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English translation: (a) good eater

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Portuguese term or phrase:	bom prato
English translation:	(a) good eater
Entered by:	Marlene Curtis

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18:51 Mar 1, 2010

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Portuguese term or phrase: bom prato

Hi
How do you refer to someone who isn't picky about what she/he eats(bom prato)?
Thanks

milesaway KudoZ activity Questions: 45 (4 open) Answers: 4
Local time: 12:09

(a) good eater

Explanation:
he's my good eater! on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
George Michael is a VERY good eater. He'll eat most things you give him, but never begs for food or gets into anything (unlike a certain dark coloured ...
www.flickr.com/photos/hot_boxer/4287892301/ - Cached -

She's A Good Eater
(Were it drowning in as much butter as those escargots, I bet he would have). Thus I became known as a good eater, which means far more than having gourmand ...
shesagoodeater.blogspot.com/

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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 07:09

Grading comment

thanks
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

(a) good eater

Marlene Curtis

a hearty eater

Muriel Vasconcellos

bom garfo

xxxgreenable

3 +1

not a picky eater

Verginia Ophof

Good eater/likes to eat everything/

Mary Palmer

an eat-anything

kashew

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

(a) good eater

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 07:09
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 75

Grading comment

thanks

7 mins confidence:

Good eater/likes to eat everything/

Explanation:
:)

Mary Palmer
United States
Local time: 08:09
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

not a picky eater

Explanation:
or an easy to please eater

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 05:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10

2 hrs confidence:

an eat-anything

Explanation:
* not fussy about what's put on his/her plate.

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Note added at 2 heures (2010-03-01 21:24:27 GMT)
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Omnivorous, if you want a scientific term.

kashew
France
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of:

English

5 hrs confidence:

bom garfo

Explanation:
concordo com o colega anterior, seria "bom garfo".

xxxgreenable
United States
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English

7 hrs confidence:

a hearty eater

Explanation:
Doesn't the expression in Portuguese also mean that the person will eat?

About being picky, I think we're more apt to use the negative in English: 'not a picky eater'.

Note the similarity to an Italian expression:
a hearty eater → una buona forchetta. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/hearty

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 04:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 2450

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Mar 6, 2010 - Changes made by Marlene Curtis:
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