dar a "grande virada navida"

English translation: to make a big change in one's life

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Portuguese term or phrase:	dar a "grande virada na vida"
English translation:	to make a big change in one's life
Entered by:	Barbara Cochran, MFA

15:36 Mar 30, 2015

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Portuguese term or phrase: dar a "grande virada navida"

Context:

Veja, a seguir, exemplo de pessoas notáveis cujas capacidades mentais se estenderam ou, em alguns casos, até se ampliaram, depois dos 50 de idade. Há também aqueles que têm servido de exemplo e inspiração para muitos, por terem dado a "grande virada navida" em plena idade grisalha.

It's the inclusion of "navida" that's throwing me off.

Muita Obrigada,

Barbara

Barbara Cochran, MFA KudoZ activity Questions: 1895 (7 open) (3 without valid answers) (233 closed without grading) Answers: 3899 United States
Local time: 14:15

big turnaround in his life

Explanation:

Não é "navida". É "na vida"

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Note added at 9 mins (2015-03-30 15:46:08 GMT)
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Correção:
"big turnaround in their lives"

Selected response from:

Daniel de Carvalho
Brazil
Local time: 15:15

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3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +5

big turnaround in his life

Daniel de Carvalho

4 +2

(for having managed) to reinvent themselves (in the autumns of their years.)

Richard Purdom

3 +1

turned their lives around

Luiza Kipper

gone for a complete change in their lives

Ana Vozone

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

8 mins confidence:

gone for a complete change in their lives

Explanation:
Typo: na vida

I am sure there are plenty of possible suggestions...

Ana Vozone
Local time: 19:15
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 74

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

big turnaround in his life

Daniel de Carvalho
Brazil
Local time: 15:15
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 3

10 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

turned their lives around

Explanation:
Deve ter ocorrido um erro de digitação, o correto é na vida (separado).

http://www.linguee.com.br/portugues-ingles/traducao/virada n...
https://www.google.com/search?q=turned their lives around&oq...

Luiza Kipper
Brazil
Local time: 15:15
Native speaker of: Portuguese

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

dar a \\\"grande virada navida\\\" (for having managed) to reinvent themselves (in the autumns of their years.)

Explanation:
suggestion

Richard Purdom
Portugal
Local time: 19:15
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

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