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acabar com a raça de alguém, destruir alguém

English translation: I am going to finish you off


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Art/Literary - Slang
Portuguese term or phrase: acabar com a raça de alguém, destruir alguém
"Eu te odeio! Eu te odeio! Eu acabo contigo! Eu te detono! Eu acabo com a tua raça!"

This kind of language comes up a lot in Brazilian novelas. I am looking for something really coloquial, slang, since it is for subtitling. I could use "destroy, ruin, take you down", but I want something full of hatred, since the character is talking to his mother, all that drama we know from novelas. Any suggestions?
Raquel Bragança
Macau
Local time: 11:06
English translation:I am going to finish you off
Explanation:
I am going to finish you off,
or
I am going to wipe you off the face of the earth
or
I am going to eliminate you or
I am going to destroy you
Selected response from:

Mariangela Del
United States
Local time: 20:06
Grading comment
Not so much for finish off, but for wipe off the face of the planet.
Thanks
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3I'm gonna make you wish you were never born . . .
David Drysdale
3 +3I'll do away with youStephen Kramer
4 +1I'll make you wish you never lived!
Tobias
5I am going to finish you offMariangela Del
4You are finished!
Adriana Maciel
4I'm gonna exterminate your race, I'm gonna get you off this planet
Katarina Peters
4I'll make you regret every day that you breathe
Giuliano Esgur
4exterminate your kindFausto Machado Tiemann


  

Answers


44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
exterminate your kind


Explanation:
Uma possibilidade.

http://www.google.com.br/#hl=pt-BR&q="exterminate your kind"...

Fausto Machado Tiemann
Brazil
Local time: 01:06
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Fausto.

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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
I'll do away with you


Explanation:
Não sei se é suficientemente vituperante para o que vc quer :)

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Outra: "I'll wipe you off the map"

Stephen Kramer
Brazil
Local time: 00:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Stephen.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  delveneto: "I'll wipe you off the map" é boa!
29 mins
  -> Obrigado, Del. Boa noite.
agree  silvia367325
6 hrs
  -> Obrigado
agree  · george ·
9 hrs
  -> Obrigado
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I'll make you regret every day that you breathe


Explanation:
ou
I will ruin your life...
são algumas sugestões...

Giuliano Esgur
Brazil
Local time: 01:06
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Giuliano.

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
I'm gonna make you wish you were never born . . .


Explanation:
Possibility:

I'm gonna make you wish you were never born . . .

I don't think "do away you" sounds like a tough guy .. or even very cool!

David Drysdale
United States
Local time: 20:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, David.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tobias : Very common.
5 hrs
agree  Amy Duncan
9 hrs
agree  Richard Jenkins: I like this, very good :)
14 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
I am going to finish you off


Explanation:
I am going to finish you off,
or
I am going to wipe you off the face of the earth
or
I am going to eliminate you or
I am going to destroy you

Mariangela Del
United States
Local time: 20:06
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading comment
Not so much for finish off, but for wipe off the face of the planet.
Thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Mariangela.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
8 hrs
disagree  David Drysdale: Finish you off . . Sounds a little bit like the last round of a fight . . .
11 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
I'll make you wish you never lived!


Explanation:
I'll make you wish you never lived!

Tobias
Brazil
Local time: 01:06
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Tobias.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  · george ·
3 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
I'm gonna exterminate your race, I'm gonna get you off this planet


Explanation:
some more suggestions

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 22:06
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Katarina.

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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
You are finished!


Explanation:
sugestão

Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 01:06
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Adriana.

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