Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
galinha choca
English translation:
wimp, \"chicken\"
Added to glossary by
Aoife Ní Chinnéide
Sep 12, 2012 11:48
11 yrs ago
Portuguese term
galinha choca
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Slang
Hello. This phrase appears in a witness statement that I am translating. The victims' attacker calls them "galinhas chocas", and apart from "brooding hens", a literal translation, I am at a loss. Because this is a witness statement, I am unable to reproduce any of the text, but the context is an attacker who is letting out a stream of insults.
I think that this must be a slang expression that I haven't come across before.
Any help would be very gratefully received.
Thanks in advance
Aoife
I think that this must be a slang expression that I haven't come across before.
Any help would be very gratefully received.
Thanks in advance
Aoife
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Norway
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Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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wimp, "chicken"
Significado de galinha
aulete.uol.com.br/site.php?mdl=aulete_digital&op...palavra...
Aquela que é criada solta, no chão. Galinha choca 1 N.E. Pessoa irrequieta. 2 Pessoa doentia, ou tímida, ou medrosa, ou imprestável. [Cf.: galinha-choca.] ...
aulete.uol.com.br/site.php?mdl=aulete_digital&op...palavra...
Aquela que é criada solta, no chão. Galinha choca 1 N.E. Pessoa irrequieta. 2 Pessoa doentia, ou tímida, ou medrosa, ou imprestável. [Cf.: galinha-choca.] ...
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Comment: "This fits the context - I went for "chicken" in the end. May thanks"
+4
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Nick Taylor
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Portuguese to English, English to Portug
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in context: cry-babies/w*nkers/soft as sh*te b*astards/ chicken-sh*ts
cry-babies/w*nkers/soft as sh*te b*astards/ chicken-sh*ts
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Note added at 57 mins (2012-09-12 12:46:20 GMT)
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whinger/whiner
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Note added at 57 mins (2012-09-12 12:46:20 GMT)
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whinger/whiner
Peer comment(s):
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Alexander C. Thomson
: One of these would have to be used to catch the severity of the insult, I think, given that this is a witness statement.
2 hrs
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| agree |
Verginia Ophof
: cowards also
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| agree |
André Fachada
5 hrs
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| agree |
Marlene Curtis
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André Fachada
Portugal
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Pussy
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1 day 3 hrs
deadbeat, good-for-nothing, loser
I don't agree with wimp, chicken, cry baby etc. because these imply that the people in question are cowards or are fearful of something.
A "galinha choca" as far as I can see is more of a deadbeat, a good-for-nothing but not necessarily a coward.
A "galinha choca" as far as I can see is more of a deadbeat, a good-for-nothing but not necessarily a coward.
Example sentence:
Olympic sweetheart Gabby Douglas slammed her Air Force dad as a deadbeat yesterday and blamed him...
Discussion
este gajo é uma galinha choca! então se acha que foi insultado que se queixe por si! não tem nada que meter outros ao barulho nem fazer queixinhas ao local