Portuguese term
Portugal
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Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
, Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
Pulas
From what I gather, 'pulas' is a word Africans from Portuguese colonies use (or used) to call western Europeans.
Could there be an equivalent word in English (or something similar)?
Thanks in advance for your help!
| 4 +1 | honkies |
Nick Taylor
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| 4 +2 | whities |
Julia Pedro
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| 4 +2 | Crackers |
airmailrpl
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| 3 | alien/freshy/immigrant |
rir
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| 3 | White trash [putting on airs and graces] |
Marian Vieyra
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Proposed translations
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
honkies
| Thanks Nick! |
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Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
: This is better for UK and US English, IMO. That's what black people use outside Africa.
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Thanks Muriel
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rir
: http://www.almaany.com/en/dict/en-pt/honkie/
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thanks rir
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Julia Pedro
: Honkies does not apply to this context (within the Lusophony)
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Lusophony???? The asker requires a translation!!!! What ARE YOU GETTING AT?????
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ATA Certified Translator - Portuguese
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) , Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, and 4 more.
whities
| Thanks, but I already used this for 'branquela'... |
alien/freshy/immigrant
https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200802281018...
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/27071/british-and...
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=freshies
| Obrigada rir! |
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
Crackers
Cracker | Define Cracker at Dictionary.com
www.dictionary.reference.com/browse/cracker
Dictionary.com
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a white person in the South, especially a poor white living in some rural parts of the ...
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Julia Pedro
: cracker has a poor social status connotation, right? I don't think it's the case here.
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another alternative
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Marian Vieyra
: Only for US.
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same as honkies - Only for USA
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United Kingdom
WorldWideWords
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
White trash [putting on airs and graces]
| Thanks Marian! |
Discussion
Nigerian (Yoruba) word for a white man. Commonly used in Pidgin English
e afinal o brasileiro mestico tambem eh pula...
http://brasilemangola.blogspot.com/2010/07/aqui-somo-pulas.h...
pulas ou tugas, sao os portugueses que vieram instalar-se em Angola
http://www.ciberduvidas.com/index.php?page=articles&rid=972
http://koluki.blogspot.com/2009/04/portugueses-em-angola.htm...
http://www.diariodaafrica.com/2008/09/os-tugas-os-pulas-os-b...
I already used whities for another African slang and I searched honkies on the internet and it seems to give out the same idea, so I'm probably going with that one, unless someone comes up with a better suggestion ;)
Thanks!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=honkie