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fashionably late

Portuguese translation: elegantemente atrasado

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English term or phrase:fashionably late
Portuguese translation:elegantemente atrasado
Entered by: Cristina Mantovani

01:13 Jul 7, 2020
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: fashionably late
Urban dictionary:
The refined art of being just late enough (5 minutes or so) to give the impression that you are a busy, popular person that was held up with other business.

Wiktionary:
Adverb. Arriving behind time to an event which does not normally require one to be punctual. He came fashionably late to my housemate's party and, naturally, nobody minded.

Qual seria a melhor tradução nã opinião de vocês?

Obrigada desde já!
Cristina Mantovani
Brazil
Local time: 06:54
elegantemente atrasado
Explanation:
fashionably late: deliberately arriving after an event has started, especially in order to prove one's social status.
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Felipe Tomasi
Brazil
Local time: 06:54
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2elegantemente atrasado
Felipe Tomasi
4 +2Elegantemente atrasado
Maria Laurino
5Elegantemente atrasado
Fernando Herculano
3elegantemente atrasado
Aline Amorim
3(chegou) atrasado para fazer uma pose
Glauber Leal
3(chegar) tarde e a más horas airosamente/airoso no comboio da batata
expressisverbis
Summary of reference entries provided
Fashionably late
Livia Sá

Discussion entries: 1





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
elegantemente atrasado


Explanation:
fashionably late: deliberately arriving after an event has started, especially in order to prove one's social status.

Felipe Tomasi
Brazil
Local time: 06:54
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
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agree  Maria Laurino
11 mins
agree  Mario Freitas:
1 hr
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Elegantemente atrasado


Explanation:
Sugestão de acordo com o dicionário Reverso.


    https://context.reverso.net/traducao/ingles-portugues/fashionably+late
Maria Laurino
Brazil
Local time: 06:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Felipe Tomasi: postamos praticamente juntos :D
1 min
  -> hehehehe verdade! Acho que foi na mesma hora. Resposta igual, fonte diferente. ;) Obrigada, Felipe!
agree  Maria Isabel Rodrigues
8 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Maria Isabel!
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
elegantemente atrasado


Explanation:



à moda, conforme a moda, elegantemente.

Aline Amorim
Brazil
Local time: 06:54
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Elegantemente atrasado


Explanation:
A melhor tradução será elegantemente atrasado.

Fernando Herculano
Portugal
Local time: 10:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(chegou) atrasado para fazer uma pose


Explanation:
Parti da definição de Felipe Tomasi de que se trata de um atraso deliberado, mas acho que assim soa mais natural, desde que faça sentido no contexto.

OU

(chegou) atrasado para chamar a atenção

Glauber Leal
Brazil
Local time: 06:54
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(chegar) tarde e a más horas airosamente/airoso no comboio da batata


Explanation:
"Chegar no comboio da batata" é uma expressão idiomática que os brasileiros provavelmente não conhecem e que talvez muitos poucos portugueses também a desconheçam.
Significa chegar atrasado, num comboio que, pelo peso da batata que vai lá dentro, demora a chegar ao destino ao ponto de se atrasar muito, mas com alguma graciosidade.

https://ointerior.pt/opiniao/o-comboio-da-batata/

Outra expressão portuguesa é "Chegar tarde e a más horas" para transmitir o mesmo, mas de modo mais reforçado, "muito atrasado".

https://papagaioindiscreto.blogs.sapo.pt/chegar-tarde-e-a-ma...

Como não gosto muito da tradução literal (salvo quando está consagrada) e prefiro usar expressões idiomáticas, conhecidas da nossa utilização corrente da língua, decidi dar estas sugestões. Quem sabe não haverá outras bem melhores em pt-br do que a tradução à letra?

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Note added at 13 hrs (2020-07-07 15:01:19 GMT) Post-grading
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O contexto ditará o registo... literal ou não literal.

expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 10:54
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
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Reference comments


19 hrs
Reference: Fashionably late

Reference information:
refinadamente atrasado.

Ex.: He came fashionably late to my b-day party!

Livia Sá
Brazil
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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