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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / português de Portugal | | Portuguese term or phrase: tarouca | Now here's an interesting question. This is an abused wife in the Azores talking about her ignorance of support organisations for women.
"...eu não sabia nada disso, eu era uma **tarouca**, eu não sabia de nada, uma pessoa trabalhando com outras pessoas, com outras colegas, a gente é como uma família."
I know that Tarouca is a tiny city (1111 inhabitants) in the north of Portugal, and that gives me a bit of a clue. Has anybody come across this idiom? |
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| | silly | Explanation:
tarouco: stupid, silly, idiotic, dense, stolid, daft, deranged, amnestic, forgetful due to old age.
It's in a dictionary |
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Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 07:17
| Grading comment Thanks Douglas.
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14 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +1 silly
Explanation:
tarouco: stupid, silly, idiotic, dense, stolid, daft, deranged, amnestic, forgetful due to old age.
It's in a dictionary
| Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 07:17
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Asker: Yes, you're right Douglas, it's in the dictionary. This shows the limitations of online dictionaries - there I was, looking for a feminine noun and all the online dictionaries I consulted produced a nil return. But look in a print dictionary and there is the masculine adjective jumping out of the page at you. It makes you feel such a fool - so to hell with electronics!
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4 hrs confidence:  Ditz
Explanation:
ditz (dĭts)
noun
Slang
a person thought of as being flighty, eccentric, silly, etc.
A scatterbrained or eccentric person.
Origin: Back-formation from ditsy.
Reference: http://www.yourdictionary.com/ditz
| Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 00:17
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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Asker: As I said to Nick, I don't think she means to say she was flighty or scatterbrained, just ignorant.
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