dondoca
English translation: princess / looker / uptown girl
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| 12:44 Mar 2, 2004 |
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|  Selected response from: Sormane Gomes United States Local time: 01:00 | ||||||
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| 5 +2 | princess |
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| 5 +1 | silly girl |
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| 5 | looker |
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| 3 +1 | classy girl |
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| 4 | rich chick |
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| 4 | rich chick |
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| 2 +1 | uptown girl? |
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42 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1uptown girl? Explanation: this might work, after all, except Dict of Informal Portuguese says this is an overdressed, overly elegant woman, or a high society lady or girl, I had to look this up because I was thinking it is "dowager" |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1classy girl Explanation: or you could put an upperclass accent here and make it "gel" - usually with boarding school background, money blablabla. |
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36 mins confidence:
looker Explanation: looker é mulher bonita que vai bem vestida....ou bimbo, no sentido de que é bonita más bobinha....:) ... it is clothes or the occasional celebrity advertisment, or promoting the ‘looker of the ... a chance to hobnob with some of the biggest names in fashion such as ... www.fashionindia.net/designers/ashish_soni/ - 25k - Cached - Similar pages Frederique Van Der Wal : Fashion & Beauty ... earns substantially more than even the Naomis and the Claudias of the fashion world - the ... are her pouty lips, but taken as a whole she is quite the looker. ... www.webwombat.com.au/lifestyle/fashion_beauty/wal.htm - 51k - Feb 29, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 8 mins (2004-03-02 13:53:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- looker quer dizer bem vestida E bonita...não é nada vulgar... |
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2princess Explanation: It's quite used here in the US. Someone who has money; spoiled; pampered; who acts like a princess. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 18 mins (2004-03-02 14:03:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- ... She\'s such a princess she won\'t even take the bus so I have to pick her up from school and drive her and her little friends all around town. ... janie--jones.diaryland.com/031117_8.html - 5k - Supplemental Result -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr 36 mins (2004-03-02 14:20:59 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Na minha opinião, ‘dondoca’ é uma garota rica mas também mimada, paparicada e que geralmente tem tudo que quer. Por isso sugiro ‘princess’ que é o que se diz de uma garota assim por aqui. |
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9 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
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