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10:06 Nov 18, 2010 |
Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Slang / português dos Açores | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Douglas Bissell Portugal Local time: 09:24 | ||||||
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later they accept what people say Explanation: An educated guess. |
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they, oh, later receive what people "says" Explanation: I've tried to maintain in English a little of their portuguese mistakes, their wrong way of speaking. |
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they pass on whatever we say to them Explanation: or 'they totally pass on whatever we tell them' , 'they so pass on everything we tell them' (if you feel the need to translate the 'ó'. |
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whatever we "says" gets back to them Explanation: meaning the complaints get back to the agressors |
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then they take note of what we say Explanation: -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2010-11-18 13:05:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 'ó depois' is exactly the same as 'depois'. it's used in spoken language by 'folksy' people. 'a gente' means 'we' or 'one' as in: One can never be too careful. 'arrecebem' is 'recebem' meaning receive, write down or take note (of a complaint, for example). The whole text, more than being 'slangy', is a transcription of the way the way words sound. I hope it helps. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2010-11-18 15:55:58 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I just realized that the recipient was not the police. In this case the text would be something like: later they get wind of what we told |
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