Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Wake up and smell the coffee - idiom
Portuguese translation:
Cair na real
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Patricia Lyra
May 28, 2012 09:22
11 yrs ago
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English term
Wake up and smell the coffee - idiom
English to Portuguese
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
I know what it means, but I can't remember an idiom in Pt-br that corresponds to it.
I could use "acordar para Jesus", but this may offend some people, so I'd prefer to stay away from it.
It is a motivational speech. The sentence is something like this:
"So, wake up and smell the coffee. You have got to work harder and faster.(...)"
I could use "acordar para Jesus", but this may offend some people, so I'd prefer to stay away from it.
It is a motivational speech. The sentence is something like this:
"So, wake up and smell the coffee. You have got to work harder and faster.(...)"
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 5 | Caia na real |
Tatiana Öri-Kovács
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| 3 +4 | acorda e desperta para a vida |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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| 4 +1 | Se liga! |
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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| 4 | desperta e se vira |
airmailrpl
|
Proposed translations
5 hrs
Tatiana Öri-Kovács
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
+20 years of experience
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Selected
Caia na real
Opção que se encaixa bem no contexto.
Note from asker:
| Obrigada! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+4
9 mins
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
80
acorda e desperta para a vida
Sugestão em PT(pt), espero que seja útil...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Diana Coada (X)
2 mins
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Obrigada, Diana!
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| agree |
Nick Taylor
5 mins
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Obrigada, Nick!
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| agree |
oxygen4u
: :)
20 mins
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Obrigada!
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| agree |
Daniel Tavares
: Boa em ptBR também.
3 hrs
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Obrigada, Daniel!
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1 hr
airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
&
Portuguese
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
78
desperta e se vira
wake up and smell the coffee => desperta e se vira
DESPERTA, TU QUE DORMES
www.bepeli.com.br/.../desperta_tu_que_dormes.ht... -
1º— Descrever os adormecidos, a quem as palavras do texto se dirigem; 2º— Corroborar a.exortação — “Desperta, tu que dormes, e levanta-te dentre os ...
Se vira aí! Fend for yourself!
Aquelas crianças se viram sozinhas . Those children fend for themselves.
Não tinha muita comida, mas a gente se virou. There wasn’t much food, but we made do
http://blog.inglespravaler.com.br/dicas/se-virar-como-posso-...
DESPERTA, TU QUE DORMES
www.bepeli.com.br/.../desperta_tu_que_dormes.ht... -
1º— Descrever os adormecidos, a quem as palavras do texto se dirigem; 2º— Corroborar a.exortação — “Desperta, tu que dormes, e levanta-te dentre os ...
Se vira aí! Fend for yourself!
Aquelas crianças se viram sozinhas . Those children fend for themselves.
Não tinha muita comida, mas a gente se virou. There wasn’t much food, but we made do
http://blog.inglespravaler.com.br/dicas/se-virar-como-posso-...
+1
2 hrs
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Norway
Native in Portuguese
Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
136
Se liga!
Para PTBR, mantendo o estilo informal.
Freedic:
wake up and smell the coffee
to pay attention and do something about a situation
Freedic:
wake up and smell the coffee
to pay attention and do something about a situation
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