vagabunda é nisso que dá

English translation: that's what you get from (getting involved with) a slut

15:05 Apr 4, 2009

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Slang / from statement

Portuguese term or phrase: vagabunda é nisso que dá

referring to former girlfriend

John Farebrother
United Kingdom

English translation:that's what you get from (getting involved with) a slut

Explanation:
:)

Selected response from:

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 15:44

Grading comment

thanks, I went for "the bitch, that's what you get", which maintains the ambiguity
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +10

that's what you get from (getting involved with) a slut

Katarina Peters

It serves her right for being a bitch/a whore

Bentevi

That bitch, look what I got myself into.

jack_speak

Discussion entries: 15

John Farebrother

United Kingdom

ASKER

07:03 Apr 6, 2009

Indeed, there's a wealth of implied meaning in the text, which is why I sought the advice of native speakers. However, it is fundamentally a short dialogue; the context is the question that was asked.

Bentevi

17:13 Apr 5, 2009

Finally, intonation might be key in translating a phrase like this one, mostly because "tone" would really define the speaker's feelings. IMHO.

Bentevi

17:11 Apr 5, 2009

I'd go with Katarina's answer: "That's you what you get from..."

Bentevi

17:10 Apr 5, 2009

...place the emphasis...To me, the fact that the phrase starts with "vagabunda", it may imply that the speaker believes whatever happened to her is her own fault, but if the speaker believes he himself was somewhat to blame for the result, then...

Bentevi

17:09 Apr 5, 2009

Personally, I'd like to read the whole dialogue, or at least, a good chunk of it. I like Katarina's suggestion and only provided one of my own because I thought this could have different, though similar, solutions depending on where you want to place...

Bentevi

17:06 Apr 5, 2009

IMO, "é nisso que dá" may have different meanings, but the most common one is : "that's what happens when...", but then there are other ways of expressing similar ideas in English.

jack_speak

16:19 Apr 5, 2009

No there's not. Look at Katarina's answer "that's what you get for getting involved with a slut" implying the speaker turned around the question and indicated it was he who was hurt. Bentevi's implies she was hurt and deserved it. We can only surmise.

John Farebrother

United Kingdom

ASKER

09:46 Apr 5, 2009

Why's it weird? There's enough information there to understand the context

jack_speak

18:36 Apr 4, 2009

What's weird is Melissa asked for the sentence, I asked for the sentence, you yourself indicated the sentence was in response to the question: "did you hurt that girl" and yet you still have not provided us with the sentence.

jack_speak

18:05 Apr 4, 2009

Based on the comments, I would suggest: "That bitch, look what I got myself into."

jack_speak

17:59 Apr 4, 2009

Thanks Salvador, If that means the phrase "que dá" in this case does not mean she puts out, then the focus falls on "vagabunda," which means he thinks she's a bum, but NOT necessarily a slut.

John Farebrother

United Kingdom

ASKER

17:55 Apr 4, 2009

The sentence is a response to the question, "did you hurt that girl?"

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

Norway

16:10 Apr 4, 2009

é nisso que dá = that's what happens, that's what you get

jack_speak

15:27 Apr 4, 2009

I agree with Melissa, John. que dá= she puts out. We need the whole sentence to translate within proper context. The meaning might not be as literal as we would translate in the absence of context.

Melissa Mann

Brazil

15:07 Apr 4, 2009

There's a racy document to translate. John, can you provide the whole phrase?

Answers

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

that's what you get from (getting involved with) a slut

Explanation:
:)

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 15:44
Native speaker of:

Hungarian,

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks, I went for "the bitch, that's what you get", which maintains the ambiguity

3 hrs confidence:

That bitch, look what I got myself into.

Explanation:
just a suggestion

jack_speak
Local time: 15:44
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

8 hrs confidence:

It serves her right for being a bitch/a whore

Explanation:
If the context is what you said, here are some possible solutions:

A: Did you hurt that girl?
B: That's what she gets for being a bitch/bum. (depending on the rest of the dialogue)

or still
A: Did you hurt that bitch?
B: Well, it serves her right for being a bitch!

Serves her right for being a whore. ...

Example sentence(s):

serves her right for being a bitch and showing off her ...
which serves her right for being a dumb bitch. ...

Reference: http://www.newgrounds.com
Reference: http://www.divorce360.com

Bentevi
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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