tabaco frio

Portuguese translation: odor a tabaco

06:51 Nov 10, 2014
Portuguese language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / António Lobo Antunes, Memória de elefante
Portuguese term or phrase: tabaco frio
D. João IV, herói problemático, fitava de órbitas ocas um renque de varandas, escritórios de representações representando o bolor, o tabaco frio e a umidade.

Por quê frio? É "o tabaco frio" uma locução que eu desconheço?
Ekaterina Khovanovitch
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:54
Selected answer:odor a tabaco
Explanation:
Presumo que o autor se refira ao cheiro que persiste no ar após consumido e apagado o tabaco.
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MLeiria
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Local time: 01:54
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3odor a tabaco
MLeiria
3cheiro a tabaco velho
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral


  

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odor a tabaco


Explanation:
Presumo que o autor se refira ao cheiro que persiste no ar após consumido e apagado o tabaco.

MLeiria
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cheiro a tabaco velho


Explanation:
Em inglês diria
stale tobacco smell
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