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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | Portuguese term or phrase: já estava cheia badalo | In the following phrase, from a short fictional text by an artist - I'm afraid I don't have any more context other than that it is from Portugal and that the speaker is an opera singer:
"Nos anos Oitenta eu era a melhor Amneris de Moscavide, sempre soube! Sim! Quem é que me igualava? Quem? A Cossotto? Coitada **já estava cheia badalo**, ou a Simionato? Não, nem mesmo numa gravação rara da Tebalbi, ela não consegue o mesmo que eu no “L’aborrita rivale a me sfuggia” não, eu era a melhor!"
A Brazilian colleague read this as being full or sick of flattery, but thought the structure was strange. And it seems to somehow contradict the rest of the text. Can anyone give me any more thoughts?
thank you! |
| Lucy PhillipsKudoZ activityQuestions: 227 ( 3 open) ( 3 without valid answers) ( 5 closed without grading) Answers: 452
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| | she talked too much / was full of it | Explanation:
As Marlene points out, I also believe the "de" is missing there "cheia DE badalo".
However "badalo" in Portugal has a different meaning than here in Brazil when talking figuratively, see:
http://www.infopedia.pt/lingua-portuguesa/badalo
2. figurado língua;
dar ao badalo falar de mais, tagarelar, ser indiscreto
Hope this helps.
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Lucy,
Thanks for selecting my suggestion.
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38 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 she talked too much / was full of it
Explanation:
As Marlene points out, I also believe the "de" is missing there "cheia DE badalo".
However "badalo" in Portugal has a different meaning than here in Brazil when talking figuratively, see:
http://www.infopedia.pt/lingua-portuguesa/badalo
2. figurado língua;
dar ao badalo falar de mais, tagarelar, ser indiscreto
Hope this helps.
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Note added at 5 days (2011-01-17 16:55:39 GMT) Post-grading
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Lucy,
Thanks for selecting my suggestion.
| Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 20:47
Native speaker of:  Portuguese, English
PRO pts in category: 16
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