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10:07pm Apr 11, 2004

Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: cara-de-pau

Ex: Você não tem vergonha de pedir dinheiro todo dia? Você émuito cara-de-pau!

Telmira

English translation:You have no shame!

Explanation:
I don't think there is a word in English for that, at least used nowadays, without sounding old-fashioned with terms such as 'cheeky', for example.

IN THIS CONTEXT, my suggestions are:

You have no shame!

OR

You don't bat an eye, do you?

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OR

shameless

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I believe \'CHEEKY\' is still used in the UK, NOT in the US...well, not for a couple of generations.

Selected response from:

Sormane Fitzgerald Gomes
United States

Note from asker to answerer

Graded automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

You have no shame!

Sormane Fitzgerald Gomes

5 +3

cara-de-pau

Marcella Selwyn

5 +3

got some nerve

xxxvanswift

5 +1

shameless

Amy Duncan

5 +1

bold-faced

Muriel Vasconcellos

1 +4

Helpful Expressions

airmailrpl

hard faced

johen

deadpan

Jonas Teixeira

Answers

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

You have no shame!

Explanation:
I don't think there is a word in English for that, at least used nowadays, without sounding old-fashioned with terms such as 'cheeky', for example.

IN THIS CONTEXT, my suggestions are:

You have no shame!

OR

You don't bat an eye, do you?

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OR

shameless

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Note added at 2 hrs 18 mins (2004-04-12 00:25:41 GMT)
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I believe \'CHEEKY\' is still used in the UK, NOT in the US...well, not for a couple of generations.

Sormane Fitzgerald Gomes
United States
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Note from asker to answerer

Graded automatically based on peer agreement.

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

got some nerve

Explanation:
You really got some nerve!

acho que é a melhor opção. Não me lembro de nenhum substantivo que seja o equivalente de cara-de-pau. A unica coisa que me ocorre é 'cheeky' mas não tem a mesma força e pode até ter uma conotação positiva dependendo do contexto

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Pequena correcção. Se se quiser ser gramaticalmente correcto provavelmente ter-se-á que acrescentar o verbo auxiliar \'have\' e escrever:

\"you\'ve really got some nerve\"

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aliás como corrigiu o colega Lamb-Ruiz

xxxvanswift
Belgium
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

cara-de-pau

Explanation:
Cheeky

You are very cheeky!!!!

used in UK, NZ

Marcella Selwyn
New Zealand
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

bold-faced

Explanation:
As in: "You are rather bold-faced, aren't you?"

I like this because it has "face" in it.

See definition:

Bold-faced
(a.) Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced woman.

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By the way, this shouldn\'t be confused with \"bald-faced lie\"-- they have entirely different origins.

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To make it more informal and friendly, you could say, \"you are pretty bold-faced,\" or \"that\'s pretty bold-faced, isn\'t it? In general, I think that \"bold-faced\" best captures the nuanced meaning of \"cara-de-pau.\" As a string, \"bold-faced\" had 90,400 hits on Google, so it\'s quite common in English, and certainly in my dialect.

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One more note to Daniel: I just looked you up and see that you are British. Keep in mind that we have a common language that divides us. In your resume you say that you are \"bang up to date.\" We differ mostly in colloquial language. I have never, ever heard that expression!! I\'ve just had a house guest from England, and we were constantly having to explain ourselves. Bottom line: the asker here may have to decide between British and American English.

Reference: http://www.brainydictionary.com/words/bo/boldfaced137924.htm...

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Native speaker of:

English

9 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

Helpful Expressions

Explanation:
Helpful Expressions

it only makes sense, if you know the portuguese expressions...
To throw talk outside - Jogar conversa fora
Kill the time - Matar o tempo
Skirt already of here! - Saia j� daqui!
I am more I ! - Eu sou mais eu!
Do not come that it does not have...- Nao vem que nao tem...
To release the hen. - Soltar a franga.
Wrote, didn't read, the stick ate.- Escreveu, nao leu, o pau comeu.
If it gives cake I take my body out! - Se der bolo eu tiro meu corpo fora!
She is full of nine o'clock. - Ela é cheia de nove horas
This is the end of the bite! - Isso é o fim da picada!
That man is hard bread! - Aquele homem é pão duro!
Tea with me. I book your face. - Xa comigo. Eu livro tua cara.
Between, my well. - Entre, meu bem.
I am completely bald of knowing it. - To careca de saber.
To kill the snake and show the stick - Matar a cobra e mostrar o pau
Oh, my God of the sky! - Oh, meu Deus do céu!
At this highness of the championship...- A esta altura do campeonato...
Can you please break my branch ? - Voce pode quebrar meu galho?
The wood is eating ! - O pau ta comendo!
Oh! I burned my movie! - Oh! Queimei meu filme!
I'm with you and I don't open. - Estou com vc. e nao abro.
I will wash my female horse - Vou lavar a égua
You travelled on the mayonaise.- Vc. viajou na maionese.
I have to peel this pineapple. - Tenho que descascar esse abacaxi.
Who advices friend is! - Quem avisa amigo é!
He ate the bread which the devil flatted out. - Ele comeu o pao que o diabo amassou.
Do you think this is the house of mother Joanne ?- Vc. acha que esta é a casa da mae Joana?
Go catch little coconuts! - Vai catar coquinho!
There are bads that come for goods - Há males que vem pra bem
You are by out - Voce está por fora
He is a good people for donkey! - Ele é gente boa pra burro!
It's the greatest male cockroach! - E o maior barato!
You are very face of wood! - Voce e muito cara de pau!
He is with the female monkey! - Ele esta com a macaca!
If you run the beast catches, if you stay the beast eats! - Se correr o bicho pega, se ficar o bicho come!
Ops, gave Zebra! - Ops, deu zebra!
Give with the donkey on water. - Dar com os burros na �gua.
They are trying to cover the sun with the sieve. - Eles estao tentando cobrir o sol com a peneira.
God writes right for pie lines. - Deus escreve certo por linhas tortas.
It already was - Já era
Before afternoon than never.- Antes tarde do que nunca.
Go to dry up ice! - Vai enxugar gelo!
Go comb monkeys! - Vai pentear macacos!
Do you want a good-good? - Voce quer um bom-bom?
I need to take water out of my knee.- Preciso tirar agua do joelho.
The cow went to the swamp- A vaca foi pro brejo!
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Daniel Marcus: NOTHING TO SEE, but still very amusing. One question - killing time is a perfectly common expression in Eng. Does it mean something different in Pt?

2 hrs

-> matando hora = killing time - but for the above list it would be 'killing hour'...NOTHING TO SEE => nada a ver

agree

Clauwolf: só falta o "wooden face", que responde esta pergunta...

4 hrs

-> it is there..You are very face of wood! - Voce e muito cara de pau!

agree

Amy Duncan: I thought "to kill time" was "fazer horas," right?

11 hrs

-> correct

neutral

Claudia da Matta: LOL!!!! By the way, "face of wood" is listed...( I hope everyone knows this list is for **entertainment purposes** only.)

13 hrs

-> the hazards of literal (and machine) translations

agree

Muriel Vasconcellos: Actually, these are from a hilarious book, "The Cow Went to the Swamp" by Fernandes Millor, originally published in 1988, which contains hundreds of these expressions and was gifted to me in 15 years ago.

16 hrs

-> Millor Fernandes ..www.comciencia.br/resenhas/millor.htm

neutral

emmaliator: Ha ha... very nice!! Thanks for sharing this - will send it on to my mates in BR!!

2 days1 hr

-> to the orders => (as ordens)

20 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

shameless

Explanation:
"cara-de-pau" is a very amusing expression, and never fails to bring a smile to my face. It's really hard to translate, but I think shameless comes closest.

Amy Duncan
United States
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

1 day7 hrs confidence:

deadpan

Explanation:
Um 'deadpan' é o verdadeiro "cara-de-pau"

Jonas Teixeira
Brazil
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

76 days confidence:

hard faced

Explanation:
We say someone is hard faced, for example, when they are so shameless that they borrow money and don't pay back, and then next week they try again. Or maybe it's that guy who pushes his way into the front of the queue or grabs your parking space just when your backing in. I can assure you that these people are all hard faced.

johen
Brazil

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Portuguese term or phrase: cara-de-pau

English translation: You have no shame!