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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | Portuguese term or phrase: bocas foleiras que todos mandavam | | Empunhavam navalhas de ponta e mola, que abriam e fechavam com destreza, produzindo ruídos sinistros. Entrelaçados com as bocas foleiras que todos mandavam, e com o barulho distante do trânsito ecoando na rua deserta, formaram um tecido sonoro. |
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 Douglas Bissell
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47 mins confidence:   foul mouths that kept rattling
Explanation:
This is obviously PT-PT, and this is how I understood it.
From Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa - Porto Editora:
foleiro
nome masculino1. pessoa que faz ou vende foles
2. MÚSICA pessoa que toca instrumentos de fole
3. popular pessoa que merece desprezo
4. coloquial pessoa cuja forma de estar, agir ou vestir revela mau gosto
5. popular burro de moleiro que carrega os foles (sacos) e os leva ao moinho
adjectivo1. coloquial que revela mau gosto
2. coloquial que não presta; de má qualidade
3. coloquial mal feito
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From the Concise Oxford Thesaurus:
foul-mouthed
▶ adjective VULGAR, crude, coarse; obscene, rude, smutty, dirty, filthy, indecent, indelicate, offensive, lewd, X-rated, scatological, foul, abusive; informal blue.
Hope this helps.
Bom Trabalho!
| Gilmar Fernandes
United States
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Native speaker of:  Portuguese, English
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