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English to Portuguese Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Translation Glossary

English term Portuguese translation
Political hack politiqueiro
pop your cork pirar/ ficar doido/perder a cabeça
postal law lei postal
pot luck party; potluck festa americana; junta-panelas; almoço/jantar partilhado (PT-Pt)
pray to the porcelain god vomitar até a alma
press the flesh distribuir apertos de mão
Pretendonitis Finginite
Entered by: Joana Neves
pretty keen maneiro/bacana
prime the pump fazer as coisas funcionarem
Produce something... resulta algo...
proverbial cold sendo colocados na mais absoluta ignorância
Entered by: Carla Lopes
proverbial whistle denunciar
Publish, but don't perish to publish Publique, mas não se mate para publicar
puff of air baforada de ar
pull one on someone passar a perna em alguém
pump your fist erguer o punho
put it there apertar a mão
put lipstick on a pig fazer mudança(s) de fachada
put one's foot in one's mouth meter os pés pelas mãos; falar o que dá na telha; pôr a pata na poça (PT-Pt)
put the bite on someone morder (sentido figurado); extorquir dinheiro
put your mind to it concentrar-se/focar-se/focalizar-se
Entered by: Carla Lopes
puts and sputters atrapalha-se
Que sera sera. O que tiver de ser, será.
quid pro quo elas por elas
quite few bem poucos/pouquinho/quase nada/muito pouca coisa/muito poucos
raise hell / Cain / the devil pintar o diabo; fazer um auê; fazer (um) inferno/inferninho
raising the bar elevando o nível
rakings and scrapings arranhadelas e picadelas
Entered by: Cristina Pereira
rambling rose rosa multiflora
Entered by: Carla Lopes
reach out of estender-se além
reach well beyond vão muito além
Entered by: Silvia Aquino
Realize it! Ama-o!
red murder (context: The criminal was arrested after that brutal red murder) crime / assassinato sanguinolento
red-eye flight voo corujão
redneck... Alabama "redneck"... Alabama
regain one's feet reerguer-se
relentlessly hip sempre bacana
retrench, regroup reorganizar e reagrupar
rib-cracking one-liners sacadas geniais
rip away arrancar
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