brewing blew over

Portuguese translation: amainada/acalmada

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English term or phrase:	brewing blew over
Portuguese translation:	amainada/acalmada
Entered by:	Marcos Antonio

13:13 Aug 17, 2008

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Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Administração de conflitos

English term or phrase: brewing blew over

If her mother couldn’t remove herself physically, she’d more or less shut down, speaking little and lying low until whatever storm was brewing blew over.

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amainada/acalmada

Explanation:
Opção.

-until whatever storm was brewing blew over = ...até que a situação tenha se amainada/acalmada.

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Marcos Antonio
Local time: 05:43

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amainada/acalmada

Marcos Antonio

4 +2

em formação se dissipasse

Edimilson Ferreira

até que qualquer que fosse a tempestade que se aproximava, ter passado

Paula Vaz-Carreiro

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peer agreement (net): +3

amainada/acalmada

Explanation:
Opção.

-until whatever storm was brewing blew over = ...até que a situação tenha se amainada/acalmada.

Marcos Antonio
Local time: 05:43
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 38

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em formação se dissipasse

Explanation:
Entendi que pessoa em questão "se desligava" e esperava até que qualquer tempestade emocional em formação (brewing) se dissipasse (blew over).

Brew (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/brew):
3. To be imminent; impend: "storms brewing on every frontier" John Dos Passos.

Blow over (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/blow over):
To subside, wane, or pass over with little lasting effect: The storm blew over quickly. The scandal will soon blow over.

Edimilson Ferreira
Armenia
Local time: 12:43
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

14 mins confidence:

until whatever storm was brewing blew over até que qualquer que fosse a tempestade que se aproximava, ter passado

Explanation:
The expression must be taken as a whole:
"until whatever storm was brewing blew over"

a storm is brewing = uma tempestada aproxima-se
blew over (neste contexto) = [até a tempestade ter] passado

[...] speaking little and lying low
até que qualquer que fosse a tempestade que se aproximava, ter passado

HTH

Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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