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Oct 15, 2019 06:52
4 yrs ago
Portuguese term

ter peixada

Portuguese to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) Survey responses
More comments in response to a company survey. I'm not familiar with this phrase and can't find it on the Internet.

"Falta plano de carreira, valorização pelo tempo de serviço, falta valorização pelo conhecimento do setor, eu nunca vi fabrica pra **ter peixada** como na XXX."
Proposed translations (English)
4 have connections
4 +1 corrupt hiring of employees
4 +1 nepotism
4 +1 disregard for meritocracy
3 plagued by conflict

Discussion

Livia Rosas Oct 17, 2019:
Bob's your uncle / nephew status I don't think that nepotism is ideal because is family related. "ter peixada" is a slang. And I really do not know a good similar one in English. Just out of curiosity, I found this two options in the urban dictionary that may fit the context if they are popular enought to be spoken by an assembly line worker.

Bob's your uncle
It's a catchphrase dating back to 1887, when, in a blatant case of favoritism, British Prime Minister Robert Cecil (a.k.a. Lord Salisbury) decided to appoint his nephew Arthur Balfour to the prestigious and sensitive post of Chief Secretary for Ireland. So "Bob's your uncle" is another way of saying "your success is guaranteed."
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bob's your u...

nephew status
when somebody in a workplace receives favoritism from the boss as if they were the bosses nephew.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nephew statu...
airmailrpl Oct 17, 2019:
peixe peixe
substantivo masculino
2. informal•brasileirismo
protegido, valido; peixinho
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T o b i a s Oct 17, 2019:
* Not familiar with 'ter peixada' either, but from what I can gather, this is more or less cronyism.
Muriel Vasconcellos (asker) Oct 16, 2019:
Also, looking for the vernacular Even if the definition varies, I don't hear an assembly line worker using the word 'nepotism'.
Muriel Vasconcellos (asker) Oct 16, 2019:
nepotism Here's the Merriam-Webster definition of "nepotism":

: favoritism shown to nephews and other relatives (as by giving them positions because of their relationship rather than on their merits) *continued some of the earlier traditions T of nepotism, creating the duchy of Parma for his vicious illegitimate son— R.A.Hall b.1911* *British administration at the beginning of the 19th century was honeycombed with nepotism— C.J.Friedrich*
airmailrpl Oct 16, 2019:
either works favoring relatives or friends => nepotism

fa·vor·it·ism
/ˈfāv(ə)rəˌtizəm/
Learn to pronounce
noun
noun: favouritism; noun: favoritism
the practice of giving unfair preferential treatment to one person or group at the expense of another.
Muriel Vasconcellos (asker) Oct 16, 2019:
favoritism? I see it more as favoritism than nepotism. What do you think? How would an assembly line worker phrase it?

Proposed translations

2 days 7 hrs
Selected

have connections

This would be the colloquial way of saying someone gets promoted or gets a job in a company due to his/her connections with some influential individual in management.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you, Gilmar!"
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plagued by conflict

I have never known a plant as plagued by conflict as XXX.

Peixada= Batida, esbarrada, trombada.
://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/significado/peixada/29260/
Peer comment(s):
neutral Thiago Silva : "peixada" in this context, actually refers to the practice of benefitting people despite their merit or lack thereof.
4 hrs
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+1
5 hrs

corrupt hiring of employees

Sugestão
Peer comment(s):
agree Clauwolf
2 hrs
Obrigada, Cláudio!
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+1
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nepotism

ter peixada => nepotism

nep·o·tism
/ˈnepəˌtizəm/
Learn to pronounce
noun
noun: nepotism

the practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
Peer comment(s):
agree Cristina Mantovani : https://www.dicionariopopular.com/peixada/
2 hrs
agradeço
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+1
5 hrs

disregard for meritocracy

This expression is used to say that you have gained some privilege over others that deserved it better than you, just because you know someone at the top/from the inside. It is something like if you had a "godfather" that protects and privileges you over others. This "godfather" is the "peixada guy".

Put in this particular context, he is complaining about the lack of objective parameters to promote the employess, such as inhouse working experience, knowledge and specific rules to go up the career path (plano de carreira). People are been promoted just because they get along with their bosses, not because they are good employees.

It is also very informal, a slang. I don't know if there is a better expression in English that can show this informality, but the meaning is definitely a disregard for meritocracy. Sweetheart deals came to mind, but I think it is different.

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I don't think that nepotism is ideal because is family related. "ter peixada" is a slang. And I really do not know a good similar one in English. Just out of curiosity, I found this two options in the urban dictionary that may fit the context if they are popular enought to be spoken by an assembly line worker.

Bob's your uncle
It's a catchphrase dating back to 1887, when, in a blatant case of favoritism, British Prime Minister Robert Cecil (a.k.a. Lord Salisbury) decided to appoint his nephew Arthur Balfour to the prestigious and sensitive post of Chief Secretary for Ireland. So "Bob's your uncle" is another way of saying "your success is guaranteed."
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bob's your u...

nephew status
when somebody in a workplace receives favoritism from the boss as if they were the bosses nephew.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nephew statu...
Reference:

https://www.qualeagiria.com.br/giria/peixada/

Peer comment(s):
agree Thiago Silva : Great definition, Livia!
1 hr
Thanks, Thiago!
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