wussy

Portuguese translation: palerma; paspalho; cagão; frouxo; covarde

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English term or phrase:wussy
Portuguese translation:palerma; paspalho; cagão; frouxo; covarde
Entered by: Oliver Simões

19:37 Dec 5, 2017
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / adult romance book
English term or phrase: wussy
Ronan's comment as he and Ava sit down to watch "Bringing Up Baby" (Br. Levada da Breca, Pt. As Duas Feras):

“Cary [Grant] looks even more wussy than usual in those dumb-looking glasses.”

What would be a good equivalent in PT-Br, preferably in a more neutral register?
Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 21:03
palerma / paspalho / boba
Explanation:
O termo é ofensivo. Não tem como ou porque aliviar...

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Note added at 21 mins (2017-12-05 19:58:41 GMT)
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Fica com mais cara de palerma, boba, paspalha...
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ulissescarvalho
Brazil
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Entendo que há várias possibilidades de tradução para esse termo. Minha opção foi por uma das respostas do Ulisses: "palerma". Obrigado!
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Summary of answers provided
5palerma / paspalho / boba
ulissescarvalho
4Está com mais cara de cagão/frouxo
Danik 2014
4covarde..chorrão
airmailrpl
3lesado
Guilherme Borges


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palerma / paspalho / boba


Explanation:
O termo é ofensivo. Não tem como ou porque aliviar...

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Note added at 21 mins (2017-12-05 19:58:41 GMT)
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Fica com mais cara de palerma, boba, paspalha...

ulissescarvalho
Brazil
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Entendo que há várias possibilidades de tradução para esse termo. Minha opção foi por uma das respostas do Ulisses: "palerma". Obrigado!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Está com mais cara de cagão/frouxo


Explanation:
"Se o sentido é cru, pesado, poderia ser: cagão, cagaço, encagaçado... caso queira atenuar um pouco, poderia usar: frouxo, "frouxeza" ou frouxidão, fracalhão. "
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/wuss-wussiness-wussy...

Danik 2014
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covarde..chorrão


Explanation:
wussy => covarde..chorrão

wuss
wo͝os/
informal
noun
noun: wuss; plural noun: wusses

1.
a weak or ineffectual person (often used as a general term of abuse).

Urban Dictionary: wussy
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wussy
A person with no guts. A person who whines all day and sits around and cries like a little baby for years over nothing. Will blow anything out of proportion and create drama to forget about their sad miserable lives. Vitale is a such a wussy. He whines about EVERYTHING

covarde
Definitions of WIMP
noun
a weak and cowardly or unadventurous person.
"Consequently, compared with wild mice, lab mice are wimps - slower, weaker, and less active - even if both have lived their entire lives in cages the size of a shoe box."
synonyms: coward, namby-pamby, pantywaist, milksop, weakling, milquetoast, sissy, wuss, pansy, candy-ass, scaredy-cat, chicken, twinkie, cupcake, poltroon
verb

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 01:03
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lesado


Explanation:
Mais cara de lesado do que o normal.

Guilherme Borges
Brazil
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