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Portuguese to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Portuguese term English translation
perfume alquímico alchemical perfume
Entered by: Tania Pires
PF (prato feito) blue plate special, set meal
Entered by: Mario Freitas
pintar e bordar let themselves go/let their hair down
poder ter não sei o quê do voo suave (be able to ) have something (unknown) of that gentle / graceful flight
Poesia de charneira (charnière)= turning point; seminal
poesia/poema poetry/poem
Preceptado mentoree
preto negro
primeiro punho first draft
profundamente intensely
proventos integrais full income
punhos diferentes different handwriting
qual princesa (in this context) as a princess
Quanto maior o prazo de encerramento de um evento the longer it takes for an event to end
Entered by: Mario Freitas
que anda sobre os próprios ombros Stands up for herself/stands on her own two feet
Que chegam com correias tendo mantas Who arrive with their horses, carrying blankets
que empalavam o mais curvo dos seres. impaled/straightened the crookedest of beings
Que Folga!! What a nerve!
que morava no mais impracticável beco da terra who inhabited the most indecorous alley thereabouts
que nunca se vira por aquelas plagas unheard of in those climes
Que tem sido a minha vida? What has my life been?
que vacilo what a screwup
Que você tenha muitas boas dúvidas May your day be filled with an appetite for indecision
Quem disso usa, disso cuida! It takes one to know one
Entered by: Juliano Martins
realidades coetâneas concurrent realities
recensão recension
recesso acadêmico Have a break / Have an academic break
Entered by: Lara Barnett
reconstituição reconstruction
Recorre-se a alguns... We refer to / consult some...
recorte selection
redondilha menor/maior composed of five syllables/composed of seven syllables
redondo vocábulo round word
referencial teórico theoretical reference
Entered by: Maria Castro
registro record
relações intertextuais intertextuality
remeter allude to
representa a maçã podre do cesto one rotten apple spoils the whole barrel
resgate do passado no tempo simultâneo da expressão poética the rescue of the past simultaneous to poetic expression
resiste em ti ainda o mal de sofrer and still In you, endures the pain of suffering
rimas de enfiada rhymes you can name
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