Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
jabbed away at the paper
Portuguese translation:
Cutucou o papel...
English term
Works in: Portuguese to English
jabbed away at the paper
Qual o equivalente em PT do Brasil?
Jan 3, 2012 19:33: airmailrpl changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/776660">Always Learning's</a> old entry - "jabbed away at the paper"" to ""Cutucou o papel""
Proposed translations
Brazil
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
Cutucou o papel
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23 out. 2010 – -Amanhã eu entrarei nesse mesmo salão ao lado de vocês – murmurou Marjorie para si mesma. Cutucou o papel chamuscado com o garfo. ..
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Cutucou o papel com a varinha, mas nada apareceu – era só um pergaminho velho, então. Mas quando ela foi depositá-lo no lugar onde estava antes, ...
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
rabiscou o papel
Brazil
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Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Spanish to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
perfurou (espetou/rasgou) o papel
Brazil
Brazilian lawyer - 40+ years in Brazil
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British, UK, Irish, US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand) , Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, Mozambican, Angolan, European/Portugal)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English, and 1 more.
ficou atacando o papel
Brazil
MA in Translation Studies (DCU)
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
bateu repetidamente [as canetas inúteis] no papel
to jab at: bater repetidamente.
Bateu a caneta no papel, virou-a e começou a desenhar pequenos círculos, todos muito juntos uns aos outros, era um sinal da decepção consigo mesmo[...]
For my watercolors I like to use a good strong paper with a high linen content that will stand up to my ‘fierce’ painting. Sometimes I rub, scrape, and jab at the paper so hard that I make holes in it.[...]
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