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a lot of ribbing

Portuguese translation: muita zombaria (gozação, encarnação, provocação)

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English term or phrase:a lot of ribbing
Portuguese translation:muita zombaria (gozação, encarnação, provocação)
Entered by: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

17:25 Nov 11, 2009
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English term or phrase: a lot of ribbing
For over a year now, I have taken a lot of ribbing. When I bought a light-brown corduroy suit last autumn, in the eyes of most friends all that was missing were the leather elbow patches and perhaps, one day, a pipe to go with my beard.
Cristina Spohr
Brazil
Local time: 15:08
muita zombaria (encarnação, provocação)
Explanation:
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ribbing
s. zombaria, gozação, ridicularização

rib
v. guarnecer com costelas, instalar ou montar costelas; dar apoio (com costelas), armar (com costelas); provocar, irritar

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ribbing
provocação
Rio de Janeiro
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 20:08
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1muita zombaria (encarnação, provocação)
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4"engoli muitos sapos"
Lucas Peixoto
4muito enxovalho / muito enxovalhado
Leonor Machado
4muita gozação
Marlene Curtis


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
muita zombaria (encarnação, provocação)


Explanation:
Babylon English-Portuguese Download this dictionary
ribbing
s. zombaria, gozação, ridicularização

rib
v. guarnecer com costelas, instalar ou montar costelas; dar apoio (com costelas), armar (com costelas); provocar, irritar

Ivo Korytowski's English-Portuguese Translator's Dictionary Download this dictionary
ribbing
provocação
Rio de Janeiro

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 20:08
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 136

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agree  Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
6 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"engoli muitos sapos"


Explanation:
ribbing é uma brincadeira geralmente denegrindo o alvo do comentário... acho que essa expressão em português está bem próxima deste significado

Lucas Peixoto
Brazil
Local time: 15:08
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12
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muito enxovalho / muito enxovalhado


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Leonor Machado
Local time: 19:08
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 28
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muita gozação


Explanation:
Diria assim ...

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-11 20:01:49 GMT)
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aguentei muita gozação

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 199
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