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falsa

English translation: two-faced

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Portuguese term or phrase:falsa
English translation:two-faced
Entered by: Helen Carter

21:45 Jul 29, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Slang
Portuguese term or phrase: falsa
Não suporto pessoas falsas, principalmente as que acham defeitos nas outras.
Gabriel Dllas
two-faced
Explanation:
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Selected response from:

Helen Carter
Local time: 00:36
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7two-faced
Helen Carter
4 +6fake
jack_speak
4deceptive
María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
4sham
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4insincere
Silvia Rebelo
4double-faced
Mary Palmer
4double-dealing
Paul Dixon


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
fake


Explanation:
tambem: phony

jack_speak
Local time: 19:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarida Batista: Agree
9 mins
  -> Muchas gracia, Margaridatista.
agree  Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
36 mins
  -> Obrigado, Luciano.
agree  Sormane Gomes: Yup. At least here in my neck of the woods : )
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Sormane. Hey, you don't know Rita, do you? Sienna Ocean?
agree  Amy Duncan (X): Yeah, I was gonna say phony/phoney, but fake is good, too.
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Amy.
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alexandra.
agree  Marcos Antonio
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Marcos.
neutral  lexical: I think you should have used the "Language Variant" facility to indicate that this is US usage. A "fake person" means nothing to me in UK English.
22 hrs
  -> Thanks for the feedback, interesting.
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
two-faced


Explanation:
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Helen Carter
Local time: 00:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adriana Veleda: Yes, indeed!
37 mins
  -> Tks, Adriana :-)
agree  Carlos Quandt
45 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  Luciane Shanahan
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Luciane.
agree  Silvia Rebelo
1 hr
  -> thank you, Silvia.
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
10 hrs
  -> Thank you, Alexandra!
agree  Marcelo Gonçalves
16 hrs
  -> thanks, Marcelo.
agree  lexical
22 hrs
  -> thanks, lexical.
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
deceptive


Explanation:
HTH

María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
Local time: 18:36
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in SpanishSpanish
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sham


Explanation:
sham
Noun
1. anything that is not genuine or is not what it appears to be
2. a person who pretends to be something other than he or she is

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 01:36
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
insincere


Explanation:
Another suggestion

Silvia Rebelo
Local time: 00:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
double-faced


Explanation:
another sugestion

Mary Palmer
United States
Local time: 20:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
double-dealing


Explanation:
A suggestion from Michaelis (page 617)

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 20:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 19
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