despenteando as abóboras

20:21 May 18, 2005
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Portuguese language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Antonio Lobo Antunes. Que farei quando tudo arde?
Portuguese term or phrase: despenteando as abóboras
a minha avó e a minha mãe trouxeram o perú de rojo sob a chuva, despenteando as abóboras, para o telheiro do forno, estrafegaram o que sobrava do pescoço num pedaço de serapilheira

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Como quase não conheço a vida do campo, não posso me imaginar como se pode "despentear" uma abóbora.
Ekaterina Khovanovitch
Russian Federation
Local time: 19:02


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4as cabeças
Clauwolf


  

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despenteando as abóboras
as cabeças


Explanation:
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Note added at 3 mins (2005-05-18 20:25:03 GMT)
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No Aurélio:

Abóbora = 4. Gír. A cabeça.

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Note added at 48 mins (2005-05-18 21:09:58 GMT)
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estrafegaram = estraçalaram, destruiram completamente

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Note added at 48 mins (2005-05-18 21:10:23 GMT)
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estraçalharam (faltou o h)

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