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Pagar Mico

English translation: embarassing / embarassment

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Portuguese term or phrase:Pagar Mico
English translation:embarassing / embarassment
Entered by: Maria Stella Tupynambá

03:53 Nov 30, 2019
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang
Portuguese term or phrase: Pagar Mico
O contexto é a live de Jair Bolsonaro sobre Leonardo DiCaprio e sua ajuda às ONGs brasileiras. Não estou solicitando visões políticas sobre o discurso e sim a melhor tradução para a expressão para uma postagem a respeito do assunto em inglês com a maior fidelidade possível. Explicando ao leitor nativo da língua inglesa o que é "pagar mico" para o brasileiro.

Atenciosamente;
Maria Stella Tupynambá
Brazil
Local time: 03:26
embarassing / embarassment
Explanation:
Apenas mais uma opção, um pouco mais formal, dado o tema do artigo, apesar de que as sugestões do Lincoln estarem ótimas.
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Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 03:26
Grading comment
Obrigada a todos!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5make a fool of oneself/make a goof/make a bloober
Lincoln Carvalho
3 +1embarassing / embarassment
Mario Freitas


  

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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
embarassing / embarassment


Explanation:
Apenas mais uma opção, um pouco mais formal, dado o tema do artigo, apesar de que as sugestões do Lincoln estarem ótimas.

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 03:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Obrigada a todos!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clauwolf
19 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Claus!
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
make a fool of oneself/make a goof/make a bloober


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 12 mins (2019-11-30 04:05:57 GMT)
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Que mico! = What a blooper! -> https://www.teclasap.com.br/que-mico/

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Note added at 1 day 11 hrs (2019-12-01 15:16:01 GMT)
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Correction: blooper, with a P, of course!

Lincoln Carvalho
Brazil
Local time: 03:26
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cristina Mantovani
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Cristina!
agree  Mario Freitas:
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mario!
agree  Lais Leite
17 hrs
  -> Thanks, Lais!
agree  Clauwolf: blooper, yes
1 day 8 hrs
  -> Oooops... Yes, of course, blooPer! Thanks, Clauwolf!
agree  Thiago Silva
2 days 9 hrs
  -> Thanks, Thiago!
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