{"id":235,"date":"2008-06-03T23:23:33","date_gmt":"2008-06-04T03:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=235"},"modified":"2008-06-03T23:23:33","modified_gmt":"2008-06-04T03:23:33","slug":"translating-idiomatic-expressions-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/translating-idiomatic-expressions-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Translating Idiomatic Expressions: Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This series on idiomatic expressions is taken from <a href=\"http:\/\/humortadela1.uol.com.br\/dicionario\/dicionario_004.html\">this Brazilian humor site<\/a>, so the translations are not mine. Plus, the idea of translating them word for word is to show how idiomatic expressions are only understandable in context, and can be very funny if translated literally. We have to understand the meaning behind the expression and not necessarily each word in the phrase. <\/p>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"coco.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/TLBlog\/Portuguese\/coco.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 20px 20px;float: right\" height=\"295\" width=\"197\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>1. <b>Preciso tirar \u00e1<\/b><b>gua do joelho<\/b>. I need to take water out of my knee.<br \/>This expression means you have to use the bathroom to urinate.<\/p>\n<p>For example, imagine you are eating lunch with friends and want to excuse yourself: <i>Com licen\u00e7a. J\u00e1 volto. Preciso tirar \u00e1gua do joelho. <br \/><\/i><br \/>2. <b>Vai catar coquinhos.<\/b> Go catch little coconuts.<br \/>This expression means &#8220;get a life&#8221; or &#8220;leave me alone.&#8221; It means the person is bothering you and you want to send him away to find something better to do with his time.<\/p>\n<p>For example, imagine you have a big project to work on and your co-worker wants to gossip all day: <i>Caramba! Vai catar coquinhos!<\/i> <\/p>\n<p>3. <b>Voc\u00ea pode quebrar meu galho?<\/b> Can you break my branch?<br \/>This expression means &#8220;Can you help me out?&#8221; You&#8217;re asking someone to do you a favor or to aid you in some way.<\/p>\n<p>For example, imagine you are carrying a lot of shopping bags and you ask your doorman to help you: <i>Oi Serginho! Voc\u00ea pode quebrar meu galho?<\/i><br \/><font color=\"Black\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"verdana\"><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This series on idiomatic expressions is taken from this Brazilian humor site, so the translations are not mine. Plus, the idea of translating them word for word is to show how idiomatic expressions are only understandable in context, and can be very funny if translated literally. We have to understand the meaning behind the expression&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/translating-idiomatic-expressions-part-ii\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1851],"tags":[2205],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-learning","tag-idiomatic-expression"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}