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"I guess I'll go with lame"

Portuguese translation: tosco

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English term or phrase:	"I guess I'll go with lame"
Portuguese translation:	tosco
Entered by:	Heloisa Ferreira

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English term or phrase: "I guess I'll go with lame"

Desenho animado. Gíria.
"- Or is it lame?
- I guess I"ll go with lame."

Maria Catarina Donzelli Not a translator KudoZ activity Questions: 4 (none open) Answers: 44 Brazil
Local time: 14:38

tosco

Explanation:
Nessa conversa, ficaria mais ou menos assim:

"- Quando você tinha minha idade já era apaixonado pela mamãe e nem sabia? Que legal!!
- Ou, que tosco?
- Acho que vou ficar com "que tosco".
- Por que, só porque só beijei uma única garota minha vida toda?"

A palavra *tosco* vem bem do palavreado infanto-juvenil, bem apropriada para um desenho animado.

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Heloisa Ferreira
Brazil
Local time: 14:38

Grading comment

Acredito que este termo se adequa melhor. Obrigada.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

"Pode-se dizer que é (uma desculpa) esfarrapada"

Lumen

péssimo, ridículo, etc.

Milana Penavski

tosco

Heloisa Ferreira

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

28 mins confidence:

"i guess i'll go with lame" "Pode-se dizer que é (uma desculpa) esfarrapada"

Explanation:
Não tem nada de offensive na palavra *lame*. Lame significa uma desculpa besta, esfarrapada, furada, que todo mundo percebe que não é verdadeira.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-09-03 00:12:21 GMT)
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and didn’t even know it? That's cool.
- Or is it lame?
- I guess I'll go with lame.
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e nem sabia? Que legal.
- Ou eu era sem noção?
- É pode ser sem noção.

Lumen
Brazil
Local time: 14:38
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 23

Notes to answerer

Asker: Obrigada Lúmen! Ajudou muito.

3 hrs confidence:

"i guess i'll go with lame"

tosco

Heloisa Ferreira
Brazil
Local time: 14:38
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Acredito que este termo se adequa melhor. Obrigada.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Muito boa resposta, Heloísa. Passei perto. Obrigada!

10 hrs confidence:

"i guess i'll go with lame" péssimo, ridículo, etc.

Explanation:
Isto é um trecho de um diálogo dos Simpsons... o Bart está ridicularizando o Homer.

Milana Penavski
Brazil
Local time: 14:38
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

Serbo-Croat

Notes to answerer

Asker: Certo Milena. Achei melhor não revelar. Obrigada, ajudou.

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Sep 4, 2011 - Changes made by Heloisa Ferreira:
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