Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
adolescente alternativa
English translation:
alternative teenager
Portuguese term
adolescente alternativa
| 4 +1 | alternative teen |
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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| 5 +1 | emo girl |
Joana Amores
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| 4 | offbeat teen(ager) |
Nick Taylor
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| 3 | a sensitive teenager |
Muriel Vasconcellos
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Mar 2, 2013 18:56: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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Native in: Norwegian 
, Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
alternative teen
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Lucy Phillips
: possibly. Teenager, though, not teen. And I think I would put "alternative" in quotation marks, it kind of helps to emphasise the idea that this is how the girl wants to be seen. http://teenagefilm.com/archives/tag/alternative
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Portugal
Professional & Eficient
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, and 2 more.
emo girl
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-02-21 19:15:25 GMT)
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I believe this is the best option, because, from what I can aprehend, this geneneration's alternative look is fairly the same, namely, they all look a bit alike in their group. I think emo would be the most general of all, with other subcultures, of course.
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-02-21 19:24:18 GMT)
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But emo, means precisely that emotional, sensitive, art-driven, with the looks to go with it. I would translate like that.
| But this "emo" expression here means someone with specific aspects related to hair style etc. |
| I don't know, when we say "alternativa" here, like alternative, we refer to the behaviour as well, not just the look, perhaps eccentric??? |
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Claudio Mazotti
: coitada... rsrs
4 mins
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Marlene Curtis
7 mins
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Luis Fernandes
: jokes aside =) I don't agree, a little more context is necessary in my opinion
7 mins
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United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
a sensitive teenager
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
offbeat teen(ager)
Damien Echols was an offbeat teenager going through a goth phase. He suffered from ordinary teenage angst and mild depression, nothing more.
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