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he can be on a soap box

Portuguese translation: discursando

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English term or phrase:he can be on a soap box
Portuguese translation:discursando
Entered by: Nick Taylor

21:37 Feb 17, 2011
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Psychology / past life, spiritualism
English term or phrase: he can be on a soap box
The sitter did laugh (and cry) over this, because a grandfather clock that her husband had kept wound had not been wound since his death. The medium had also commented that “he can be on a soap box, hammering it”; his children when young had frequently complained about “Dad being on his soap box.”
Nicole L. R.
Ireland
Local time: 19:37
discursando
Explanation:
discursando (speakers corner - Hyde Park)

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Note added at 13 mins (2011-02-17 21:50:57 GMT)
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/brunotorturra/1311079484
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 19:37
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3discursando
Nick Taylor
4 +2pregando seu ponto de vista
Martin Riordan
4protestando
Ivan Rocha, CT
4ele gosta de subir no caixote
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
protestando


Explanation:
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Ivan Rocha, CT
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  rir: não nessariamente a protestar...mas sim a falar abertamente/idiom/a fazer discursos sobre isto e aquilo...não acho Ivan, eles estão apenas a querer dizer que o pai está a 'pregar' a 'opinar'
8 mins
  -> Concordo, mas acho que no contexto está como protestando (veja-se o tom dos filhos falando sobre o pai).// Ok, vamos discordar nessa!
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
discursando


Explanation:
discursando (speakers corner - Hyde Park)

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Note added at 13 mins (2011-02-17 21:50:57 GMT)
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/brunotorturra/1311079484

Nick Taylor
Local time: 19:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rir: ou pregando, estar a pregar...(claro, com um martelo...lol) http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=soapbox
3 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
11 hrs
  -> thanks
agree  connie leite
1 day 21 hrs
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pregando seu ponto de vista


Explanation:
"on a soap box" se refer a alguém que prega insistentemente seu ponto de vista, que é o caso aqui: "hammering it".

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Note added at 29 mins (2011-02-17 22:06:42 GMT)
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As caixas de sabão eram apropriadas para subir e pregar, porque eram fortes! Se usavam muito em Hyde Park Corner em Londres, um lugar reservado para qualquer pessoa que quer expor suas idéias. Hoje deve ter escadas de alumínio...

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 15:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
9 mins
  -> Obrigado, Marlene!
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
11 hrs
  -> Obrigado!
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ele gosta de subir no caixote


Explanation:
Por acaso, existe no Brasil uma expressão semelhante.

Refere-se à pessoa inflamada, que gosta de ficar fazendo discursos.

Após largar a presidencia, Lula irá subir no caixote em frente da ...
19 ago. 2010 ... Ele vai mesmo é viver a vida de rico, viajar bastante, visitar seus amigos ditadores:chavez,o iraniano, fidel, evo morales. ... VAI GOZAR DE SEU ...
br.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid... - Em cache

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 20:37
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 75
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