She has a slender waist.
Portuguese translation: cintura fina; cinturinha
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30 mins confidence: 
| she has a slender waist. É de/Tem uma cintura estreita / É estreita de cintura Explanation: PT-PT https://www.google.com/search?q="cintura estreita"&oq="cintu... https://www.google.com/search?q="estreita de cintura"&oq="es... Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://books.google.pt/books?id=-oedS-D7y6cC&pg=PT235&lpg=PT... |
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1 hr confidence:
| she has a slender waist. ela tem uma cintura/cinta de vespa Explanation: cintura de vespa cintura fina, delgada https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/vespa Se o estilo da tradução o permitir, seria assim que traduzia para pt-pt. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2019-06-07 22:04:09 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Para pt-br, só os colegas nativos poderão confirmar se esta expressão estaria correta e a qual considero "gémea" da expressão em pt-pt que sugeri: Cintura de pilão – Cintura muito fina ou estreita no corpo da mulher. https://www.englishexperts.com.br/forum/como-dizer-cinturinh... |
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12 hrs confidence:
| she has a slender waist. Ela tem uma cintura esbelta Explanation: Sug |
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28 mins confidence:
Ela tem cintura delgada. Explanation: From the translation of Madame Bovary into PT-Pt: "Rodolphe, de momento a momento, inclinava-se e pegava-lhe na mão para a beijar. Ela estava encantadora a cavalo! Direita, cintura delgada, joelho dobrado." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 38 mins (2019-06-07 21:19:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also used in Brazilian Portuguese: "Vivian apoiava as mãos sobre os ombros do fotógrafo e sentia os braços fortes de Marson sobre a sua cintura delgada." - Conquista de Amor, by John Campbell http://memoria.bn.br/pdf/111031/per111031_1954_02046.pdf -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 42 mins (2019-06-07 21:23:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- slender: delgado, esbelto https://dictionary.reverso.net/english-portuguese/slender wa... I would avoid "esbelto" in this context. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 hrs (2019-06-08 09:46:51 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- You're welcome, Robert. I propose the following lexical distinctions: slender: delgado, esbelto (as explained above) slim: (adj) fino; (v) afinar (see examples below) 30 Exercises for a Slim Waist (30 Exercícios para uma Cintura Fina) https://youtu.be/uU0Jc9EE8ks Top Ways to Slim Your Waist (Melhores Formas de Afinar sua Cintura): https://www.livestrong.com/article/537381-top-ways-to-slim-y... These words don't have quite the same frequency in Portuguese. I hope this helps. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 hrs (2019-06-08 10:06:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I think "esbelto" merits further comment. Although it exists in PT, it's not common to say "cintura esbelta" (at least in PT). All the examples I found were in Spanish! That's why I said earlier I would avoid using "esbelto". |
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23 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2| she has a slender waist. Ela tem (uma) cinturinha. Explanation: Brazilian Portuguese https://revistaquem.globo.com/QUEM-News/noticia/2019/06/kim-kardashian-mostra-cinturinha-com-look-de-calca-e-body-cavado.html https://contigo.uol.com.br/noticias/ultimas/ex-bbb-fani-pacheco-deixa-seguidores-boquiabertos-com-cinturinha-fina-em-clique-de-top-e-shorts. |
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1 min confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
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