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Portuguese to English Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Translation Glossary

Portuguese term		English translation
Ele tem jogo de cintura.		Knack for solving (difficult) problems
Em briga de marido e mulher, ninguém mete a colher.		Nobody can do any good between a man and his wife.
em um trabalho de formiga		painstaking work
emassar		to plaster/putty	Diane Grosklaus Whitty
Entered by: Diane Grosklaus Whitty
engoli um sapo pela fosseta lacrimal		I was gob-smacked!
ensinar o padre-nosso ao vigário		teach one\'s grandmother to suck eggs
entralhamento - in this context		Set Up a Fishing Net....	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
entregar-se		to give oneself away	Todd Field
Entered by: Todd Field
escadinha		one after the other
escalar - in this context		salt the fish	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
Escreveu não leu, o pau comeu.		You'd better do the right thing, otherwise there will be hell to pay.
espírito de porco		(a) mean-spirited person; antagonizer; busybody; negative Nelly/Nancy; troublemaker; instigator
estar a serviço de		must serve
estar à frente de (algo)		head up/be in charge of
estar careca de [fazer algo)		have had (more than) enough of (doing something)
Estar com os dias contados		his/her days are numbered
estar com tudo		to be on top of his/her/their game	Sonny Tissot
Entered by: Sonny Tissot
estar/ficar na berlinda		be/stay in the hot seat
Está o caldo entornado		Things go South/Sour/downhill
Este não é o meu departamento.		That's not my department.
estudo de caráter descritivo analítico		analytical-descriptive study
Etiqueta - Etiquette/label - pun with these two words		etiquette - a ticket	Elvira Alves Barry
Entered by: Elvira Alves Barry
eu sei fazer na prática, mas não sei fazer na gramática		I can do it in action, but not in abstraction; I can manage the feat, but not the conceit	Matheus Chaud
Entered by: Matheus Chaud
exteriorizaram		exposed..	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
Faça o que eu digo, não faça o que eu faço		Do as I say, not as I do.
Falar mais alto		speaks the loudest	Sonny Tissot
Entered by: Sonny Tissot
fazer a apologia (do regime)		sing the praises of (the regime)
fazer cara de Madalena arrependida		put on a repentant face
fazer corpo mole		to drag (one's) feet/heels
fazer o jogo de alguém		play someone's game	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
fazer o jogo do contente		play \"The Glad Game\"
fechar (o ano) com chave de ouro		end the year on a high note
feito corriqueiro		everyday fact
fez essa batada		screwed up
ficamos nessa situação		end up in that situation; get into that situation
ficar à toa		enjoy doing nothing
ficar com alguém		kiss, hug and touch someone; [other translations possible; see DB comments]
Filhos criados, trabalhos dobrados.		A little child weighs on your knee, a big one on your heart.
filme forçado		contrived	Silvia Aquino
Entered by: Silvia Aquino
Fim do mundo/cafundó		middle of nowhere/boondocks	Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Entered by: Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

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