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Cabelo descolorido

English translation: peroxide blonde

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Portuguese term or phrase:Cabelo descolorido
English translation:peroxide blonde
Entered by: JBW

19:58 Jun 23, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Portuguese term or phrase: Cabelo descolorido
Is "bleach-haired woman" an acceptable sentence or is there a more common/correct term?

Thank you.
JBW
United Kingdom
peroxide blonde
Explanation:
That is how we describe someone (usually female) with fake blonde hair
Selected response from:

Richard Purdom
Portugal
Local time: 16:09
Grading comment
Thank you, I think this is the most adequate option to the context.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6peroxide blonde
Richard Purdom
4 +3bleached blonde
Nick Taylor
3 +2discolored hair/hair discoloration
Verginia Ophof
5bleach blonde (woman)
VERLOW WOGLO JR
4"bleached-hair woman" ..woman with bleached hair
airmailrpl


Discussion entries: 27





  

Answers


13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
discolored hair/hair discoloration


Explanation:
suggest

Example sentence(s):
  • Hair could become discolored due to changes in pigmentation that are part of the natural ageing process.

    Reference: http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/articles/896/medicines-...
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 09:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 87

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  VERLOW WOGLO JR: agree!
16 hrs
  -> Thank you Verlow !!
agree  Mario Freitas: Yes, I guess this is the most appropriate, although still a guess if the asker doesn't help out.
21 hrs
  -> Thank you Mario !
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bleached blonde


Explanation:
bleached blonde

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Note added at 17 mins (2014-06-23 20:15:47 GMT)
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That it is a woman is implicit
"She was a bleached-blonde spitfire of a girl (to my recollection, she looked a lot like Pink), who I remember having a severe hang-up about how to pronounce her name.

Nick Taylor
Local time: 16:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 98

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  T o b i a s
51 mins
  -> thanks Tobias
neutral  airmailrpl: Not necessarily a woman..Brasil has two Bleached hair soccer players in the world cup ...and not necessarily blonde either
1 hr
  -> Shows my age ;-)
agree  Marian Vieyra: Pity there's no context, but bleached blonde could refer to both men and women. Most likely blonde as most bleached hair is left blonde, as red or brunette dyes don't take too well after bleaching.
10 hrs
  -> thanks Marian
agree  Lais Leite
18 hrs
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
peroxide blonde


Explanation:
That is how we describe someone (usually female) with fake blonde hair

Richard Purdom
Portugal
Local time: 16:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you, I think this is the most adequate option to the context.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  T o b i a s
38 mins
  -> thx!
agree  Claudio Mazotti
1 hr
  -> thx!
agree  connie leite
1 hr
  -> thx!
agree  Nick Taylor
1 hr
  -> thx!
agree  Marian Vieyra: Yes, but could also be male.
10 hrs
  -> thx!
agree  Lais Leite
18 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"bleached-hair woman" ..woman with bleached hair


Explanation:
Cabelo descolorido =>"bleached-hair woman" ..woman with bleached hair

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 12:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 68
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bleach blonde (woman)


Explanation:
Bleach-haired or bleached-hair woman does sound funny, really! And it is nowhere to be found on the Internet. Blonde means fair or light colored.

Bleach blonde is quite easy to identify because it is what it is - bleached (without color), being quite different from the natural blonde.

Bleach-blonde sounds correct as an adjective given that it is a hair color achieved through bleaching treatment.

Cheers!


    Reference: http://www.schwarzkopf.com/sk/en/home/hair_colour/blonde_hai...
VERLOW WOGLO JR
Brazil
Local time: 12:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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