Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

Aí, eu chutei o balde e me lixei para tudo!

English translation:

Then I lost my temper and didn't give a damn

Added to glossary by Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Mar 12, 2010 15:10
14 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

"Aí, eu chutei o balde e me lixei para tudo!" - ...

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Change log

Mar 13, 2010 18:49: Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/897688">edecastroalves's</a> old entry - "\"Aí, eu chutei o balde e me lixei para tudo!\" - ..."" to ""Then I lost my temper and did not give a damn""

Discussion

David Drysdale (X) Mar 14, 2010:
Chutar o balde = Lose your temper . . . Hmmm? Quite a bit different . .

Proposed translations

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Then I lost my temper and did not give a damn

Then I lost my temper and could not care less

http://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/buscar.php?palavra=chut...

HTH
Peer comment(s):

agree Verginia Ophof : Like your second suggestion better !
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Vergini, tx again. Antonio
agree Marlene Curtis
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Marlene, grato e bom f-d-s. Antonio
agree Amy Duncan (X) : I'd use "didn't" - that's how it would be spoken.
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Amy, my keyboard has a funny ' so I avoid it tx. Antonio
agree Ana Falasca Bernardes
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Ana Carolina, grato. Antonio
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "4, embora concorde com a Amy."
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At that point, I just threw in the towel and gave up all together . .

Suggestion:

At that point, I just threw in the towel and gave up all together . .
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1 day 14 hrs
Portuguese term (edited): \"Aí, eu chutei o balde e me lixei para tudo!\" - ...

So I threw in the towel and didn't give a damn

Eu acho que uma mistura das duas respostas ficaria melhor!
Olha a informalidade e gíria presente na frase. "I lost my temper" tá muito formal, assim como "and gave up all together"
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