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descendo o pau em todo mundo

English translation: criticizing / badmouthing everybody

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Portuguese term or phrase:descendo o pau em todo mundo
English translation:criticizing / badmouthing everybody
Entered by: Isabella Kenfield

17:48 Mar 1, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Journalism / Piauí magazine article
Portuguese term or phrase: descendo o pau em todo mundo
"A explosão dele se deu quando ele passou a aparecer em rede nacional descendo pau em todo mundo e falando de temas atuais."
Isabella Kenfield
United States
Local time: 05:04
criticizing / badmouthing
Explanation:
suggestions
Selected response from:

Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 06:04
Grading comment
Obrigada, Adriana!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4lashing out at everybody
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
4 +3criticizing / badmouthing
Adriana Maciel
4slamming everybody
Rômulo Passos


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
criticizing / badmouthing


Explanation:
suggestions

Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 06:04
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Obrigada, Adriana!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Stella Tupynambá
48 mins
  -> Obrigada.
agree  Lais Leite: I prefer: "critizing" ;)
1 hr
  -> Obrigada.
agree  Sheila Gomes: I read this magazine once and I think badmouthing is closer to the tone of the texts that may be found in it.
2 hrs
  -> Obrigada.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
lashing out at everybody


Explanation:
.

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 40
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Luciano!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheryle Oliver: Good verb. Might try /lashing out at the world/ instead of /at everybody/ - a common expression in US English
20 mins
  -> Good point!
agree  Georgia Morg (X)
16 hrs
agree  Paul Dixon: Agree - lashing out at everybody.
17 hrs
agree  Gilmar Fernandes
2 days 7 mins
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
slamming everybody


Explanation:
Could be this too, I guess

Rômulo Passos
Brazil
Local time: 06:04
Native speaker of: Portuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: This is a good way of translating this phrase as well. Thanks Rômulo!

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