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deviant

00:38 Jun 2, 2005
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Romance policial
English term or phrase: deviant
Contexto: romance policial.
"the mind of a deviant criminal"
Lois_1976
Local time: 04:59


Summary of answers provided
3 +7pervertido/degenerado
luzia fortes
5 +3pervertido
Paulo Celestino Guimaraes
5 +1anormal
Cesar Sanchez
4 +2transviado
Carlos Angelo
5 +1com comportamento desviante
Mário Seita
5fora dos padrões
José Antonio Azevedo
5diabolico / demente
hagan84
4doentia
reginalobo
4 -1meliante
Clauwolf


Discussion entries: 1





  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
fora dos padrões


Explanation:
deviant = diferente ou afastado dos padrões

José Antonio Azevedo
Brazil
Local time: 04:59
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
anormal


Explanation:
OK?

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Note added at 3 mins (2005-06-02 00:41:40 GMT)
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A mente de um criminoso de comportamento anormal.

Cesar Sanchez
Brazil
Local time: 04:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James Cook: anormal
11 hrs
  -> Thanks James
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
transviado


Explanation:
* Do Oxford:
deviant (deviate) - A person who, or thing which, deviates; esp. one who deviates from normal social, etc., standards or behaviour.

* Do Houaiss:
transviado - que ou aquele que não obedece os padrões comportamentais vigentes.

Carlos Angelo
Brazil
Local time: 04:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Andrade
1 hr
agree  airmailrpl: -
8 hrs
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
pervertido/degenerado


Explanation:
Penso que neste contexto talvez possa ser algo mais radical...

Meaning #1: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
Synonyms: pervert, deviate, degenerate


    Reference: http://www.answers.com/deviant%20
luzia fortes
Local time: 08:59
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paulo Celestino Guimaraes: pensamos igual....a sua apareceu assim q mandei a minha
2 mins
  -> já me aconteceu várias vezes....obrigada, Paulo!
agree  EduardoSanglard
4 mins
  -> obrigada, Eduardo!
agree  Claudia Costa
7 mins
  -> obrigada, Claudia!
agree  Jorge Freire
6 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Jorge!
agree  Jorge Santos: degenerado
15 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Jorge!
agree  Cristina Santos
15 hrs
  -> obrigada, Cristina!
agree  Silvia Pereira Duarte: gostei do degenerado
5 days
  -> obrigada, Silvia!
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
diabolico / demente


Explanation:


hagan84
Local time: 03:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Paulo Celestino Guimaraes: A perversão se aproxima a um comportamento chamado de desviante ou anormal. Já a demência, loucura, é uma outra coisa.
39 mins
  -> Nao acho que ser pervertido e bem diferente de ser demente. O rais e o mesmo. Mas talvez no contexto pervertido seja melhor. Pensei nisso tambem mas nao usei. Valeu!
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
meliante


Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 04:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 280

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Paulo Celestino Guimaraes: extrapolou nessa heim meu caro....meliante é como os políticos do lado de cá chamam a si próprios.....uns velhacos...malandro, vadio, patife...até q cabe bem para a maioria deles.....
53 mins
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
doentia


Explanation:
uma outra possibilidade

reginalobo
Local time: 08:59
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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1 day 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
com comportamento desviante


Explanation:
"a mente de um criminoso com comportamento desviante".

Há muitos criminosos que não têm comportamentos desviantes e muitos indivíduos com comportamentos desviantes que não são criminosos. Neste caso, é um criminoso com comportamento desviante.

A universidade lusófona tem uma especialização em psicologia criminal e do comportamento desviante (ver link).


    Reference: http://www.ulusofona.pt/detalhe.asp?id=983
Mário Seita
Portugal
Local time: 08:59
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paulo Celestino Guimaraes: sim conforme acrescentei no meu comentário comportamento desviante ou anormal.
6 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
pervertido


Explanation:
"pervertido" para o chamado comportamento desviante ou anormal.
deviant A-noun 1 pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerate - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior


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Note added at 50 mins (2005-06-02 01:28:58 GMT)
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A perversão se aproxima a um comportamento chamado de desviante ou anormal. Já a demência, loucura, é uma outra coisa.

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Note added at 1 day 14 hrs 7 mins (2005-06-03 14:45:21 GMT)
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comportamento desviante como sugeri neste meu comentário e o prezado colega Mário Seita confirmou embora sem ter registrado um agree a minha resposta. Uma questão de solidariedade ou falta de.

Paulo Celestino Guimaraes
Brazil
Local time: 04:59
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  luzia fortes
5 mins
  -> Obrigado
agree  Claudia Costa
6 mins
  -> Obrigado
agree  Jorge Freire
6 hrs
  -> Obrigado
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