Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
boa aparência
English translation:
good appearance
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Latiffa
Feb 9, 2003 21:06
21 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
boa aparência
Non-PRO
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Human Resources
human resources
Maurício tem boa aparência, interage no contato de forma mais reservada inicialmente, e com o decorrer da entrevista, vai ficando mais aberto no contato e principalmente demonstrando seus conhecimentos com maior segurança e desenvoltura.
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Maria Luisa Duarte
Spain
Spain
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Spain
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pretty good apearence,
Maurício has a pretty good apearence,
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Comment: "Para o meu texto, essa foi a resposta mais adequada, com ressalva à palavra "aparência" em inglês, cuja grafia correta é "appearance". Agradeço à Maria Luiza e também ao Gino pelo comentário. Hoggelen, sua resposta é correta, mas, no meu contexto, não é a mais adequada. Obrigada. E me perdoem alguma falha, pois sou iniciante neste site."
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Hoggelen (X)
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(to be) good-looking
Maurício is a good-looking man.
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Gino Amaral
: Isso significa que ele é bonito, não que tenha boa aparência.
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No contexto, ter "boa aparência" me parece significar ser "bonito/bem-apessoado"
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António Ribeiro
: you are right.
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sweetlion
: Yes, in English we say "he is good looking", but not"has a good appearance"
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amarante dasilva
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handsome
good presence
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makes a good appearance
is the way we would phrase it in American English.
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(see explanation for a historical note)
Interesting that they would use that phrase because in the past, Brazilian classified ads seeking employees would specify "boa aparencia" among the desired qualities, as a code for "light skinned." I think politically sensitive people would avoid that phrase.
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(see explanation for a historical note)
Interesting that they would use that phrase because in the past, Brazilian classified ads seeking employees would specify "boa aparencia" among the desired qualities, as a code for "light skinned." I think politically sensitive people would avoid that phrase.
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Paul Beppler
: Since I was a boy, I always felt this was an ugly part of my culture, today I know that for a fact, it is very discriminatory...
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