Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
rolled out a clunker
Portuguese translation:
produziu um fracasso
Added to glossary by
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Sep 4, 2009 18:09
14 yrs ago
English term
Brazil
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Technical Translation Specialist
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
rolled out a clunker
English to Portuguese
Art/Literary
Other
The reviewer for the San Jose Mercury News, the hometown paper of Silicon Valley, lamented, "This is the first (Company) movie with which I've ever found myself getting bored." The Philadelphia lnquirer announced, "(Company) finally rolled out a clunker
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 4 +2 | produziu um fracasso |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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| 4 +1 | lançou um fiasco |
Andreas Nieckele
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| 4 | produziu uma sucata |
Adriana Maciel
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| 4 | lançou uma carroça |
mussurana
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Proposed translations
+2
17 mins
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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743
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produziu um fracasso
Diria assim em PT(pt)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Obrigada
Bjs
T."
+1
9 mins
Andreas Nieckele
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Video games, software, internet
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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28
lançou um fiasco
Sugestão.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/clunker
http://www.yourdictionary.com/clunker
☆ clunker (kluŋk′ər)
noun
1. an old machine in poor repair; esp., a noisy, dilapidated automobile
2. a thing that is worthless, inferior, unsuccessful, etc.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/clunker
http://www.yourdictionary.com/clunker
☆ clunker (kluŋk′ər)
noun
1. an old machine in poor repair; esp., a noisy, dilapidated automobile
2. a thing that is worthless, inferior, unsuccessful, etc.
9 mins
Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
Sworn Translator
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
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128
produziu uma sucata
Acho que ainda estamos falando do filme "Carros", certo?
"a clunker", segundo o dicionário American Slang, pode ser a) anything inferior; b) an old, worn-out machine, esp. a car. It's a play on words, acho que a sugestão acima funcionaria bem.
"a clunker", segundo o dicionário American Slang, pode ser a) anything inferior; b) an old, worn-out machine, esp. a car. It's a play on words, acho que a sugestão acima funcionaria bem.
3 days 1 hr
lançou uma carroça
claramente um jogo de palavras do autor
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