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Fui pela minha cabeça

English translation: I followed my instincts

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Portuguese term or phrase:Fui pela minha cabeça
English translation:I followed my instincts
Entered by: Luiz Fernando Silva Pinto

12:47 Jul 12, 2020
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Personal report
Portuguese term or phrase: Fui pela minha cabeça
Quando fiz sexo sem camisinha, eu sabia que a pessoa não tinha HIV. Fui pela minha cabeça, pela minha confiança na pessoa.

This is the report of a person talking about one of her sexual experiences.
Luiz Fernando Silva Pinto
Brazil
Local time: 14:21
I followed my instincts
Explanation:
Sugestão

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Note added at 21 mins (2020-07-12 13:09:04 GMT)
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Or: I followed my gut instincts.
follow your instincts/feelings/gut reaction etc | meaning of follow your instincts/feelings ...
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Tereza Rae
Canada
Local time: 13:21
Grading comment
Thanks, great suggestion!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4I followed my instincts
Tereza Rae
4...I just know it....
Nick Taylor


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
I followed my instincts


Explanation:
Sugestão

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Note added at 21 mins (2020-07-12 13:09:04 GMT)
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Or: I followed my gut instincts.
follow your instincts/feelings/gut reaction etc | meaning of follow your instincts/feelings ...

Tereza Rae
Canada
Local time: 13:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Grading comment
Thanks, great suggestion!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles R. Castleberry
46 mins
  -> Obrigada, Charles! 😊
agree  Mario Freitas:
1 hr
  -> Obrigada, Mário! 😊
agree  Silvia Aquino
23 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Sylvia! 😊
agree  Luiza Dias
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Luiza! 😊
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
...I just know it....


Explanation:
...I just know it....

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Note added at 3 hrs (2020-07-12 15:48:41 GMT)
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got this special feeling, deep inside I know I feel it with everything within me I know, I know, I know, I just know, I just know it. I feel it deep within, I just know it ...

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Note added at 7 hrs (2020-07-12 20:04:35 GMT)
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I just KNEW it

Nick Taylor
Local time: 18:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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