entradote

English translation: long in the tooth

16:30 Mar 13, 2017
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: entradote
'És um velhote, entradote, mas eu gosto de ti.'

This usually means that someone is not exactly old, but almost.

How would you put it in English?

Thanks in advance for your help!
Tania Pires
Portugal
Local time: 16:07
English translation:long in the tooth
Explanation:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/long-in...
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Margarida Martins Costelha
Portugal
Local time: 16:07
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I chose this one considering the context.
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Summary of answers provided
4long in the tooth
Margarida Martins Costelha
4a midlifer / person of middle age, middle-aged person
Ellen Kraus
4Over the hill
Timothy Came
4You're past it
Nick Taylor
4nosey
Mario Freitas
3no spring chicken
Verginia Ophof


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
long in the tooth


Explanation:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/long-in...

Margarida Martins Costelha
Portugal
Local time: 16:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
I chose this one considering the context.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Margarida! I didn't know this expression.

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31 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a midlifer / person of middle age, middle-aged person


Explanation:
I would say

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Note added at 32 Min. (2017-03-13 17:03:31 GMT)
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neither Young, nor old

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 17:07
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Ellen, but he's a little older than middle-age.

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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Over the hill


Explanation:
Another suggestion

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/over the hill
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=over the hill

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Note added at 53 mins (2017-03-13 17:23:58 GMT)
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Hi, Tania. It can be used to like that, but it can also have the meaning of someone who has reached middle age and is now on the slow descent (hence the hill) towards old age.

'Past his prime' could be another suggestion.

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Note added at 59 mins (2017-03-13 17:29:55 GMT)
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My pleasure.

Timothy Came
Brazil
Local time: 12:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Timothy. I think over the hill's the same as old. In this case, he's not exactly old but getting there.

Asker: I prefer 'past his prime'. Thanks!

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You're past it


Explanation:
You're past it


    https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/past-it
Nick Taylor
Local time: 16:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
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nosey


Explanation:
Creio que seja este o sentido

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 13:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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no spring chicken


Explanation:
suggestion

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 10:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
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