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Portuguese to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Portuguese term		English translation
Ele Não Tem Simancol		he\'s so clueless
em encomenda sem remetente e não registada		a package with no return address and unregistered (mail)
em franca cavaqueira		happily or joyfully chitchatting
embalados pelo show de Folsom Prison		rocking (rocked) it with (the) Folsom Prison show
empurrados		jostled (around)
empurrar com a barriga		drag one's heels
Encantei-me com o tempo e o tom dela...		I was enthralled by her timing and tone.
ENCONTRARÁ ANCORADOURO		will find its anchorage
engrenagem		mechanism
enrosca-se, mas não embola.		It coils up, but it doesn't get tangled.	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
Entre onda e onda a onda não se cava		Wave after wave, the wave does not trough
entrevistos		glimpsed / seen at a glance
escorrida		fluid	Tania Pires
Entered by: Tania Pires
escrita de si		autoreferential/self-referential
esfuziar-se		spin around
esmaecer		to discolour, fade, to turn pale, faint, to grow weak, feeble, to discourage
Esmerado		conscientious
ESPÍRITOS RAREFEITOS		rarefied spirits
Essa sem rabo não é uma concorrente: é uma com o cu rente!		That flat-ass bitch is not a contestant: she's an ass-pirant	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
Esta malta aproveita logo		These guys take advantage right/straight away	Catarina Aleixo
Entered by: Catarina Aleixo
está, não é uma coisa		it's a notion, not a thing
estou a transpirar dos olhos		I am sweating through my eyes
estudo da tradição direta		study of the direct textual tradition
EU DOBRAVA E EXPUNHA A PARTE INTERNA DE MINHA PÁLPEBRA.		I would fold my eyelid and expose its inner side(/part)
Eu e quem sei não ser		I and the one I don't know how to be
Eu lírico, sujeito poético.		poetic persona
EU QUE SÓ VIA FILMES DE ARTE		Me, of all people, who only watched art films.
eufônica		euphonic	airmailrpl
Entered by: airmailrpl
Evidenciado (In this context)		Acknowledged
FALADE BEN Baixo		Speak very softly
Fazer um retrato		To portray
FAZER UMA LEITURA POÉTICA DO TEMPO PELA VIA DO TÉDIO		... (to) make a poetic reading of time, by means of boredom.	Beta Cummins
Entered by: Beta Cummins
feito		like/similar to/-like	Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Entered by: Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Feliz aquele que transfere o que sabe e aprende o que ensina.		Happy is the one who shares what he knows and learns what he teaches
feminilidade		female (in this context)
fez o movimento com o pé		the man moved his foot...
flagelo da alma		chastisement/scourge of the soul	R. Alex Jenkins
Entered by: R. Alex Jenkins
folhetim		feuilleton
Fora de eu pensar e de haver quaisquer pensamentos		Beyond my thinking and any thought (that exists)
forjada		(she has been) molded in/by the city nightlife

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