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alvoroços de contentamento

English translation: joyful commotion

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Portuguese term or phrase:alvoroços de contentamento
English translation:joyful commotion
Entered by: Oliver Simões

18:23 Nov 4, 2018
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / In The Preface To A Novel
Portuguese term or phrase: alvoroços de contentamento
Context (novelist Camilo Castelo Branco talking about his uncle):


Lembrou-me naturalmente, na cadeia, muitas vezes, meu tio, que ali deveria estar inscrito no livro das entradas no cárcere e no das saídas para o degredo. Folheei os livros os de 1800, e achei a notícia com pouca fadiga, e alvoroços de contentameto, como se em minha alçada estivesse adorner-lhe a memória como recompensa das suas trágicas e afrontosas dores em vida tão breve.

Does this just mean he was "overjoyed"?

Obrigada,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 13:37
joyful commotion
Explanation:
alvoroço: commotion; enthusiasm
https://dictionary.reverso.net/portuguese-english/alvoroço

contentamento: joy



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Note added at 1 hr (2018-11-04 19:35:43 GMT)
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Note; There are typos in the above example.

"There's scarcely any cheerful or joyful commotion of mind..."
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Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 10:37
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3bursts of joy
Gilmar Fernandes
4 +1flares of satisfaction
Katarina Peters
4joyful commotion
Oliver Simões
4moments of joy
Muriel Vasconcellos


Discussion entries: 2





  

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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
joyful commotion


Explanation:
alvoroço: commotion; enthusiasm
https://dictionary.reverso.net/portuguese-english/alvoroço

contentamento: joy



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Note added at 1 hr (2018-11-04 19:35:43 GMT)
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Note; There are typos in the above example.

"There's scarcely any cheerful or joyful commotion of mind..."

Example sentence(s):
  • There's scarce any chearful or joyful commotion of mind which does not naturally require to be diffused and communicated.

    https://books.google.com/books?id=IJAlAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=%22joyful+commotion%22&source=bl&ots=cBwZmG-4t3&sig=8mhjeNlmIARLIMPlyvdr9
Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 10:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 56
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bursts of joy


Explanation:
https://tinyurl.com/yco2t38d

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 13:37
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Freitas:
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Mario :)
agree  Ana Vozone
10 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Ana :)
agree  Spiridon: yes
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Spiridon :)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
moments of joy


Explanation:
I think it's a more subdued kind of joy,

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 10:37
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 100
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
flares of satisfaction


Explanation:
my version...

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 13:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 76

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mario Freitas:
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Mario!
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