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brooding

Portuguese translation: taciturno

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English term or phrase:brooding
Portuguese translation:taciturno
Entered by: maucet

22:03 Jul 8, 2021
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: brooding
"Billy Jo wondered whether she should step back so she wouldn’t be in the middle of this pickup, knowing well that the blonde was working this tall, ruggedly attractive guy. Even she had shamelessly allowed herself to ogle him discreetly from behind her own shades. There was just something about the man who was leaning against the railing—pensive, quiet, ***brooding***. He would likely be first in line to get off the ferry when it finally docked, and she’d be second off this rattling bucket of steel."

Obrigado.
maucet
Brazil
Local time: 06:07
taciturno
Explanation:
Sugestão.
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Felipe Andre
Brazil
Local time: 06:07
Grading comment
Obrigado!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6taciturno
Felipe Andre
4 +1contemplativo, ruminante
Katarina Peters
5deprimido
Jorge Fecuri
4acabrunhado(a)
Felipe Lacerda
4absorto
Matheus Chaud
4Meditativo
Maria Laurino
4abstraído
Maria Victória Sales
3ensimesmado
Ana Vozone


  

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acabrunhado(a)


Explanation:
Gastei o português agora, hein?

Esperei anos para colocar essa palavra numa conversa/encontrar uma utilidade. Obrigado pela oportunidade.

Beijos

Felipe Lacerda
Brazil
Local time: 06:07
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
absorto


Explanation:

Como já tem "pensing" (pensativo) na frase, sugiro "absorto"

Ex.:
https://books.google.com.br/books?id=VfweAQAAIAAJ&q=pensativ...
Antero debruçou-se na varanda ao lado da irmã, pensativo, absorto, um ar de quem tem pecado às costas...

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 06:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 267
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
taciturno


Explanation:
Sugestão.


    https://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno-portugues/busca/portugues-brasileiro/taciturno
    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pt/dicionario/ingles/brooding
Felipe Andre
Brazil
Local time: 06:07
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Obrigado!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bruno Pavesi
12 mins
agree  Patricia Oliveira
28 mins
agree  Maria Victória Sales
29 mins
agree  Matheus Chaud: Boa!
48 mins
agree  Oliver Simões
56 mins
agree  Claudio Machado Junior
13 hrs
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Meditativo


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Maria Laurino
Brazil
Local time: 06:07
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
abstraído


Explanation:
Uma alternativo ao "absorto".

https://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno-portugues/busca/portugu...

Maria Victória Sales
Brazil
Local time: 06:07
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ensimesmado


Explanation:
https://dicionario.priberam.org/ensimesmada
Que tem a atenção voltada para o interior ou para os pensamentos.

https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/ensim...
adjetivo
1. concentrado em si mesmo
2. recolhido
3. absorto nos próprios pensamentos; pensativo; meditabundo


Ana Vozone
Local time: 10:07
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 216
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
contemplativo, ruminante


Explanation:
sugestões

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 05:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 88

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Taylor
8 hrs
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
deprimido


Explanation:
Como os dois adjetivos usados antes focaram na forma de pensar e agir (silencioso) do personagem, a conotação que eu daria seria a de "estar pra baixo", com ar pesado, negativo.

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brooding#:~:text=...

Jorge Fecuri
United States
Local time: 02:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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