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Talk about

Portuguese translation: Isto é que é...!/Isto é o que eu chamo de...!

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English term or phrase:Talk about
Portuguese translation:Isto é que é...!/Isto é o que eu chamo de...!
Entered by: Susana Valdez

09:14 Jan 25, 2010
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: Talk about
‘Hideous.’ Sally shuddered. ‘Talk about pernickety. He’s so
gay, just won’t admit it.’

Não consigo acertar com a expressão utilizada em Português.
Obrigada a todos pela ajuda.
Susana Valdez
Portugal
Local time: 22:55
Isto é que é...!/Isto é o que eu chamo de...!
Explanation:
Just another option:

talk about funny/stupid/rich etc. said in order to emphasize that something is very funny, stupid, etc.:
• Talk about lucky. That's the second time he's won this week.
• Isto é o que eu chamo de sortudo. É a segunda vez que ele ganha na loteria esta semana.


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Note added at 8 hrs (2010-01-25 18:01:34 GMT)
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oops! Não tem a palavra "loteria" no exemplo.
Selected response from:

Bentevi
Grading comment
Foi o que acabei por utilizar. Obrigada!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3muito
Lynnea Hansen
4 +1o cúmulo de
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
5Olha quanta...!
Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
4que ... !
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4Isto é que é...!/Isto é o que eu chamo de...!
Bentevi
3demais
Danièle Horta


Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
talk about
o cúmulo de


Explanation:
Sugestão...

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 22:55
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 80
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Teresa! Que ajuda preciosa!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ligia Dias Costa
8 mins
  -> Obrigada, Lígia!
disagree  Lynnea Hansen: "muito", más não "o cúmulo de"
20 mins
agree  João Araújo
26 mins
  -> Obrigada, João!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
talk about
muito


Explanation:
correcting "very", which should have been "muito", as explained in earlier answer

Lynnea Hansen
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dulce Cattunda
1 hr
agree  Andre Damasceno
3 hrs
agree  marina hennies
4 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
talk about
demais


Explanation:
Sugestão

PT/BR

Danièle Horta
France
Local time: 23:55
Native speaker of: French
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
talk about
que ... !


Explanation:
Pelo menos em PT-BR usa-se "que" antes do adjetivo que se pretende reforçar:

Exemplo:
que desmazelo!
que falta de respeito!
etc

Ref:
Kero ser magra: novembro 2004 Archives
- [ Oversett denne siden ]
Que desmazelo! Peço desculpa..ando desmazelada com o blog... na verdade ando desmazelada comigo mesma... Ando completamente empanturrada com tantos estudos ...
kerosermagra.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/2004_11.html - Bufret -



Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 23:55
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 136
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
talk about
Isto é que é...!/Isto é o que eu chamo de...!


Explanation:
Just another option:

talk about funny/stupid/rich etc. said in order to emphasize that something is very funny, stupid, etc.:
• Talk about lucky. That's the second time he's won this week.
• Isto é o que eu chamo de sortudo. É a segunda vez que ele ganha na loteria esta semana.


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 8 hrs (2010-01-25 18:01:34 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

oops! Não tem a palavra "loteria" no exemplo.

Bentevi
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Foi o que acabei por utilizar. Obrigada!
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
talk about
Olha quanta...!


Explanation:
Prefiro assim.

Example sentence(s):
  • Olha quanta meticulosidade! Ele com certeza é gay, só não adimite.
Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
Brazil
Local time: 18:55
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 58
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