo com a doença dele
Felipe Tomasi
4A doença dele deixou ela inchada.
Germano Matias
4ela está se enganando com esta doença
MARCOS BAZILIO
3Ela está inchando com sua doença
Christopher Ruppenthal


  

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Ela está inchando com sua doença


Explanation:
sugestão

ref:
https://www.linguee.com.br/portugues-ingles/search?source=au...

Christopher Ruppenthal
Brazil
Local time: 12:22
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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ela está padecendo com a doença dele


Explanation:
"ela está padecendo com a doença dele". Como um homem pode se sentir bem vivendo nesse corpo?

Felipe Tomasi
Brazil
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you, Felipe and all for the answers.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Laurino
58 mins

agree  Nick Taylor
1 hr

agree  Vanisse Fernandes
3 hrs

agree  Filipe Nascimento: Certamente é o sofrimento da filha a que "swelling" faz referência. Então, penso que "padecer" se adequa melhor. Uma outra alternativa poderia ser "ela está adoecendo...", já que "swelling" tbm significa "inflamação". Outros: penar; sofrer; amargar
4 hrs

agree  Fernando Barros
6 hrs

agree  Dayana Hashim
12 hrs

agree  Jane Rezende
1 day 23 hrs
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A doença dele deixou ela inchada.


Explanation:
I researched and it seems there is no other possible meaning for "swelling" in this case.

Germano Matias
Brazil
Local time: 12:22
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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ela está se enganando com esta doença


Explanation:
É gíria.
Swelling
Slang for lying; to decieve or beguile. A slang term derived from the DC/MD metro area. Typically used in its progressive present participle: swelling.



MARCOS BAZILIO
Brazil
Local time: 12:22
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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