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me doing a friend a solid

Portuguese translation: fazendo um favor / quebrando um galho para um amigo

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English term or phrase:me doing a friend a solid
Portuguese translation:fazendo um favor / quebrando um galho para um amigo
Entered by: Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa

22:05 Jan 28, 2020
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Religion
English term or phrase: me doing a friend a solid
Another sign that this relationship was moving from friendship to assignment
was my increased awareness that my experience, exposure, and good fortune
had become a way for me to add value to his life in a different kind of way.
Yes, friends help friends, but this was something different.
I had an overwhelming desire and ability to add value to him.
It wasn’t me doing a friend a solid.
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Muito obrigada por suas sugestões.
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
Local time: 18:34
fazendo um favor / quebrando um galho para um amigo
Explanation:
Do a solid: fazer um favor.

Talvez possa usar "quebrando um galho" também.
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Fausto Machado Tiemann
Brazil
Local time: 18:34
Grading comment
Muito grata a todos vcs
Bjs
T.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4fazendo um favor / quebrando um galho para um amigo
Fausto Machado Tiemann
4 +1eu a fazer um favor a um amigo
Ana Vozone
4dar a mão a um amigo
Erlinda Kofazu
3eu a fazer um jeito a um amigo
expressisverbis


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
eu a fazer um favor a um amigo


Explanation:
US slang : FAVOR sense 3a
Ted Evans might be one of those people. … "Can you do me a solid and watch my stuff?" he'll ask, returning the favor if anyone else needs to do the same.
— Laylan Connelly
So her husband did her a solid and dropped her off for the afternoon, where she was free to sketch some of the exhibits …
— Steven Lemongello



    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solid
Ana Vozone
Local time: 22:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  expressisverbis: Ou "prestar um favor a..." se o assunto é religião, o melhor é usar palavras com jeito ;)
24 mins
  -> Obrigada, Sandra!
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
fazendo um favor / quebrando um galho para um amigo


Explanation:
Do a solid: fazer um favor.

Talvez possa usar "quebrando um galho" também.

Fausto Machado Tiemann
Brazil
Local time: 18:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Muito grata a todos vcs
Bjs
T.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Matheus Chaud: Como é gíria, voto em quebrando um galho
4 mins
agree  Maria da Glória Teixeira: concordo
2 hrs
agree  Cristina Mantovani
2 hrs
agree  Raul Alencar
4 hrs
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
eu a fazer um jeito a um amigo


Explanation:
A expressão não deve ser conhecida no Brasil, mas fica aqui mais esta sugestão. Tem o mesmo sentido que "favor":

fazer um jeito a

favorecer, beneficiar
https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/jeito

"Não era eu a fazer um jeito a um amigo."

expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 22:34
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dar a mão a um amigo


Explanation:
Como é uma giria, acredito que podemos usar dar a mão a um amigo.

Erlinda Kofazu
Brazil
Local time: 18:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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