adolescente alternativa

English translation: alternative teenager

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Portuguese term or phrase:adolescente alternativa
English translation:alternative teenager
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

18:04 Feb 21, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: adolescente alternativa
Juliana, adolescente alternativa, seus pais não a entendem.
Lattuca
Brazil
Local time: 06:30
alternative teen
Explanation:
Ser alternativo não é necessariamente ruim. Pode até ser uma virtude, dependendo do ambiente ao redor. Isso vale também para os adolescentes.


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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 11:30
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1emo girl
Joana Amores
4 +1alternative teen
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4offbeat teen(ager)
Nick Taylor
3a sensitive teenager
Muriel Vasconcellos


Discussion entries: 2





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
emo girl


Explanation:
Trust me, I have one at home!

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-02-21 19:15:25 GMT)
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I believe this is the best option, because, from what I can aprehend, this geneneration's alternative look is fairly the same, namely, they all look a bit alike in their group. I think emo would be the most general of all, with other subcultures, of course.

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Note added at 1 hr (2013-02-21 19:24:18 GMT)
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But emo, means precisely that emotional, sensitive, art-driven, with the looks to go with it. I would translate like that.


    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emo%20girl
Joana Amores
Portugal
Local time: 10:30
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: But this "emo" expression here means someone with specific aspects related to hair style etc.

Asker: I don't know, when we say "alternativa" here, like alternative, we refer to the behaviour as well, not just the look, perhaps eccentric???


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti: coitada... rsrs
4 mins

agree  Marlene Curtis
7 mins

disagree  Luis Fernandes: jokes aside =) I don't agree, a little more context is necessary in my opinion
7 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
a sensitive teenager


Explanation:
This might be easier for everyone to understand.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 02:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2542
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
offbeat teen(ager)


Explanation:
offbeat teen(ager)

Example sentence(s):
  • Damien Echols was an offbeat teenager going through a goth phase. He suffered from ordinary teenage angst and mild depression, nothing more.

    Reference: http://wm3truth.com/damien-echols-profile/
Nick Taylor
Local time: 10:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 48
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
alternative teen


Explanation:
Ser alternativo não é necessariamente ruim. Pode até ser uma virtude, dependendo do ambiente ao redor. Isso vale também para os adolescentes.


Video Explains Targeting of Alternative Teens - Rescue Social ...
rescuescg.com/.../video-explains-targeting-of-alt... - Traduzir esta página
01/02/2012 – Rescue SCG's Social Change Studio has been running high and loud lately, with multiple videos in production and a host of commercials on ...

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 11:30
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
tks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lucy Phillips: possibly. Teenager, though, not teen. And I think I would put "alternative" in quotation marks, it kind of helps to emphasise the idea that this is how the girl wants to be seen. http://teenagefilm.com/archives/tag/alternative
12 hrs
  -> Thanks for the agree and helpful comment!
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