Estar de tromba

English translation: To be poker-faced

06:29 Dec 1, 2001
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial
Portuguese term or phrase: Estar de tromba
I am working on a management paper. I am grateful for the help.
Milenia Fernandez
English translation:To be poker-faced
Explanation:
Which basically means not to give much away (in business)
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M.L (X)
Local time: 18:18
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Having a long face
Tania Marques-Cardoso
5To be poker-faced
M.L (X)
5to be in bad mood
Antonio Costa (X)
5..unhappy..in a bitchy mood..in a funk..down..dour..gloomy,glum, moody, morose, sour, sulky, sullen
airmailrpl
5 -1to be in bad mood
Antonio Costa (X)
4be fed up
Worklog
4to have a puss on
Norminha (X)
4I hope the context really matches
Jason Stevens


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
To be poker-faced


Explanation:
Which basically means not to give much away (in business)

M.L (X)
Local time: 18:18
PRO pts in pair: 159
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Having a long face


Explanation:
(Looking very serious, or unhappy)

Good luck!

Tania Marques-Cardoso
Brazil
Local time: 15:18
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 41

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deolinda Neves (X): "long face" is the most commonly used expression and the one that most conveys the long facial expression of"tromba"
3 hrs

agree  Clarice Guelfi (X): That's the way I'd translate it!
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
to be in bad mood


Explanation:
it is a quite common expression in Brazil. For ex."Hoje ela está de tromba virada" (She is in a bad mood today)

Antonio Costa (X)
PRO pts in pair: 78

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tania Marques-Cardoso: É uma possibilidade, mas perde-se a conotação de expressão facial."Ela está de mau humor hoje" também é comum.
7 mins

disagree  Clarice Guelfi (X): The expression should be "to be in a bad mood". The article is missing. You can say "In the mood" when you want to say you feel like doing something special, but "in a good (or bad) mood to indicate that you're not feeling well (or is).
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to be in bad mood


Explanation:
it is a quite common expression in Brazil. For ex."Hoje ela está de tromba virada" (She is in a bad mood today)


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Antonio Costa (X)
PRO pts in pair: 78

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  airmailrpl: your web site is: http://www.literauto.com.br/
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
be fed up


Explanation:
Another way to put it

Worklog
Spain
Local time: 19:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Clarice Guelfi (X): Not quite the same I'd say.
4 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to have a puss on


Explanation:
informal but I thought I would give it a shot. Good luck!

Norminha (X)
PRO pts in pair: 2
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
..unhappy..in a bitchy mood..in a funk..down..dour..gloomy,glum, moody, morose, sour, sulky, sullen


Explanation:
tromba (estar de tromba) = 5. Bras.Pop.
Cara amarrada, que demonstra zanga ou aborrecimento; carranca.


airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 15:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 3881
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I hope the context really matches


Explanation:
For me, it is totally being in a bad mood, and the text offered is not tooo helpfull. Are you working for a magazine? Which?
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Jason Stevens
Brazil
Local time: 15:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 6
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