Nick Taylor Oct 21, 2018:

@Martin "bumf" Dont forget bumf bumf bumf! :-)

Oliver Simões Oct 21, 2018:

@ Martin That's a tough call. Without more context, it's probably safer to stick to a more literal translation. That's what I would recommend. The action ("entra no jogo") indicates they are talking about a person or, most likely, a group of people. If it's indeed a nonsense phrase, then you can give free rein to your creativity. Pretty much anything goes IMHO. Here's some examples of gibberish:
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-gibberish.htm...
http://mentalfloss.com/article/64162/12-old-timey-ways-sayin...

Martin Riordan (asker) Oct 21, 2018:

@All I am more and more convinced that this is a kind of nonsense phrase that the creater of the slides has thrown in for effect. @Mario: This is not a comment on the slides but part of the content of the slides. So, if it is a criticism, the author is criticising himself! Let's see what else appears here...

Oliver Simões Oct 21, 2018:

@ Martin I agree with Mario when i comes to "gerúndico", that's also my interpretation. It looks like "estrovenga" has mutiple meanings. Here's what I found on Aulete online:

estrovenga: (Alent.) correia que prende a carga dos bois da dianteira à dos do coice; estrevenga. || (Bras., Pernambuco e Alagoas) Engrenagem; coisa complicada ou misteriosa; aquilo, cuja causa se desconhece. || (Bahia) Pequena foice de dois gumes.

Priberam defines "estrovenga" as a synonym for penis in Brazilian Portuguese. I've never seen or heard this word before.

As far as "nefelibático", it pertains to "nefelibata":

1. Fig. Diz-se de quem vive nas nuvens, fora da realidade.
2. P.ext. Diz-se de quem é fantasioso ou extremamente idealista.
3. Pej. Diz-de de escritor alambicado, precioso.

Source: Aulete

Maybe "the clueless / idealistic / heads-in-the-could, gerund claque". I would probably add something after "gerund", but I'm at a loss for words. Maybe gerund-ubiquitous, gerund-excessive, etc.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida Oct 21, 2018:

Indo por partes estrovenga
Coisa complicada ou misteriosa; aquilo de que se desconhece a origem
https://dicionario.priberam.org/estrovenga
nefelibata
Diz-se de ou escritor, geralmente excêntrico, que faz prosa ou versos que se afastam dos processos literários mais comuns.
https://dicionario.priberam.org/nefelibata
gerundismo
Uso do gerúndio considerado excessivo ou abusivo.
https://dicionario.priberam.org/gerundismo

Mario Freitas Oct 21, 2018:

@ Martin This looks like the common criticism to the undue use of the present continuous in Portuguese, I think. What we call "gerundismo" in Brazil is being criticized with emphatic terms, in a nice way to call those who do that imbecils.
Do the slides have examples like:
- "Vou estar fazendo" instead of "vou fazer"
- "Vamos estar atendendo ao seu pedido" instead of "atenderemos ao seu pedido"
...?

Martin Riordan (asker) Oct 21, 2018:

@ Oliveira Simões Not much more context! This is quite a formal report/presentation and this phrase appears as part of the heading on several slides, within quotation marks. I suspect it is an obtuse and erudite phrase thrown in for effect. I see that "estrovenga" is a kind of hoe.

Oliver Simões Oct 21, 2018:

@ Martin Can you provide some more context? Maybe a description of the images (if any) that are associated with the term. In principle, it looks like the last three words are disconnected from one another.