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think hard

Portuguese translation: quebrar a cabeça

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English term or phrase:think hard
Portuguese translation:quebrar a cabeça
Entered by: Lumen (X)

06:36 Jan 13, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Literatura portuguesa
English term or phrase: think hard
Don't think so hard.
Rodrigo Parra
Local time: 19:28
quebrar a cabeça
Explanation:
Don't think so hard = Não fique quebrando a cabeça!
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Lumen (X)
Brazil
Local time: 19:28
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +7quebrar a cabeça
Lumen (X)
4 +4Não pense tanto!
Marlene Curtis
5 +2pense muito
Erik Bry
4ser tão pensativo/absorto
Elvira Alves Barry
3não medite tanto sobre o tema
Paul Dixon
3forçar o pensamento
Gledson Bernardelli Pereira


  

Answers


28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pense muito


Explanation:
Não pense muito.
Não pense tanto.

Erik Bry
Local time: 16:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  José António de Freitas e Silva: Não pense tanto!
8 hrs
agree  Sueli Astrini
2 days 9 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
quebrar a cabeça


Explanation:
Don't think so hard = Não fique quebrando a cabeça!

Lumen (X)
Brazil
Local time: 19:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 61
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniele Bertinato: Com certeza !!!
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada.
agree  Veronica Manole (X)
3 hrs
  -> Obrigada.
agree  rhandler
4 hrs
  -> Muito obrigada.
agree  Katarina Peters
5 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Humberto Ribas
1 day 3 mins
  -> Obrigada.
agree  Marcelo Almeida
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Christiane Jost
2 days 6 hrs
  -> Thanks.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ser tão pensativo/absorto


Explanation:
Não seja tão pensativo/absorto.

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 23:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 56
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Não pense tanto!


Explanation:
Não pense tanto se muda a cor do cabelo ou não; não pense tanto se come aquele bolinho ou não; não pense mil vezes antes de mandar o chefe à merda se não; ...
psicologiasdatreta.blogspot.com/2008/01/previso-astrolgica-para-2008.html - 78k


Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 18:28
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 1973

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fiona Stephenson
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Fiona!
agree  Cristina Santos
5 hrs
  -> Grata Cristina!
agree  Paul Dixon: Yes, indeed.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks Paul!
agree  maurah
5 days
  -> Grata!
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
não medite tanto sobre o tema


Explanation:
A suggestion.

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 19:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
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1 day 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
forçar o pensamento


Explanation:
Não force tanto o pensamento!

Gledson Bernardelli Pereira
Brazil
Local time: 19:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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