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"glum lumps"

Portuguese translation: "massas vegetativas"

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English term or phrase:"glum lumps"
Portuguese translation:"massas vegetativas"
Entered by: Marlene Curtis

17:59 Jan 23, 2011
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
English term or phrase: "glum lumps"
The typical child (...) observed there could not sit up unassisted at age 2 or walk at age 4. The little care the infants received was not in response to their crying, cooing, or other behaviors, so the children developed little sense of personal control over their environment. They were instead becoming passive "glum lumps". Extreme deprivation was bludgeoning native intelligence.
Heitor M. Corrêa
Brazil
Local time: 12:54
"massas vegetativas"
Explanation:
isto é, sem inteligência.

http://books.google.com/books?id=YRdyxGQ5WqAC&pg=PA358&lpg=P...
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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 11:54
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1"massas de mau humor"
Martin Riordan
5indivíduos desanimados e sem motivação
Nick Taylor
4"massas vegetativas"
Marlene Curtis
4rabugentos (e melancólicos)
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun


Discussion entries: 2





  

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"massas vegetativas"


Explanation:
isto é, sem inteligência.

http://books.google.com/books?id=YRdyxGQ5WqAC&pg=PA358&lpg=P...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 11:54
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 242
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"massas de mau humor"


Explanation:
glum = "adj. carrancudo, de mau humor, taciturno, sombrio, abatido, lúgubre." (veja 2º link)

A frase abaixo está no 1º link.

Example sentence(s):
  • While everyone entered into the general merriment, I sat there like a glum lump. I was agonizing and mortified at some of the statements that were coming forth.

    Reference: http://www.newchristian.org.uk/AnatomyofDeception.pdf
    Reference: http://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno/ingles/index.php?lingua=...
Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 12:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rir: massas inertes....
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rabugentos (e melancólicos)


Explanation:
glum:

1. Moody and melancholy; dejected.
2. Gloomy; dismal.

lump:
# A person regarded as ungainly or dull-witted.


Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 17:54
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
indivíduos desanimados e sem motivação


Explanation:
indivíduos desanimados e sem motivação

Nick Taylor
Local time: 16:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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