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parente

English translation: kin

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Portuguese term or phrase:parente
English translation:kin
Entered by: Vitor de Araújo

16:31 Feb 7, 2022
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology / native people
Portuguese term or phrase: parente
Os povos indígenas na Amazônia se referem uns aos outros como "parente" mesmo que não haja laço sanguíneo. Como traduzir esse termo no inglês, já existe um consenso que abranja essa característica?
Ananda Marques
Brazil
Local time: 23:20
kin
Explanation:
Em versões que fiz para o inglês, usei "kin", mas o contexto permitia porque não era tão teórico. Veja se cabe.
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Vitor de Araújo
Brazil
Local time: 23:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5kin
Vitor de Araújo
4 +1related
Lucas Santos
4tribe members
Douglas Bissell
3relative
Ana Vozone


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
kin


Explanation:
Em versões que fiz para o inglês, usei "kin", mas o contexto permitia porque não era tão teórico. Veja se cabe.


    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kin
    https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S1809-43412011000200015&script=sci_arttext
Vitor de Araújo
Brazil
Local time: 23:20
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Paulinho Fonseca
21 mins
  -> Thank you, Paulinho! :)
agree  Julia Urbano
1 hr
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agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: You beat me to it!
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agree  Fernanda di Costanzo
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agree  Emilia Moniz
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
related


Explanation:
Pode confirmar essa acepção nos dicionários

Lucas Santos
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

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agree  Nick Taylor
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
relative


Explanation:
Penso que será permitida a tradução literal.

: a person connected with another by blood or affinity
: an animal or plant related to another by common descent

https://www.amazon.com/Relative-Native-Indigenous-Collection...


https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative

Ana Vozone
Local time: 04:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tribe members


Explanation:
The fact that there may not be a blood lineage makes this a better term as the others DO imply a FAMILY relationship

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 04:20
Native speaker of: English
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