In Brazilian Portuguese, we use the following expression: Fio do bigode (mustache wire/thread or mustache hair) Here’s what I found after researching: It consisted of a man giving as a warranty, for his word, a thread of his beard, usually removed from his mustache. Of controversial origin, mustache may have come from the old German … Read more
I’m a Portuguese speaker and I am translating a video from English to my language. I now face this sentence “Are you a representative of where you’re from or where you’ve come to?” What is confusing is “where you’ve come to” because it somehow sounds contradicting. The “where you’ve come” would make one think of … Read more
I read in Twitter in Spanish, translation mine: In Portuguese from Brazil there is a word for those people who always try to get attention but cannot achieve that because, in fact, they are not good at anything: he/she is a desaplaudido. It is wonderful. We have to import it to Spanish. I was curious … Read more
In Portuguese, we have different expressions that are both translated into English “common sense”: “Bom senso” – What one have when is a sensible, wise, sagacious person. “Senso comum” – The common view of the general public, sometimes wise (“Vox Populi, Vox Dei”), but sometimes mislead by propaganda, anger, hunger, etc. In English, how can … Read more
I am studying English and I would like to know the difference about "this" and "that" at this phrase translating to Portuguese. In the image, the subject held the watch and said "that", so I was in doubt. How much is that watch? – Quanto é esse relógio? How much is this watch? – Quanto … Read more
I have received the answer from my teacher saying that the term “Fertility Rate” is not suitable for the context. The context is this, The increase in life expectancy, concomitantly with a decreased fertility rate… What is the suitable term in this context? Answer Birth rate is correct — see, for example, the Cambridge Dictionary … Read more
Which English dialects use non-English foreign letters in their alphabets? Does any English dialect currently include any foreign letters as part of their alphabet? Are any English dialects currently planning to add foreign letters to their alphabet in the future? For example, under the international treaty known in English as the Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement … Read more
