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English: "big brother" sound bite

Portuguese translation: o chavão do irmão grande



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English term or phrase:"big brother" sound bite
Portuguese translation:o chavão do irmão grande
Entered by:Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
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English term or phrase: "big brother" sound bite
So the simple "big brother" sound bite we so often hear from people just doesn't capture the complexity that the privacy issue really deserves.
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
o chavão do "grande irmão"
Explanation:
Nesse contexto.
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Carlos Angelo
Brazil
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Teresa
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4 +2o chavão do "grande irmão"Carlos Angelo


  

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o chavão do "grande irmão"

Explanation:
Nesse contexto.

Carlos Angelo
Brazil
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 76
Note from asker to answerer
Valeu, pessoas,
Bjs
Teresa

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Tania Vieira
1 min

neutral Ricardo Fonseca: existe o "irmão grande" no Brasil? Em Portugal trata-se de um programa que tem origem num livro de um sociólogo, não se traduz!
9 hrs
  -> No caso é uma referência ao personagem do romance 1984, de Orwell.

agree José Antonio Azevedo: Retribuindo a gentileza...
383 days
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