Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
A preguiça é mal vista.
English translation:
Laziness is frowned upon
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Lumen (X)
Jan 19, 2006 03:51
18 yrs ago
Portuguese term
A preguiça é mal vista.
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Olá colegas! Alguém saberia me dizer um correspondente de "mal vista"? Está difícil... pensei em "Laziness is not acceptable", mas acho que não tem muito a ver...
Fico grata.
Fico grata.
Proposed translations
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| 5 +5 | Laziness is frowned on |
Lumen (X)
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| 4 | Laziness is not well accepted |
Marco Schaumloeffel
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| 4 | laziness is not tolerated |
Enza Longo
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| 4 | laziness is not praised |
reginalobo
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Proposed translations
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Portuguese term (edited):
A pregui�a � mal vista.
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Laziness is frowned on
Check this out:
frown on: look disapprovingly upon
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Another possibility:
Laziness is frowned upon
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frown on something
to disapprove of something. You can wear jeans, but I think the restaurant frowns on shorts and sneakers.
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms © Cambridge University Press 2003
References in classic literature
I presume it is the better part of wisdom that we bow to our fate with as good grace as possible, Dejah Thoris; but I hope, nevertheless, that I may be present the next time that any Martian, green, red, pink, or violet, has the temerity to even so much as frown on you, my princess.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
For hours and hours he would pace the room with a frown on his face and a brooding silence on his lips.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Sophia (who though naturally all winning sweetness could when occasions demanded it call forth the Dignity of her sex) instantly put on a most forbidding look, and darting an angry frown on the undaunted culprit, demanded in a haughty tone of voice "Wherefore her retirement was thus insolently broken in on?
Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context
frown on: look disapprovingly upon
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Another possibility:
Laziness is frowned upon
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Note added at 9 hrs 26 mins (2006-01-19 13:17:30 GMT)
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frown on something
to disapprove of something. You can wear jeans, but I think the restaurant frowns on shorts and sneakers.
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms © Cambridge University Press 2003
References in classic literature
I presume it is the better part of wisdom that we bow to our fate with as good grace as possible, Dejah Thoris; but I hope, nevertheless, that I may be present the next time that any Martian, green, red, pink, or violet, has the temerity to even so much as frown on you, my princess.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
For hours and hours he would pace the room with a frown on his face and a brooding silence on his lips.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Sophia (who though naturally all winning sweetness could when occasions demanded it call forth the Dignity of her sex) instantly put on a most forbidding look, and darting an angry frown on the undaunted culprit, demanded in a haughty tone of voice "Wherefore her retirement was thus insolently broken in on?
Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context
Peer comment(s):
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Vidomar (X)
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Obrigada.
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Claudio Mazotti
: nice...
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Obrigada
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Vania Correia
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Obrigada
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Enza Longo
: frowned upon is not another possibility, it is "the only" possibility. Laziness is frowned "on" is not idiomatically correct in English - to further explain, you frown on something or someone but something or someone is frowned upon - do u see the diff?
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Thank you so much. Yes... You are absolutely right...... This small but important detail had escaped me.
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Paul Dixon
: Yes, you've hit the nail right on the head.
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Muito obrigada!
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Marco Schaumloeffel
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Portuguese term (edited):
A pregui�a � mal vista.
Laziness is not well accepted
Eu diria um pouco diferente, como no exemplo:
Laziness is not well accepted within this group, > least not by me, no more than trolls are accepted, > again, least by me. > > I personally have provided ...
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Laziness is not well accepted within this group, > least not by me, no more than trolls are accepted, > again, least by me. > > I personally have provided ...
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Portuguese term (edited):
A pregui�a � mal vista.
laziness is not tolerated
meaning it's not acceptable.
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reginalobo
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Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Portuguese term (edited):
A pregui�a � mal vista.
Discussion
Ent�o, Laziness is frowned upon.
Obrigada a todos os colegas que responderam � minha pergunta ou comentaram a respeito.