roqueiro

English translation: rocker / rocker man

20:19 May 12, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
Portuguese term or phrase: roqueiro
I am currently translating the short story "Zap" by Moacyr Scliar. This short story uses the word "roqueiro" to refer to one of the characters very frequently. Example, "Ele é um roqueiro".

I am debating between using "rocker" "rock musician" and "rockstar" though I'm not sure rockstar would be the right word since he doesn't seem to be very famous.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, thank you!
reth0031
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English translation:rocker / rocker man
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5 +4rocker / rocker man
Luiza Kipper
5rockstar
Lázaro Borges
5rock 'n' roll musician
Nick Taylor
4rock musician
airmailrpl
3rock 'n' roller
T o b i a s
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rocker / rocker man


Explanation:
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Luiza Kipper
Brazil
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agree  Marcelo Carvalho Ambrósio
9 mins

agree  Silvia Aquino
14 mins

agree  Beatriz Baker Méio
1 hr

agree  Verginia Ophof
3 hrs

neutral  airmailrpl: never heard "rocker man" in the USA
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
rockstar


Explanation:
Hey man, i just read a excerpt of the story. It's rockstar for sure, because he is a musician.

"É sobre mim que fala. Você tem um filho, não tem?, pergunta a apresentadora, e ele, meio constrangido — situação pouco admissível para um roqueiro de verdade —, diz que sim, que tem um filho, só que não o vê há muito tempo. Hesita um pouco e acrescenta: você sabe, eu tinha de fazer uma opção, era a família ou o rock. A entrevistadora, porém, insiste (é chata, ela): mas o seu filho gosta de rock? Que você saiba, seu filho gosta de rock?"

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Even more, he is not just a musician, he is a famous musician who goes to TV shows and stuff, a truly rockstar.

Lázaro Borges
Brazil
Local time: 02:43
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Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Andy Kusanagi: I think it depends on the context. "Rockstar" would imply he's a successful one - Mick Jagger or Steven Tyler sorta thing, you know? The way I see it, "rocker" is a broader term, but like I said, I think it needs more context so I can say for sure.
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rock 'n' roll musician


Explanation:
rock 'n' roll musician

Nick Taylor
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rock musician


Explanation:
roqueiro => rock musician

Category:Rock musicians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Rock_musicians
Wikipedia
Pages in category "Rock musicians". This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).

Category:American rock musicians - Wikipedia, the free ...
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_rock_musicians
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Pages in category "American rock musicians". The following 200 pages are in this category, out of 396 total.

Best Rock Musicians of All Times - Piero Scaruffi's
www.scaruffi.com/music/best.html
Best Rock Musicians of All Times. ... 2011 2012 2013 2014. Back to the Music Page. By category... Singer songwriters · Male singers · Female singers · Guitarists

Nancy Wilson (rock musician) - Wikipedia, the free ...
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wilson_(rock_musician)
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Nancy Lamoureaux Wilson (born March 16, 1954) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, actress, and producer. She and her older sister Ann are the core ...

Michael Brown (rock musician) - Wikipedia, the free ...
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Michael Brown (born Michael David Lookofsky; April 25, 1949 – March 19, 2015) was an American keyboardist-songwriter. Born in New York as the son of ...

Greg Brown (rock musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Greg Brown (rock musician). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search. For other people by the same name, see Greg Brown ...

He Yong (rock musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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He Yong (何勇) (born February 15, 1969 in Beijing) is a Chinese rock musician who has been particularly active in the 1980s and 1990s. A self-styled punk, He ...

Chris Wood (rock musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wood_(rock_musician)
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Christopher Gordon Blandford 'Chris' Wood (24 June 1944—12 July 1983) was a founding member of the English rock band Traffic, along with Steve Winwood, ...

airmailrpl
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rock 'n' roller


Explanation:
One of the problems is 'roqueiro' is repeated so many times in the original (copyright) text.



I marched down to selective service dressed as a rock ‘n’ roller. I wore a pair of gold lame pants.(p. 39)
. . .
I can't get away with it now because I have a reputation, but in my early playing days, when I was a skinny rock 'n' roller playing in cutoffs with a beer bazooka. I’d hustle them good. (p. 72)
Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: A Rock 'n' Roller's 12 Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict
Crown Publishers, 2007


Gentlemänly Repöse: Confessions of a Debauched Rock'n'roller
Michael Ruffino
Citadel Press, 2004

The Americana music scene claims Neil Young as one of theirs, and he is a bit of an exception because his career has remained consistently high over the years. He still fits my argument to the degree he exemplifies the early **** rock 'n' roller **** who leaves his rock band affiliations behind over time (e.g., CSN&Y and Crazy Horse) and increasingly forges a solo career and persona that are attractive to the Americana music industry. (p. 116)
Baby Boomer Rock 'n' Roll Fans: The Music Never Ends
By Joseph A. Kotarba


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Reference information:
If he is a musician = rockstar; if he is just a regular joe who likes rock, he is a headbanger.

Lázaro Borges
Brazil
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
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