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disfarça

English translation: pretends

20:53 Sep 14, 2014
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Portuguese term or phrase: disfarça
Selminha capta algo no ar, pergunta se a amiga não está feliz por ela, Luane disfarça e afirma que sim, que está muito feliz.
Luana Fernandes
Brazil
Local time: 00:43
English translation:pretends
Explanation:
pretends

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or feins

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sorry feigns!
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 04:43
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3pretends
Nick Taylor
4 +2hides her feelings
Danik 2014
4fakes
Gilmar Fernandes
3 +1feints
Mario Freitas
4dissimulates
airmailrpl
4puts up a brave/good front
Muriel Vasconcellos


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
fakes


Explanation:
http://www.yourdictionary.com/fake

verb

To fake means to create a false impression, to lie and pretend to be something you aren't, or to create a knock-off or impersonation.

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 23:43
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
feints


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 00:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Verginia Ophof: feigns it
50 mins
  -> Yup, thank you, Verginia!
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
pretends


Explanation:
pretends

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Note added at 19 mins (2014-09-14 21:13:00 GMT)
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or feins

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Note added at 20 mins (2014-09-14 21:13:57 GMT)
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sorry feigns!

Nick Taylor
Local time: 04:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  amarante dasilva: any of the choices here is correct.....i'd go with Pretends
37 mins
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agree  Douglas Bissell: sounds more natural than the others
1 hr
  -> cheers Douglas
agree  Georgia Morg (X)
15 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
hides her feelings


Explanation:
Sugestion.

Danik 2014
Brazil
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Taylor: yep!
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Nick!
agree  Richard Purdom: perfect for this context
15 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dissimulates


Explanation:
disfarça => dissimulates

dis·sim·u·late
diˈsimyəˌlāt/
verb
verb: dissimulate; 3rd person present: dissimulates; past tense: dissimulated; past participle: dissimulated; gerund or present participle: dissimulating

conceal or disguise (one's thoughts, feelings, or character).
"a country gentleman who dissimulates his wealth beneath ragged pullovers"
synonyms: pretend, deceive, feign, act, dissemble, masquerade, pose, posture, sham, fake, bluff, hide one's feelings, be dishonest, put on a false front, lie
"she had learned the power of dissimulating to get what she wanted"

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 00:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 64
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
puts up a brave/good front


Explanation:
This is a perfect really idiomatic equivalent. See definitions and examples below:

dictionary.babylon.com/put_up_a_good_front/
ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITION. pretend to be happy, fool people about one`s status **He always puts up a good front but actually he is very unhappy.**

www.examaxe.com/idioms/index.php?w=put up a brave/...
put up a brave/good front. **to pretend to be happy, to fool people about one`s feelings. My friend always puts up a good front but actually he is very unhappy.**

books.google.com/books?isbn=1459270428
Morgan Hayes - 2011 - ‎Fiction
Like I said, **she puts up a good front, but trust me, Allister, I don't think Stevie's ever been more terrified in her life.**

books.google.com/books?isbn=161507533X
Jerry Harris - 2011 - ‎Religion
**Brad puts up a good front at first, but slowly the dam breaks**. It's been a tough transition.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 20:43
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 66
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