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as dry as hot brick

Portuguese translation: voz de bagaço

22:43 Jan 30, 2006
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: as dry as hot brick
He had a voice as dry as hot brick.
OdeteGuimarães
Portugal
Local time: 15:35
Portuguese translation:voz de bagaço
Explanation:
Uma sugestão:)
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Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 15:35
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7voz de bagaço
Mariana Moreira
4 +5"voz seca, aspera"
Beta Cummins
3 +1voz de taquara rachada
Jorge Rodrigues
3 +1como a do Pato Donald
Clauwolf


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
voz de bagaço


Explanation:
Uma sugestão:)

Mariana Moreira
Portugal
Local time: 15:35
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 64

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  André Fernandes
22 mins
  -> Obrigada, Andremf
agree  António Ribeiro: Excelente, em Pt-Pt.
31 mins
  -> Obrigada, António
agree  Carla Araújo
10 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Carla
agree  Cristina Pereira
12 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Cristina
agree  Gabriela Matias
13 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Gabriela
agree  Silvia Pereira Duarte
17 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Silvia
agree  Elisa Pereira
3 days 11 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Elisa
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
"voz seca, aspera"


Explanation:
Nao creio que tenhamos um equivalente para esta expressao. "Hot brick" da a ideia de algo seco, aspero.

Uma idea.

Beta Cummins
United States
Local time: 10:35
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
10 mins
  -> Obrigada, Klaus :)
agree  Marttim (X): Pela descrição, está mais para Lula.
55 mins
  -> Marttim, estou aqui rindo...! Obrigada :)
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Awana :)
agree  Sonia Gomes: Dry and gravel sounding
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, Sonia
agree  Jorge Freire
9 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Jorge :)
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
voz de taquara rachada


Explanation:
Uma possibilidade.

Jorge Rodrigues
Brazil
Local time: 11:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: boa sugestão...
5 mins
  -> Obrigado, Klausin.
agree  Beto Monteiro: Ótima idéia, Jorge!
16 mins
  -> Muito obrigado, Beto.
disagree  Beta Cummins: Sempre ouvi dizer que voz de "taquara rachada" vem a ser uma voz "aguda", estridente, irritante. Nao me parece que tenha relacao/associacao com "hot as brick". Posso estar enganada...
41 mins
neutral  Sonia Gomes: I agree with Beta, taquare rachada is a nasal sort of a voice, hot brick gives the impression of a dry gravelly voice
6 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
como a do Pato Donald


Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 11:35
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 83

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Beto Monteiro: Gostei, muito criativo! É isso mesmo. "O personagem era, naturalmente, Pato Donald, e o homem que o supriu da famosa voz de taquara rachada foi Clarence "Ducky" Nash." [http://www.estadao.com.br/ext/disney/donald.htm]
3 days 19 hrs
  -> obrigado - uma voz inesquecível, como o próprio personagem
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