Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

rebimboca da parafuseta

English translation:

thingamajig, thingamabob, dohickey, whatchamacallit, doodad

Added to glossary by Haggen Kennedy
Jan 19, 2007 19:12
17 yrs ago
Portuguese term

rebimboca da parafuseta

Portuguese to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
"O problema está na rebimboca da parafuseta."

Dureza. Existe algum paralelo em inglês para essa expressão tão usada no Brasil?
Proposed translations (English)
3 +11 thingamajig

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thingamajig

Also "thingamabob", "doodad" in U.S. English.

thingamajig: a mechanical part whose name is either forgotten or not known

rebimboca da parafuseta (definition from http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebimboca_da_parafuseta:) Rebimboca da parafuseta é uma expressão corrente em certas regiões do Brasil para designar uma peça qualquer, cujo nome ou função não são conhecidos, do motor de um automóvel ou de qualquer outra máquina.

Hope this helps... boa sorte!
Peer comment(s):

agree Fernando Domeniconi : and dohickey too... good solution, Todd. I like thingamajig.
9 mins
agree Amy Duncan (X) : Ha ha! There's "whatchamacallit" too!
9 mins
agree Adriana Fonseca
31 mins
agree lexical : Agree with all of these.
1 hr
agree rhandler
1 hr
agree José Henrique Lamensdorf
4 hrs
agree Clara Duarte : Aahha não conhecia a expressão rebimboca da parafuseta. Adorei!
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agree Cybeles Lehner : hahahaha Adorei a rebimboca da parafuseta! "Whatchamacallit" is also very commom, but... wow! 'thingamajig 'sounds great!
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agree airmailrpl : thingamajig..thingamabob..dohickey..whatchamacallit..Agree with all of these
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agree Kemper Combs : Agree with all of the above.
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agree Sylvio Kauffmann : Yeah, that's it!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "That works great! Thank you so much Todd! And thank you, Fernando and Amy, too. :)"
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