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pill popper

Portuguese translation: hipocondriaco

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English term or phrase:pill popper
Portuguese translation:hipocondriaco
Entered by: Beta Cummins

17:28 Oct 16, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Medical: Health Care
English term or phrase: pill popper
Contexto: remédios e doenças.
Frase: Don´t be a pill popper.
Entendi a ideia, mas qual o equivalente em PT do BR?
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hipocondriaco
Explanation:
Sugestao. Nao creio que tenhamos um equivalente em giria.
No geral, hipocondriacos vao constantemente ao medico e se auto medicam.

Boa sorte.
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Beta Cummins
United States
Local time: 06:32
Grading comment
Thanks! Acho que a sua sugestão se adapta bem ao texto original.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4hipocondriaco
Beta Cummins
5não use medicamentos indiscriminadamente
Nick Taylor


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
hipocondriaco


Explanation:
Sugestao. Nao creio que tenhamos um equivalente em giria.
No geral, hipocondriacos vao constantemente ao medico e se auto medicam.

Boa sorte.

Beta Cummins
United States
Local time: 06:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks! Acho que a sua sugestão se adapta bem ao texto original.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
2 mins
  -> Obrigada, fvasconcellos : )
agree  Claudio Mazotti
19 mins
  -> Obrigada, Claudio : )
agree  Marlene Curtis
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Marlene :)
agree  Katarina Peters
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Katarina!
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
16 hrs
disagree  Nick Taylor: Pill poppers are not necessarily hypochondriacs, rather they tend to adopt a "self help" attitude with regards to the use of prescription and non prescription medication.
18 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
não use medicamentos indiscriminadamente


Explanation:
não use medicamentos indiscriminadamente

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Note added at 18 hrs (2010-10-17 12:25:06 GMT)
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Pill poppers are not necessarily hypochondriacs, rather they tend to adopt a "self help" attitude with regards to the use of prescription and non prescription medication.

Nick Taylor
Local time: 11:32
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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