This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. Portuguese to English
  3. Education / Pedagogy

bicho de sete cabeças

English translation: seven-headed monster

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Portuguese term or phrase:bicho de sete cabeças
English translation:seven-headed monster
Entered by: inestb

20:44 Jul 1, 2005
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Education / Pedagogy
Portuguese term or phrase: bicho de sete cabeças
aprender inglês isto não pode ser considerado um bicho de sete cabeças
inestb
seven-headed monster
Explanation:
Folk Tales of The Sahaptin and Salishan Tribes
THE SEVEN-HEADED MONSTER.1. In the early days there was a chief who owned all
... He found the seven-headed monster running with his horses and cattle. ...
collections.ic.gc.ca/Teit/ copy%20of%20book%20a/a.103done.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

CHAPTER XXXVIII
... properly rendered the living creature or the seven-headed monster, ...
United States when the British Isles shall be ruled by the seven-headed monster. ...
www.thehistoryofallthings.com/ thehistory/HOTVOL1/Hotv1c38.htm - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

IBSS - The Bible and Science - Dinosaurs in the Bible?
There is even a Sumerian carving of a seven-headed monster (ANEP fig. 671,& 691).
The many-headed Greek hydra who was killed by Hercules may come from the ...
www.bibleandscience.com/science/dinosaurs.htm - 40k -
Selected response from:

George Rabel
Local time: 23:24
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3seven-headed monster
George Rabel
4 +1[don't] make a big deal about it
Eduardo Queiroz
5hydra-headed monster
Amy Duncan (X)
5make a mountain out of a mole hill..make a big thing out of it
airmailrpl
4anything too difficult
Clauwolf
3too big a task
António Ribeiro


Discussion entries: 3





  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bicho de sete cabeças
seven-headed monster


Explanation:
Folk Tales of The Sahaptin and Salishan Tribes
THE SEVEN-HEADED MONSTER.1. In the early days there was a chief who owned all
... He found the seven-headed monster running with his horses and cattle. ...
collections.ic.gc.ca/Teit/ copy%20of%20book%20a/a.103done.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages

CHAPTER XXXVIII
... properly rendered the living creature or the seven-headed monster, ...
United States when the British Isles shall be ruled by the seven-headed monster. ...
www.thehistoryofallthings.com/ thehistory/HOTVOL1/Hotv1c38.htm - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

IBSS - The Bible and Science - Dinosaurs in the Bible?
There is even a Sumerian carving of a seven-headed monster (ANEP fig. 671,& 691).
The many-headed Greek hydra who was killed by Hercules may come from the ...
www.bibleandscience.com/science/dinosaurs.htm - 40k -


George Rabel
Local time: 23:24
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: bingo!
8 mins
  -> Thank you, klausin
neutral  Anderson Silva: not as common as it is in portuguese
30 mins
  -> You do have a point., Thank you
agree  Beta Cummins: I think your suggestion fits best to the context. Abraco!
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Beta!
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
11 days
  -> Thank you, Henrique
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bicho de sete cabeças
anything too difficult


Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 00:24
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 80
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bicho de sete cabeças
[don't] make a big deal about it


Explanation:
ex:

Roche Diagnostics | Caring For Yourself | Daily Living
Don't make a big deal about testing; don't act like you're burdened; don't act
like you're carrying a weight on your shoulders that others can't match or ...
www.accu-chek.com/caring/living_etiquette.jsp - 27k - Cached - Similar pages

Adventures in Potty Training
Don't make a big deal about accidents. Don't push your child to potty train.
All children learn potty training at their own pace. Good Luck !! ...
www.thelaboroflove.com/forum/nov00/parent2.html - 18k - Cached - Similar pages

Mirror.co.uk - Sex & Health - Dr Miriam
If you don't make a big deal about him going his own way on this issue, when he
gets older he's unlikely to have insecurities about his body as so many ...
www.mirror.co.uk/sexandhealth/ miriam/tm_column_date=17012005-name_index.html - Similar pages


Eduardo Queiroz
Local time: 00:24
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: not making a big deal out of something is the one I like the most as it seems to me the best translation of equivalent meaning - it's the phrase most EN-speaking people would think of to convey the idea of the original expression
3 hrs
  -> thank you, Paula. Appreciate your comments.
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bicho de sete cabeças
hydra-headed monster


Explanation:
This is the way I've always heard it said...

Amy Duncan (X)
Brazil
Local time: 00:24
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bicho de sete cabeças
make a mountain out of a mole hill..make a big thing out of it


Explanation:
Idioms: Complete List
make a mountain out of a mole hill can't make heads or tails of make up one's mind.
N: No way! nosh Not on your life! now and then ...
www.eslcafe.com/idioms/id-list.html

It's My Life . Family . When Your Family Moves . On The Bright ...
”My advice would be to take things easy and don't make a big thing out of it. You have to think positive. Don't think about the things you are leaving but ...
pbskids.org/itsmylife/family/moves/article2.html

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 00:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 60
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)
The asker has declined this answer

57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bicho de sete cabeças
too big a task


Explanation:
Outra sugestão.

António Ribeiro
Local time: 13:24
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 47
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search