Glossary entry

português term or phrase:

abobrinha/conversa fiada/papo furado/jogar conversa fora

inglês translation:

idle talk; aimless chatter; prattle

Added to glossary by Humberto Ribas
Jul 19, 2007 12:42
16 yrs ago
português term

abobrinha/conversa fiada/papo furado/jogar conversa fora

português para inglês Arte/Literatura Cinema, filmes, TV, teatro common parlance
Parte of a film script: street language - Brazilian Portuguese. All four mean to talk nonsense
Proposed translations (inglês)
4 +1 idle talk; aimless chatter; prattle
4 +1 bullshit/BS
Change log

Jul 22, 2007 08:36: Humberto Ribas changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/686074">Humberto Ribas's</a> old entry - "abobrinha/conversa fiada/papo furado/jogar conversa fora"" to ""idle talk; aimless chatter; prattle""

Jul 22, 2007 08:36: Humberto Ribas changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/686074">Humberto Ribas's</a> old entry - "abobrinha/conversa fiada/papo furado/jogar conversa fora"" to ""idle talk; aimless chatter; prattle""

Jul 22, 2007 08:37: Humberto Ribas changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/686074">Humberto Ribas's</a> old entry - "abobrinha/conversa fiada/papo furado/jogar conversa fora"" to ""idle talk; aimless chatter; prattle""

Proposed translations

+1
3 minutos
Selected

idle talk; aimless chatter; prattle

these are all correct English

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-07-19 12:48:03 GMT)
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humberto, do thesaurus (nem todas as palavras tem o mesmo significado!)


Definition: nonsense
Synonyms: amphibiology, balderdash, baloney*, bull*, bunkum, drivel, equivocation, flimflam*, gibberish, hokum, jazz*, mumbo jumbo*, rigmarole
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
Copyright © 2007 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
* = informal or slang
Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus - Cite This Source

Main Entry: drivel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: talk
Synonyms: Greek*, babble, balderdash*, blather*, bosh, bunk*, bunkum, double-talk, gibberish, gobbledygook*, hogwash*, hooey*, jabber*, nonsense, poppycock*, prating, rot*, rubbish*, stuff, tripe*, twaddle*
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1)
Copyright © 2007 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
* = informal or slang

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-07-19 12:48:44 GMT)
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um monte de abobrinha -> a bunch of baloney
Peer comment(s):

agree Kemper Combs : I think you've covered it all with those Thesaurus entries.
4 minutos
I guess! would the reason for why humans invented so many words for baloney be that it's so omnipresent in ppl's lives? ;-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks, Vera"
+1
59 minutos

bullshit/BS

If it's street talk, you might want to seriously consider this option! This is very commonly used.
Peer comment(s):

agree Marcelo Gonçalves : Exactly!
24 minutos
Thanks, Marcelo!
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