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03:26 Apr 10, 2010

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Art/Literary - Linguistics / Brazilian slang

Portuguese term or phrase: grande sacada (in this context)

Speaking of the belief in "dar um jeito," a Brazilian columnist wrote the lines below. I already have four different opinions on the meaning of "grande sacada" in this context. Can Prozians come to a consensus?

É a crença que nos faz pensar que somos muito espertos e que não precisamos de esforços disciplinados para alcançar um grande objetivo. Basta ter aquela "grande sacada".

Muriel Vasconcellos KudoZ activity Questions: 520 (none open) (113 closed without grading) Answers: 4589 United States
Local time: 04:09

Summary of answers provided

5 +4

brilliant insight

Sonia Maria Parise

unique insight

Lumen

3 +2

great idea

Renato Gonzalez

a flash of genius alone is sufficient . . .

David Drysdale

great conviction OR great notion

telefpro

a great/good hunch

Verginia Ophof

"brainwave"

kashew

Summary of reference entries provided

Grande sacada

Marlene Curtis

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

47 mins confidence:

unique insight

Explanation:
Not as colloquial but that's what it is.

Lumen
Brazil
Local time: 08:09
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

52 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

great idea

Explanation:
ter uma grande sacada é ter uma grande idéia, na minha opinião

Example sentence(s):

Ela teve uma grande sacada!
She had a great idea!

Renato Gonzalez
Brazil
Local time: 08:09
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

3 hrs confidence:

great conviction OR great notion

Explanation:
I would put it this way.

telefpro
Local time: 16:39
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English

4 hrs confidence:

"brainwave"

Explanation:
*

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Note added at 5 heures (2010-04-10 08:27:45 GMT)
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Or brainstorm!

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

English

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

brilliant insight

Explanation:
grande, in this case is marvelous, brilliant!
and sacada, no doubt is an insight.

Sonia Maria Parise
Italy
Local time: 13:09
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

11 hrs confidence:

a flash of genius alone is sufficient . . .

Explanation:
Suggestion:

a flash of genius alone is sufficient . . .

David Drysdale
United States
Local time: 05:09
Native speaker of:

English

13 hrs confidence:

a great/good hunch

Explanation:
suggestion

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

Reference comments

7 hrs

Reference: Grande sacada

Reference information:
DOC] Financial Times - -- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP ...
File Format: Microsoft Word
Apr 27, 2006 ... "It will be a big change in touristic infrastructure," Messerli said. ..... Its consultations have met with opposition to the idea of transporting large volumes of ...... "Foi uma grande sacada de marketing das ONGs. ...
www.unep.org/cpi/briefs/2006Apr27.doc

classics volume 2 - Rapidshare Search - (169 files)
Grande sacada da capcom ter feito uma coletanea (More) Grande sacada da capcom ter feito uma ... It was a great idea of capcom do a collection with arcade . ...
www.filestube.com/c/classics volume 2 - Cached

Marlene Curtis
United States
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 75

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