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wordmonger

Portuguese translation: parolento

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English term or phrase:wordmonger
Portuguese translation:parolento
Entered by: Elcio Gomes

05:09 May 24, 2012
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: wordmonger
encontrei a definição do termo, mas não um equivalente em PT

The true believers in objectivist, matter-in-motion rationalism are usually, like Lenin and Bookchin, wordmongers - lawyers, journalists, or ideologues - not scientists.
Lucas Bevilaqua
Local time: 16:35
parolento
Explanation:
Sugestão. Encaixa no contexto. Veja o Aulete.
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Elcio Gomes
Local time: 16:35
Grading comment
de fato parece encaixar no contexto, esse escritor é conhecido pela escrita ácida e sarcastica, ja tendo sido descrito como "o trocadilho mais rápido do Oeste"
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2(escritor...) verboso, prolixo, paroleiro, loquaz, desenvolto, exagerado, desbocado
Itamar Castro (X)
4 +1fala-barato
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4pessoas palavrosas, verborrágicas, prolixas, que usam a linguagem descuidada ou pretensiosamente
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4Eloquente
Joao Correia
3parolento
Elcio Gomes


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pessoas palavrosas, verborrágicas, prolixas, que usam a linguagem descuidada ou pretensiosamente


Explanation:
Sugestões

Espero que ajude

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 21:35
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 44
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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(escritor...) verboso, prolixo, paroleiro, loquaz, desenvolto, exagerado, desbocado


Explanation:
Depende do contexto, do estilo do texto, do registro...


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordmonger
Itamar Castro (X)
Luxembourg
Local time: 21:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis: verboso
5 hrs
agree  connie leite: verboso
7 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fala-barato


Explanation:
Em PT(pt), diria assim, mas não sei se a expressão é usada no Brasil...

wordmonger ['wè:dmVNgE]
fala-barato; indivíduo verboso para quem só as palavras interessam
http://www.infopedia.pt/ingles-portugues/wordmonger


Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 20:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 88

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Itamar Castro (X): No Brasil, não creio.
31 mins
agree  Nick Taylor
2 days 8 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Nick!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Eloquente


Explanation:
Word-monger é tão simplesmente uma pessoa eloquente (um advogado, um político, um filósofo ou um jornalista). Em PT-pt, portanto, e sei que o termo é comum no Brasil também.

Joao Correia
Portugal
Local time: 20:35
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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1 day 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
parolento


Explanation:
Sugestão. Encaixa no contexto. Veja o Aulete.

Elcio Gomes
Local time: 16:35
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
de fato parece encaixar no contexto, esse escritor é conhecido pela escrita ácida e sarcastica, ja tendo sido descrito como "o trocadilho mais rápido do Oeste"
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