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a bordunas

English translation: if you don't walk in line, you will [get club beating] [be treated with club beating]

14:17 Oct 29, 2009

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Portuguese term or phrase: a bordunas

...se não andarem na linha serão tratados a bordunas...

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Clauwolf KudoZ activity Questions: 201 (none open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 13373 Brazil
Local time: 23:51

English translation:if you don't walk in line, you will [get club beating] [be treated with club beating]

Explanation:
That's it.

borduna = club

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Note added at 8 mins (2009-10-29 14:25:08 GMT)
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or even: get beaten by clubs

Selected response from:

Lucas M Peixoto
Brazil
Local time: 00:51

Grading comment

thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

if you don't walk in line, you will [get club beating] [be treated with club beating]

Lucas M Peixoto

walk the line or you will get the rod

Verginia Ophof

clobbered

quandt

with maces

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

6 mins confidence:

with maces

Explanation:
É o que posso sugerir comparando a definição de borduna http://aulete.uol.com.br/site.php?mdl=aulete_digital&op=load... e mace http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mace.

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

5 mins confidence:

if you don't walk in line, you will [get club beating] [be treated with club beating]

Lucas M Peixoto
Brazil
Local time: 00:51
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

thanks

Notes to answerer

Asker: get beaten with clubs thanks!

24 mins confidence:

clobbered

Explanation:
Espero que o ataque com bordunas não seja literal...

if you are out of line you'll get clobbered / whacked / beaten

clobber
vb (tr) Slang
1. to beat or batter
2. to defeat utterly
3. to criticize severely

whack
verb
strike, hit, beat, box, belt (informal), deck (slang), bang, rap, slap, bash (informal), sock (slang), chin (slang), smack, thrash, thump, buffet, clout (informal), slug, cuff, swipe, clobber (slang), wallop (informal), thwack, lambast(e), lay one on (slang) Someone whacked him on the head with a baseball bat.

beaten
abused, battered, maltreated, ill-treated, mistreated, misused, downtrodden; assaulted, thumped, whacked, hit, thrashed, pummeled, smacked, drubbed; informal walloped, belted, bashed, clobbered, knocked ...

quandt
Brazil
Local time: 00:51
Native speaker of: