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just for yucks

Portuguese translation: só pra descontrair

18:03 Jun 4, 2023
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Slang
English term or phrase: just for yucks
I'm having a hard time with this expressio. What is it exactly means?
Tunay Santos
Brazil
Local time: 03:22
Portuguese translation:só pra descontrair
Explanation:
Sugestão. Também pode ser "só pra zoar", se for mais informal. A expressão significa fazer alguma coisa sem um propósito específico, só por diversão.

Observe que, dependendo do contexto, pode haver algum jogo de palavras.
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Lucas Peixoto
Brazil
Local time: 03:22
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8só pra descontrair
Lucas Peixoto
4 +3Só pela gracinha/risada/piada
Thiago Silva
5Só pra rir/ Só pra divertir
Luiza Checozzi
3 +1Somente por diversão
Karl Kramer
4só para risadas
airmailrpl
3por pura diversão; só para se divertir
Oliver Simões


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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Só pela gracinha/risada/piada


Explanation:
It literally means doing something just for the fun of it, the laughs it might cause etc.


    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuck
Thiago Silva
Brazil
Local time: 03:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Karl Kramer
2 mins
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agree  Daniel Fernandes
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
só pra descontrair


Explanation:
Sugestão. Também pode ser "só pra zoar", se for mais informal. A expressão significa fazer alguma coisa sem um propósito específico, só por diversão.

Observe que, dependendo do contexto, pode haver algum jogo de palavras.

Lucas Peixoto
Brazil
Local time: 03:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daniel Fernandes
14 mins
agree  Rafael Tiba
57 mins
agree  ZT-Translations
1 hr
agree  Karla Taufner
20 hrs
agree  Cassio Nunes
21 hrs
agree  Mario Freitas:
1 day 23 hrs
agree  Tatiana Elizabeth
9 days
agree  Luiza Checozzi
98 days
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Somente por diversão


Explanation:
From what I could find it's equivalent to saying "just for laughs". Regionally used mostly in Minnesota.


    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuck
    https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/65535/yucks
Karl Kramer
Portugal
Local time: 07:22
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
só para risadas


Explanation:
just for yucks => só para risadas

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Note added at 6 hrs (2023-06-05 00:59:01 GMT)
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yuck
Formerly used as an onomatopoetic expression to describe the sound of laughter in '60s theatrical jargon.

yuck
i. The phrase "yuck it up" was a way of mimicking laughter in '60s theatrical jargon. It was also used to describe the sound of laughing at comedy shows.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 03:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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11 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
por pura diversão; só para se divertir


Explanation:
Penso que seja equivalente a “just for kicks”.

yuck: variant spelling of YUK
1 (slang) LAUGH: did it just for yuks
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yuck

por pura diversão: https://google.com/search?q="por pura diversão"
só para se divertir: https://google.com/search?q="só para se divertir"

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 23:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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98 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Só pra rir/ Só pra divertir


Explanation:
Pelo que entendi "Yucks" tem o sentido de diversão ou risadas então penso que minhas sugestões caberiam no contexto

Example sentence(s):
  • https://veja.abril.com.br/coluna/isabela-boscov/6-passatempos-netflix
  • https://jc.ne10.uol.com.br/tags/festival-so-pra-rir/
Luiza Checozzi
Brazil
Local time: 03:22
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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