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Bravo (sobre uma pessoa)

English translation: bad-tempered / angry / cranky

13:02 Mar 28, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Other
Portuguese term or phrase: Bravo (sobre uma pessoa)
Como você diria: "O meu pai é bravo" em inglês?

Thank you for your help!
tileeba
English translation:bad-tempered / angry / cranky
Explanation:

Imagino que você se refira ao sentido de "brabo", não de "corajoso". Ou não?
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Daniel de Carvalho
Brazil
Local time: 00:05
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Thank you for your help.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4bad-tempered / angry / cranky
Daniel de Carvalho
4is a sourpuss
Nick Taylor


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
bad-tempered / angry / cranky


Explanation:

Imagino que você se refira ao sentido de "brabo", não de "corajoso". Ou não?

Daniel de Carvalho
Brazil
Local time: 00:05
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you for your help.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Sim, nesse sentido de "brabo" mesmo. É muito comum ouvir pessoa dizerem que alguém é "bravo" aqui no Brasil, mas, como americano, não é muito comum falar isso nos E.U.A. Um pai pode ser strict, mas não é comum ouvir alguém dizer "meu pai é bravo".


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudio Mazotti
22 mins
  -> Obrigado, Claudio!
agree  Mario Freitas:
27 mins
  -> Obrigado, Mario!
agree  Rafael Mantovani
42 mins
  -> Obrigado, Rafael!
agree  Marcelo Carvalho Ambrósio
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Marcelo!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
is a sourpuss


Explanation:
is a sourpuss

Nick Taylor
Local time: 04:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 121
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