...horseshoe head of silver hair, absent in the front...

Portuguese translation: ... com halo de cabelo grisalho, calvo na frente ...

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English term or phrase:...horseshoe head of silver hair, absent in the front...
Portuguese translation:... com halo de cabelo grisalho, calvo na frente ...
Entered by: edecastroalves

21:47 Sep 8, 2011
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: ...horseshoe head of silver hair, absent in the front...
He was a man in his fifties with a cherubic face and a horseshoe.... front, down past his shoulders in the back.
edecastroalves
... com halo de cabelo grisalho, calvo na frente ...
Explanation:
"Head of hair" utilizado desta forma está se referindo exclusivamente à cabeleira, neste caso em forma de ferradura em volta da careca. Creio que no pt seria mais comum referir-se a isto como um "halo" ou "auréola".
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Stephen Kramer
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4... com halo de cabelo grisalho, calvo na frente ...
Stephen Kramer
3cabeça em forma de ferradura/ovalada com cabelo prateado/grisalho, penteado para trás
Mariana Moreira


  

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cabeça em forma de ferradura/ovalada com cabelo prateado/grisalho, penteado para trás


Explanation:
uma sugestão apenas :)

Mariana Moreira
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... com halo de cabelo grisalho, calvo na frente ...


Explanation:
"Head of hair" utilizado desta forma está se referindo exclusivamente à cabeleira, neste caso em forma de ferradura em volta da careca. Creio que no pt seria mais comum referir-se a isto como um "halo" ou "auréola".

Example sentence(s):
  • Apesar da cabeça calva com um halo de cabelos brancos, não existe nada de velho nele (link abaixo, parágrafo 5)
  • Os cabelos fulvos aureolavam aquela cabeça. (Aurélio)

    Reference: http://analorgia.blogspot.com/2008/06/entrevista-com-henry-m...
Stephen Kramer
Brazil
Local time: 07:15
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