Jul 2, 2014 01:40
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English term
I'm befuddled how people go up in arms
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I am befuddled how HUMANS go up in arms about an animal being out in the cold but can't provide that same courtesy to another HUMAN being.
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59 mins
Vitor Pinteus
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
Portugal
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 1 more.
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Fico perplexo como os SERES HUMANOS ficam revoltados/indignados/"pegam em armas"
Tradução sugerida da frase toda: "Fico perplexo/confuso como os SERES HUMANOS ficam revoltados/indignados/("pegam em armas") por causa de um animal estar na rua ao frio, mas não podem/conseguem proporcionar/ter/dar/prestar/oferecer essa mesma cortesia a outro SER HUMANO."
If you want to use the same figurative meaning/sense of "go up in arms", then the translation is "pegam em armas".
If you want to use the same figurative meaning/sense of "go up in arms", then the translation is "pegam em armas".
Peer comment(s):
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Catarina Margarido
: concordo com o Vitor, pois o sentido (neste caso) é figurativo e não literal
2 hrs
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| agree |
airmailrpl
: sem "pegam em armas"
6 hrs
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| agree |
Spiridon
: yes sem `pegam as armas´
6 hrs
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| agree |
Claudio Mazotti
9 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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16 mins
Mario Freitas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
&
Portuguese
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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64
fico pasmo com a maneira como as pessoas se armam até os dentes/vão às vias de fato
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Paulinho Fonseca
3 mins
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Obrigado, Paulinho!
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airmailrpl
: nada a ver com "armas"
10 hrs
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É vero. Eu não conhecia a expressão.
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
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confunde-me quem se insurge contra
Uma sugestão mais simples...
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andrescardoso
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Translating carefully.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) , Spanish (Variant: Chilean)
Works in: English to Portuguese
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English term (edited):
i\'m befuddled how people go up in arms
Fico atônito ao ver SERES HUMANOS discutirem por causa de um animal abandonado mas recusarem
Fico atônito ao ver SERES HUMANOS discutirem por causa de um animal abandonado mas recusarem cortesia a outro SER HUMANO.
3 days 11 hrs
Renata Ruas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
&
Portuguese
Specializes in field
Brazil
Eng and Fr into Br Pt Translations
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese
Fico perplexo de como as pessoas ficam revoltadas
Se for coloquial, pode ser assim.
Discussion
2. Fig. very angry. (Fig. on {2}, but without weapons. *Typically: be ~; get ~.) Wally was up in arms about the bill for the broken window. I am really up in arms about what happened.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/up in arms
Up in arms
Meaning Roused; incensed.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/up-in-arms.html