Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

macaco preguiçoso

English translation:

lazy monkey

Added to glossary by Cristina Pereira
May 22, 2006 09:58
17 yrs ago
Portuguese term

macaco preguiçoso

Portuguese to English Marketing Tourism & Travel
como os passeios de cayuca pelos pântanos de mangais onde os únicos sons são da natureza e os únicos movimentos os da folhagem e das aves, ou o lento arrastar do macaco preguiçoso

A resort in the Caribbean.
I'm not even sure this a monkey species. Thanks for any help!

Proposed translations

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lazy monkey

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Peer comment(s):

agree Edgar Potter : From what I find on the Web, "macaco preguiçoso" is a pejorative term for someone who is lazy by comparison with a monkey...In this text: "the slow crawl of a lazy monkey"
1 hr
Thank you very much Edgar.
agree Paula Góes
4 hrs
Thank you very much Paula
agree Henrique Magalhaes
7 hrs
Muito obrigada Henrique
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, Lidia, and everyone"
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crawling monkey

NESTE CONTEXTO ACHA QUE É O MACACO QUE SE ARRASTA...
Sem certezas absolutas, como sempre. Tu é que sabes o contexto
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Sloth ("Bradypus tridactilus")

Veja e visite estes sites:

ADW: Bradypus tridactylus: Classificationpictures · specimens. Genus Bradypus (three-toed sloths). information · pictures. Species Bradypus tridactylus (pale-throated three-toed sloth) ...
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classifi...


bradypus tridactylusFrom WordNet (r) 2.0 · Bradypus tridactylus n : a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot [syn: three-toed sloth, ai] ...
http://bradypus.tridactylus.word.sytes.org/

Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Pale-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) is a three-toed sloth that ... Bradypus tridactylus grows to a length of between 1.5 and 2.5 ft. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradypus_tridactylus


Peer comment(s):

neutral Rachel Fell : Is this nice creature known as a "macaco preguiçoso"?
8 mins
In Brazil, they are known as "preguiça" or "bicho-preguiça". Search in Google for "preguiça" and see the images.
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