bling

Portuguese translation: ostentação

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English term or phrase:bling
Portuguese translation:ostentação
Entered by: Vera Rodrigues

12:17 Feb 22, 2006
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Finance (general)
English term or phrase: bling
There may be plenty of bling on show in the trendier parts of Beijing and Shanghai, but average income per head in China amounts to $1,500, tiny relative to the average American's $40,000 or thereabouts.
Vera Rodrigues
Local time: 08:39
ostentação
Explanation:
or something like that...it has to do with being "flashy, showy"

_For a discussion of the meaning and origin:

http://www.museworld.com/archives/001094.html
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Edgar Potter
United States
Local time: 06:39
Grading comment
Thanks a lot
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2ostentação
Edgar Potter
5 +1tchan
airmailrpl
5extravagâncias
Puro Lusitan (X)
2 +1muito espalhafato
Clauwolf


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
muito espalhafato


Explanation:
:)

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-02-22 12:33:21 GMT)
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No sentido de exagero ou alarde

Clauwolf
Local time: 08:39
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 423

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marco Schaumloeffel
3 hrs
  -> peguei merecidamente meus 2 pontinhos, valeu!
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ostentação


Explanation:
or something like that...it has to do with being "flashy, showy"

_For a discussion of the meaning and origin:

http://www.museworld.com/archives/001094.html

Edgar Potter
United States
Local time: 06:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 61
Grading comment
Thanks a lot

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  oxygen4u: :) Hoje em dia usa-se muito bling para os grandes aneis de diamantes, que são, sem dúvida, "flashy".
1 hr
  -> Thanks

agree  Sormane Gomes: Yup.
1 hr
  -> Thanks
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
extravagâncias


Explanation:
Para mim, "bling" são "Coisas caras, de preço elevado", "extravagâncias", "excentricidades"...

Bom trabalho!

Puro Lusitan (X)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tchan


Explanation:
bling => tchan

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 08:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 161

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Romanian Translator (X)
24 mins
  -> agradecido
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