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English: shabby, motley

Portuguese translation: maltrapilhas, desalinhadas







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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:shabby, motley
Portuguese translation:maltrapilhas, desalinhadas
Entered by:xxxPaola Godinh
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology
English term or phrase: shabby, motley
The children met them at the door-barefooted, shabby, motley and unkempt.
xxxPaola Godinh
Portugal
maltrapilhas, desalinhadas
Explanation:
...à porta, de pés descalços, maltrapilhas, desalinhadas e ....

Na verdade "motley" significa: com muitas cores diferentes, matizado, heterogéneo e eu acho que dentro deste contexto a palavra “desalinhadas” pode traduzir tudo isso.
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Barbara Freitas
United Kingdom
Note from asker to answerer
Obrigada pela ajuda.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5maltrapilhas, desalinhadas
Barbara Freitas
5maltrapilhas/multicoloridasEmilie
4com roupas esfarrapadas (em farrapos, rotas) e destoantes
Claudio Mazotti
4andrajoso/maltrapilhos, descoordenados, desalinhadosreginalobo
5 -2esfarrapado..maltrapilho..com roupas incongruentes
airmailrpl


  

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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
maltrapilhas, desalinhadas

Explanation:
...à porta, de pés descalços, maltrapilhas, desalinhadas e ....

Na verdade "motley" significa: com muitas cores diferentes, matizado, heterogéneo e eu acho que dentro deste contexto a palavra “desalinhadas” pode traduzir tudo isso.


Barbara Freitas
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 6
Note from asker to answerer
Obrigada pela ajuda.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Vasco Mota Pereira
32 mins
  -> Obrigada
agree Sonia Heidemann
1 hr
  -> Obrigada
agree Doris Cook: Motley aqui é no sentido neg.; desalinhadas soa apropriado
2 hrs
  -> obrigada
agree Clauwolf: cool
3 hrs
  -> obrigada :)
agree CristinaPereira
3 hrs
  -> obrigada :)
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
com roupas esfarrapadas (em farrapos, rotas) e destoantes

Explanation:
Referência de base p/ o termo motley:

Motley clothes which are bright-colored, shabby and mismatched. Pirate captains are generally depicted as distinguishing themselves from the rest of the ...
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ history_bizarre_mysterious/117961

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
maltrapilhas/multicoloridas

Explanation:
Se preferir maltrapidas, também pode. Maltrapilhas = maltrapidas, apenas uma quesstão de gosto.

descalças, maltrapilhas, multicoloridas...
descalças, maltrapilhas e em roupas multicoloridas...



Emilie
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
esfarrapado..maltrapilho..com roupas incongruentes

Explanation:
mot.ley
n 1 mistura heterogênea. 2 roupa colorida usada pelos bufões. // adj 1 variegado, multicolor. 2 heterogêneo. to wear motley bancar o bobo.

shab.by
adj 1 gasto, roto, surrado, esfarrapado. 2 maltrapilho. 3 Fig. miserável, vil, ordinário. // -ily adv em farrapos, miseravelmente.

in.con.gru.ous
adj incongruente, incôngruo, inconveniente, impróprio. // incongruously adv incongruamente.

mot·ley Pronunciation (mtl)
adj.
1. Having elements of great variety or incongruity; heterogeneous: "Most Ivy League freshman classes are chosen from a motley collection of constituencies . . . and a bare majority of entering students can honestly be called scholars" New York Times.
2. Having many colors; variegated; parti-colored: a motley tunic.
n. pl. mot·leys
1. The parti-colored attire of a court jester.
2. A heterogeneous, often incongruous mixture of elements.

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Note added at 44 mins (2005-09-06 10:14:09 GMT)
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com roupas incongruentes => com roupas que não combinam

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Note added at 1 hr 6 mins (2005-09-06 10:36:04 GMT)
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mis.match
vt combinar mal, emparelhar mal.

airmailrpl
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree Claudio Mazotti: desculpe-me, mas não se usa o adj incongruente para roupas...
12 mins
  -> esfarrapado..maltrapilho..com roupas que não combinam
disagree Emilie: Yes, that's it. Roupas incongruentes não existem. Bem, no futuro.... Who knows!!!
2 hrs
  -> esfarrapado..maltrapilho..com roupas que não combinam
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
andrajoso/maltrapilhos, descoordenados, desalinhados

Explanation:


reginalobo
Portugal
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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