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Apr 2, 2018 13:45
6 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

Teoricões

Portuguese to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)
Eles são uns ‘teoricões’ que jamais vivenciaram a verdadeira atividade empresarial na prática.
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 smart Alecs /know-it-alls
5 +1 theoreticians/blowhards
4 academics

Discussion

Nick Taylor Apr 2, 2018:
I only just thought of this one - feel free to use https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Armchair Exp...
Nick Taylor Apr 2, 2018:
ARMCHAIR EXPERTS! theoreticians/blowhards theoreticians/blowhards who wouldnt know their arse from their elbow in a real life situation, i.e. All talk and no do....

Proposed translations

+4
9 mins
Selected

smart Alecs /know-it-alls

There are many other terms for people who have lots of 'theory' and ideas but no practice
Peer comment(s):
agree Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
0 min
thanks Teresa
agree Irene Berlin
9 mins
thanks Irene
agree Claudio Mazotti
1 hr
thanks Claudio
agree Verginia Ophof
22 hrs
thanks Verginia
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
39 mins

academics

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/academic

4. learned or scholarly but lacking in worldliness, common sense, or practicality.

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Note added at 1 hr (2018-04-02 14:59:07 GMT)
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https://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/teoricão/
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+1
4 hrs

theoreticians/blowhards

theoreticians/blowhards
Peer comment(s):
agree T o b i a s : armchair expert
1 hr
Thanks Tobias
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