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Pulas

English translation: honkies

21:11 Apr 24, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: Pulas
A black woman has just heard some racist things and is insulting them back: 'pulas com manias de grandeza.'

From what I gather, 'pulas' is a word Africans from Portuguese colonies use (or used) to call western Europeans.

Could there be an equivalent word in English (or something similar)?

Thanks in advance for your help!
Tania Pires
Portugal
Local time: 02:30
English translation:honkies
Explanation:
honkies
Selected response from:

Nick Taylor
Local time: 02:30
Grading comment
This seemed closer to the context. Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2whities
Julia Pedro
4 +2Crackers
airmailrpl
4 +1honkies
Nick Taylor
3alien/freshy/immigrant
rir
3White trash [putting on airs and graces]
Marian Vieyra


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
whities


Explanation:
It's a derrogative term used in Angola, mainly in Luanda's slang. It refers to white people.

Julia Pedro
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in ItalianItalian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, but I already used this for 'branquela'...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lázaro Borges: Awesome! Just Learnin' !
0 min
agree  Claudio Mazotti
46 mins
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
honkies


Explanation:
honkies

Nick Taylor
Local time: 02:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
This seemed closer to the context. Thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Nick!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: This is better for UK and US English, IMO. That's what black people use outside Africa.
45 mins
  -> Thanks Muriel
agree  rir: http://www.almaany.com/en/dict/en-pt/honkie/
2 hrs
  -> thanks rir
disagree  Julia Pedro: Honkies does not apply to this context (within the Lusophony)
10 hrs
  -> Lusophony???? The asker requires a translation!!!! What ARE YOU GETTING AT?????
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
alien/freshy/immigrant


Explanation:
mais umas sugestoes

https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200802281018...
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/27071/british-and...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=freshies

rir
United States
Local time: 21:30
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada rir!

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Crackers


Explanation:
Pulas => Crackers

Cracker | Define Cracker at Dictionary.com
www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/cracker
Dictionary.com

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person in the South, especially a poor white living in some rural parts of the ...

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 22:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julia Pedro: cracker has a poor social status connotation, right? I don't think it's the case here.
6 hrs
  -> another alternative
agree  Marian Vieyra: Only for US.
1 day 4 hrs
  -> same as honkies - Only for USA
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1 day 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
White trash [putting on airs and graces]


Explanation:
There are more American terms for this kind of racial slur from black people about white people - including white trash; although we are more than familiar with honkies/whities etc.


    Reference: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8186919/T...
Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks Marian!

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