Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
A pobreza é um catálogo pesado.
English translation:
Poverty is a heavy burden.
Added to glossary by
Christopher Fitzsimons
Nov 5, 2009 19:43
15 yrs ago
Portuguese term
A pobreza é um catálogo pesado.
Portuguese to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Obrigado :)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | Poverty is a heavy burden. |
delveneto
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| 4 +2 | Poverty is a hard row to hoe |
Amy Duncan (X)
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| 4 +1 | Poverty is a heavy tome |
coolbrowne
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| 4 | poverty brings a litany of ills |
Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
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Proposed translations
+4
6 mins
Selected
Poverty is a heavy burden.
Sugestão.
Peer comment(s):
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Ana Falasca Bernardes
6 mins
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Obrigado, Ana.
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| agree |
Verginia Ophof
13 mins
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Obrigado, Verginia.
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| agree |
Christine Morgan
23 mins
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Obrigado, Christine.
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| agree |
Evans (X)
13 hrs
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Thank you, Gilla.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Obrigado."
+2
29 mins
Poverty is a hard row to hoe
http://tinyurl.com/ye82hcu
A popular idiom.
Poverty is a hard row to hoe...difficult to handle, hard to deal with, a burden.
A popular idiom.
Poverty is a hard row to hoe...difficult to handle, hard to deal with, a burden.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Marlene Curtis
: Perfect!
53 mins
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Thanks, Marlene!
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Richard Jenkins
: Perhaps overly idiomatic for a casual reader to understand, but an excellent suggestion nonetheless. On a friendly note :) Are you American? I'm from the UK and I guess I have my own 'set' ideas and expressions. wtf is 'layette', lol.
4 hrs
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Yes, I'm American, and I guess I'd been so used to hearing "layette" that I couldn't understand all the fuss. :o)
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1 hr
coolbrowne
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Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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8
Poverty is a heavy tome
Yes it means "a heavy burden" but one did choose a book image where one could have use something mire obvious such as "carga", "ônus" etc.
5 hrs
poverty brings a litany of ills
I think the idea is that proverty brings on many problems, has a rippling effect.
54,000 refs for "a litany of ills" - examples with 'poverty':
The analysis in this book illustrates a unique set of issues in rural America, outlining a litany of ills related to high incidences of rural poverty, ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1931576165...
Gallagher ran down a litany of ills that are statistically more likely to befall .... help people out of poverty, or does poverty keep people from marrying? ...
www.rcreader.com/index2.php?option=com..
The poverty and hopelessness of much of the Third World is attributed, ... Professor Ahmed itemizes a litany of ills that many others have also identified: ...
www.mepc.org/journal_vol15/1SullivanBR.asp
Topics to be discussed in this course include poverty, drug abuse, ... Today First Nations in Canada suffer a litany of ills from the highest rates of ...
www.artsci.utoronto.ca/main/facultygovernance/...1.../199s....
... after reciting a litany of ills that plague the African-American ...
books.google.com/books?id=ObcDAAAAMBAJ..
54,000 refs for "a litany of ills" - examples with 'poverty':
The analysis in this book illustrates a unique set of issues in rural America, outlining a litany of ills related to high incidences of rural poverty, ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=1931576165...
Gallagher ran down a litany of ills that are statistically more likely to befall .... help people out of poverty, or does poverty keep people from marrying? ...
www.rcreader.com/index2.php?option=com..
The poverty and hopelessness of much of the Third World is attributed, ... Professor Ahmed itemizes a litany of ills that many others have also identified: ...
www.mepc.org/journal_vol15/1SullivanBR.asp
Topics to be discussed in this course include poverty, drug abuse, ... Today First Nations in Canada suffer a litany of ills from the highest rates of ...
www.artsci.utoronto.ca/main/facultygovernance/...1.../199s....
... after reciting a litany of ills that plague the African-American ...
books.google.com/books?id=ObcDAAAAMBAJ..
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