Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
She was a real sugar-cured ham
Portuguese translation:
ela era um doce de batata doce
English term
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 1 more.
She was a real sugar-cured ham
Não consigo encontrar uma explicação para esta frase em que "sugar-cured ham" é utilizado para explicar a maneira de ser de uma pessoa. Alguém me pode ajudar a perceber o sentido desta expressão?
Obrigada
Jul 4, 2016 17:19: Danik 2014 changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Ana Cravidao, Ligia Costa, Danik 2014
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Proposed translations
Brazil
Quality Dedication
Native in: English 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
ela era um doce de batata doce
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Uma verdadeira boazona
United Kingdom
Awesome Brazilian Portuguese translator
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
verdadeira pedra preciosa
Meu raciocínio é o seguinte:
Primeiro uma distinção entre "real sugar-cured ham” e "sugar-cured ham”, digamos, o primeiro tem mais qualidade, é “the real thing”, o segundo, como diria minha vó, é falsificado. Então sugiro "verdadeira pedra preciosa” em contraste com pedra falsa pedra.
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
muita exagerada (muito teatral)
a ham
3 [short for hamfatter, from “The Ham-fat Man,” minstrel song] a : a showy performer; especially : an actor performing in an exaggerated theatrical style
Ham | Definition of Ham by Merriam-Webster
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ham
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Note added at 1 day7 hrs (2016-07-05 21:33:54 GMT)
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Correction:
muito exagerada (muito teatral)
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Daniel Erlich
: Bem pensado. É necessária uma tradução que imprima exatamente essa ideia, de uma pessoa "exageradamente dramática" (mas sem perder a doçura)
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agradeço
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Matheus Chaud
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agradeço
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Paula Góes
: “muita” me parece gramaticamente errado. Muito exagerada
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agradeço - corrigido
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Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
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