Shoulder-rubbing

Portuguese translation: circular..circulando no meio do povo

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English term or phrase:Shoulder-rubbing
Portuguese translation:circular..circulando no meio do povo
Entered by: airmailrpl

19:25 Oct 25, 2001
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: Shoulder-rubbing
'Do some old-fashioned shoulder-rubbing'
Jeovane Cazer
Brazil
Local time: 10:52
circular..circulando no meio do povo
Explanation:
Rub shoulders with - to meet socially and treat as equals - Longman
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 10:52
Grading comment
de todos as respostas essa foi a mais adequada, I mean, não seria bem essa frase a ser usada mas a idéia que está no texto é essa..obrigado a todos...:)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1circular..circulando no meio do povo
airmailrpl
5 +1Roçar cotovelos
Maria Eugenia Farre
4 +1conviver legal com pessoal xique e famoso
Daniel Marcus
4Fazer aqueles agitos fora de moda
Roberto Cavalcanti
4intimidades
Jorge Freire


  

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Fazer aqueles agitos fora de moda


Explanation:
Atradução mais formal de shoulder-rubbing seria: encontrar informalmente, mas o seu contexto parece que é mais informal.
Veja as definições nos links abaixo.


    Reference: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=rubbing
    Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=rub*1+8
Roberto Cavalcanti
Brazil
Local time: 10:52
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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intimidades


Explanation:
A tradução será neste caso: "Tenha aguma intimidade à moda antiga"
é o que concluí da consulta dos dicionáris abaixo indicados.
Rubb shoulders with -to meet socially and treat as equals(esp. people of a different type of social class)- Longman
We rubbed shulders with - éramos muito amigos de - Michaellis
Boa sorte



    Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture
    Dicion�rio Ilustrado Michaellis - Ingl�s- Portugu�s
Jorge Freire
Local time: 14:52
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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circular..circulando no meio do povo


Explanation:
Rub shoulders with - to meet socially and treat as equals - Longman

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 10:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 9465
Grading comment
de todos as respostas essa foi a mais adequada, I mean, não seria bem essa frase a ser usada mas a idéia que está no texto é essa..obrigado a todos...:)

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agree  José Antonio Azevedo
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conviver legal com pessoal xique e famoso


Explanation:
conviver legal com pessoal/gente xique e famoso/a.

The important element of shoulder-rubbing is that you do it with the stars, or at the very least with rich or stylish people or people above your social class. It's a snob thing to tell your friends.

This expression 'old fashioned'... is not literal here. It means something like 'good, honest, down-to-earth.' Which is why I suggest 'legal'. Perhaps 'a moda antiga' would work...



Daniel Marcus
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:52
PRO pts in pair: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Eugenia Farre: Oi Marcus, vc acertou nas nuances, é isso mesmo, vj o meu comentário abaixo.
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  -> Thanks, Maria. Please call me Daniel. Marcus is my surname!
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Roçar cotovelos


Explanation:
Hoje me ocorreu que esse idiom pode ser traduzido por

ROÇAR COTOVELOS (com gente rica, famosos e poderosos, etc)

Veja abaixo:

"Assim, nos saraus da Villa Kyrial se reunia a nata da sociedade paulista, roçando cotovelos com aquela gente barulhenta e exótica - poetas, artistas e jornalistas. Artistas muitas vezes sem recursos, "buscando apoio e proteção sob as asas da oligarquia paulista", como assinala Antonio Candido no prefácio, "num momento de esplendor de seu prestígio e força política". Era o Brasil do começo do século, "republicano, capitalista e racional", nos governos de Campos Sales e depois Rodrigues Alves. "

A primeira terça, no Museu da Casa Brasileira, um mês antes, fora um estouro. No auge da freqüência havia mais de 800 pessoas roçando cotovelos e trocando cartões. “Desta vez, se vierem 700 pessoas está bom”, dizia o organizador. Vieram mais.

As nuances são exatamente as mesmas.



    Reference: http://www.jt.estadao.com.br/suplementos/saba/2001/08/11/sab...
    Reference: http://www.terra.com.br/dinheironaweb/154/ecommerce/
Maria Eugenia Farre
Brazil
Local time: 10:52
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 248

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agree  Daniel Marcus: Really interesting and useful! Thanks
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