omnishambolic

Portuguese translation: caótico

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18:55 Nov 11, 2019
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English term or phrase: omnishambolic
Definition from Oxford Dictionary:
Adjective: A situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of blunders and miscalculations. First used in the British satirical television series The Thick of It.

Example sentence(s):
  • Ken could still win. Anger at the Prime Minister and his omnishambolic administration could still tip the scales. The Telegraph
  • On charities, the reality is that the Prime Minister is not making the rich worse off. He is making charities worse off. Over the past month we have seen the charity tax shambles, the churches tax shambles, the caravan tax shambles and the pasty tax shambles, so we are all keen to hear the Prime Minister’s view on why he thinks, four weeks on from the Budget, even people within Downing Street are calling it an omnishambles Budget. Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Portuguese translation:caótico
Definition:
caótico =
1. em estado de caos
2. desordenado; confuso
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Matheus Chaud
Brazil
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Summary of translations provided
4 +2babélico
Michael Lourenço Leite
4 +2caótico
Matheus Chaud
4Total desordem
Eduan Moraes
3 +1catastrófico
Thais Lombardi
4estrambólico
Igor Vianna
4ganda bagunça
Nick Taylor
3desconchavado
Ana Vozone


  

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babélico


Definition from Dicionário Informal:
Babélico - Dicionário inFormal
Significado de babélico. O que é babélico: 1- Tudo que se refere à torre de Babel, da Bíblia.2- Lugar em que há confusão, desordem. Caótico.

Example sentence(s):
  • Esperança e democracia: as idéias de Alvaro Vieira Pinto https://books.google.com.br › books Norma Côrtes - 2003 - ‎Nationalism ... consistia em enraizar a consciência crítica na realidade descrita pela investigação fenomenológica para encontrar aí, na babélica desordem do mundo fático, ... - Esperança e democracia: as idéias de A  

Explanation:
Já que é para usar um termo diferentão, eu usaria "babélico".
Michael Lourenço Leite
Brazil
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Erick Pires Rodrigues
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado!

Yes  Silvia Martins: It's the most creative and conveys the idea of chaos
7 days
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caótico


Definition from Infopedia:
caótico =
1. em estado de caos
2. desordenado; confuso

Example sentence(s):
  • O caótico início de Governo de Bolsonaro. - El País  
Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Tereza Rae: Yes. Best choice for sure!
19 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tereza!

Yes  Andre Bitencourt: Ou "anárquico". Embora "babélico" seja bem interessante por causa da estranheza que causa, sou a favor de, em geral e se possível, usar um termo que seja facilmente entendido pelo leitor, sem que ele precise parar para pensar ou pesquisar o significado.
4 days
  -> Obrigado, Andre!
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desconchavado


Definition from own experience or research:
adjetivo
1. que se desarticulou; desencaixado
2. em que não existe harmonia
3. sem lógica; disparatado
https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/desco...

adjetivo
Desconcertado.
Disparatado.
Malfeito.
https://www.dicio.com.br/desconchavado/

Example sentence(s):
  • http://books.google.pt/books?id=h2Mqz6ZaiRUC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=desconchavado+brasil&source=bl&ots=LINeRhhgTX&sig=ACfU3U2XMo0WCQTKA0JZ4syqu7Lvw5P7LA&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrw-zQg-PlAhW5DWMBHQ1DDsg4ChDoATAHegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=desconchavado%20brasil&f=false http://books.google.pt/books?id=ppBQatzVxP0C&pg=PA22&lpg=PA22&dq=desconchavado+brasil&source=bl&ots=ymfAPEBzbC&sig=ACfU3U20N-Hs17L1Mhj9IRbG4IjmEcE3WA&hl=pt-PT&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrw-zQg-PlAhW5DWMBHQ1DDsg4ChDoATAJegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=desconchavado%20brasil&f=false - Google  
  • As principais críticas ao AO do linguista brasileiro Ernani Pimentel ... que qualificam de “desconchavado, pessimamente fundado e inútil” - Google  
  • Nascido no Brasil, perfeitamente nacional, já nem sabia que era filho de mouros. ... delírios, a impertinência do mecanismo roufenho e desconchavado. - Google  
Ana Vozone
Local time: 21:02
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Total desordem


Definition from Wikipedia:
bagunça, caos, confusão

Example sentence(s):
  • The implementation of the new policy was branded an "omnishambles" by the Opposition spokesperson on education. - Cambridge Dictionary  
Eduan Moraes
Brazil
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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catastrófico


Definition from Michaelis:
1 Relativo a catástrofe.

2 Que assume proporções de catástrofe; calamitoso, desastroso, funesto, trágico: “[…] eu lhe contaria o sucedido, pediria que me perdoasse e me ajudasse a evitar o catastrófico ataque de meu pai” (MS).

3 Que não tem solução; irremediável, apocalíptico.

Example sentence(s):
  • Corte de tarifas que Brasil avalia no Mercosul seria catastrófico, diz Ricupero - Folha de S.Paulo  
  • Análise: Resultado de prévias foi catastrófico para Macri, que corre risco real de perder reeleição - O Globo  
Thais Lombardi
Brazil
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Votes in favor of/against selecting this as the best translation of the term asked
Yes  Lara Casagrande Freitas: Melhor opção dentre as sugestões e soa bem natural
4 days
  -> Muito obrigada, Lara!
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estrambólico


Definition from Dicionário Priberam:
The meaning is not exactly exactly the same. But they sound similar. I think depending on the context, this could be used.

Example sentence(s):
  • O professor passou uma questão de matemática muito estrambólica; meu filho deixou-me numa situação estrambólica; estou vivendo um momento estrambólico - Dicionário Informal  
Igor Vianna
Brazil
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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ganda bagunça


Definition from cyber gamers:
Trabalho no mac (eles passavam a vida no do vasco) e eles estavam sempre la a fazer ganda bagunça e barulho

Example sentence(s):
  • também ja pensei nisso, mas não há tempo... e seria ganda bagunça, prefiro ser eu a gerir as minhas proprias coisas e fazer a minha maneira! - Carpintaria 
  • Que "ganda bagunça". Imaginem os médicos sem Ordem, ou esta sem os médicos, ou sem bastonário. Ainda hoje fui a um hospital público e .. - Carpintaria 
  • arkurbis, polos nas freguesias, idearia, centro de inovação empresarial, a UBI tem incubadoras ao lado, o ubiMedical…ganda bagunça!! - XX 
Nick Taylor
Local time: 21:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 19
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