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English translation: does not mince words


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Portuguese term or phrase:circula sem papas na língua
English translation:does not mince words
Entered by: Emilie
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06:38 Mar 16, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Agriculture / Bio-safety
Portuguese term or phrase: circula sem papas na língua
Context:

BIOSSEGURANÇA

Postura anti-transgênico torna Requião estrela da MOP-3

Governador do Paraná aponta ministérios dos Transportes e da Agricultura como defensores dos transgênicos e articuladores da pressão pela privatização do Porto de Paranaguá, declarado área livre de transgenia.

Maurício Thuswohl - Carta Maior

CURITIBA – Com um pouco de exagero, dá até para dizer que ele está para a MOP-3 assim como o presidente venezuelano Hugo Chávez está para o Fórum Social Mundial. Dono de um discurso à esquerda, recorrendo várias vezes à citações históricas ou tiradas espirituosas, o governador do Paraná, Roberto Requião, parece ter encontrado na luta contra os transgênicos o caminho para um novo estilo político. Afagado e tratado como aliado por dirigentes de importantes organizações que lutam contra a liberação indiscriminada dos transgênicos no Brasil, como o MST e o Greenpeace, entre outras, Requião circula sem papas na língua tanto no evento oficial quanto no fórum paralelo da sociedade civil.
Donovan Libring
Local time: 08:13
does not mince words
Explanation:
não ter papas na língua = not mince words

That's how I know it. Hope it helps.

Requião doesn't mince words...
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Emilie
Grading comment
straight and to the point. Thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +14does not mince wordsEmilie
4 +1shoot from the hipFernando Domeniconi
5 -1goes around with no reservations on what he has to say
airmailrpl
3 -1does not have a bold tongueAntónio Ribeiro


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
does not have a bold tongue


Explanation:
Uma sugestão.

António Ribeiro
Local time: 16:13
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  airmailrpl: does not hold back his opinions..same as you
39 mins
  -> E por acaso já foi ver o tal site, depois de eu ter chamado à atenção? E que tal? Elucidativo, para o contexto apresentado!!! E já agora, o seu "disagree" não é mais do que "olho por olho, dente por dente". Obrigado, de qualquer modo.
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
goes around with no reservations on what he has to say


Explanation:
circula sem papas na língua =>
goes around with no reservations on what he has to say
(does not hold back his opinions)

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Note added at 52 mins (2006-03-16 07:31:20 GMT)
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a língua ferina de Roberto Requião só poupou mesmo o Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA),

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Note added at 58 mins (2006-03-16 07:37:22 GMT)
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Jazz no país do improviso!A ideia é falar livre dos constrangimentos do politicamente correcto, doa a quem doer e sem papas na língua. O tema é, claro, o jazz que se apresenta cá por ...
www.bizarrologia.com/jazz/2004/ 03/boca-no-trombone-quem-ser-conceituada.html

Flickr: Photos from pitekaPode observar... estou sem papas na língua! Tô falando tudo! É só perguntar! ( 17 Comments ). This photo is public . ...
flickr.com/photos/piteka/

Glauco Mattoso - Official Site... : "falar sem papas NA língua" means not To beat around the bush. ...
formattoso.sites.uol.com.br/sources.htm



airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 03:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  António Ribeiro: Perde todo o sentido figurado do original./// Eu sei o significado preciso de "falar sem papas na língua". É uma expressão bem portuguesa.///Será que por acaso abriu esse site Glauco Mattoso? E concorda? Se fosse eu, retiraria a resposta.
4 mins
  -> "falar sem papas NA língua" means To not beat around the bush...no, I did not open the sites in my references..
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +14
does not mince words


Explanation:
não ter papas na língua = not mince words

That's how I know it. Hope it helps.

Requião doesn't mince words...

Emilie
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
straight and to the point. Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  suesimons: Exactly, Emilie.
1 hr
  -> Thanks a lot!
agree  MJ Barber: He doesn't mince his words, he doesn't beat around the bush
1 hr
  -> Thanks a lot!
agree  Claudio Mazotti: very nice indeed!
4 hrs
  -> Meu dia ficou melhor! Obrigada!
agree  rhandler
6 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Fernando Domeniconi
6 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Marco Schaumloeffel
7 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  David Elliff: maybe here, "he is going around (the event) without mincing his words" ?
7 hrs
  -> Thanks!
agree  Henrique Magalhaes
9 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  xxxMarttim: Até o Requião aprovaria.
17 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Theodore Stroll
20 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  tania nogueira: perfect!!!
1 day10 hrs
  -> Muito obrigada Tania!
agree  Carla G..
1 day11 hrs
  -> Obrigada!
agree  airmailrpl: -
14 days
  -> A questão já foi fechada, mesmo assim muito obrigada!
agree  María Leonor Acevedo-Miranda
1484 days
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
shoot from the hip


Explanation:
Uma outra alternativa.


shoot from the hip
http://www.answers.com/topic/shoot-from-the-hip

Speak or act recklessly or impulsively, as in Steve isn't very tactful; indeed, he's known for shooting from the hip. This expression transfers the fast shooting accomplished by drawing a gun from a holster and shooting without raising it to quick speaking or acting. [Slang; mid-1900s]

www.dictionary.com
shoot from the hip (Slang)
To act or speak on a matter without forethought.


Fernando Domeniconi
Local time: 02:13
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  airmailrpl: shootS from the hip
13 days
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