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lowlife

Portuguese translation: submundo

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English term or phrase:lowlife
Portuguese translation:submundo
Entered by: Iara Fino Silva

15:59 May 13, 2014
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / livro sobre arte
English term or phrase: lowlife
Before 1655 he painted lowlife peasant and soldier scenes.
Iara Fino Silva
Local time: 03:14
submundo
Explanation:
Ivo Korytowski's English-Portuguese Translator's Dictionary version 27/04/14

lowlife
(=lowlifer) bandido; (low-life) submundo
IK
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Lorena H Borges
Brazil
Local time: 03:14
Grading comment
Obrigada e usei miseráveis!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3submundo
Lorena H Borges
4 +1de baixo nível social
Sarita Kraus
5gente ralé
Nick Taylor
3 +1sórdidos
Ana Vozone
Summary of reference entries provided
algumas ocorrências do termo aqui neste artigo:
Gilmar Fernandes

Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sórdidos


Explanation:
ambientes sórdidos, de miséria ... Low life in ancient Rome could be very low indeed. ... The historian Tacitus, for example, wrote of the plebs sordida ....

Example sentence(s):
  • A ação se desenvolve em ambientes sórdidos, frequentado por bandidos, cafetões e solitários e ruas dominadas pelas sombras. ...
  • Esta iniciativa tornou-se a força-motriz de muitas outras actividades que o amor lhe haveria de sugerir, para dar luz e vida aos ambientes mais sórdidos da sociedade.

    Reference: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20235692
    Reference: http://www.vermelho.org.br/coluna.php?id_coluna_texto=5506&i...
Ana Vozone
Local time: 07:14
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 47

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida: ou miseráveis...
7 mins
  -> Obrigada, Teresa!
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
submundo


Explanation:
Ivo Korytowski's English-Portuguese Translator's Dictionary version 27/04/14

lowlife
(=lowlifer) bandido; (low-life) submundo
IK

Lorena H Borges
Brazil
Local time: 03:14
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Obrigada e usei miseráveis!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Marques
1 min
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Márcia L. Lazzaron
3 mins
  -> Obrigada!
agree  Mario Freitas:
44 mins
  -> Obrigada!
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
de baixo nível social


Explanation:
Lowlife pode ser também de baixo nível social, nem sempre é algo sórdido. O ideal é procurar as obras do pintor e dar uma olhada para saber realmente o que ele pintava. Se a intenção é pessoas sórdidas ou de baixo nível social.

Sarita Kraus
Israel
Local time: 09:14
Native speaker of: Portuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MonicaVFreit (X): Exatamente, peasant já é de baixo nível social, então, usaria miseráveis, como sugerido acima pela Teresa Borges.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
gente ralé


Explanation:
gente ralé

Nick Taylor
Local time: 07:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 44
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Reference comments


20 mins
Reference: algumas ocorrências do termo aqui neste artigo:

Reference information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemish_Baroque_painting

Não sei se somente "camponeses" transmitiria a idéia, mas aqui vai minha contribuição......talvez outro colega consiga pensar numa palavra melhor com este contexto maior, que acho que é o mesmo do trabalho da IaraFino.

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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