Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

ele é um pedrão.

English translation:

He's a boor / lout.

Added to glossary by Anderson Calixto
May 22, 2020 23:42
4 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

Ele é um pedrão.

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Agriculture
Referindo-se a um homem grosso, mal educado. Não polido.

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Jun 5, 2020 05:30: Anderson Calixto Created KOG entry

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He's a boor / lout.

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boor
n
1 pessoa rude ou grosseira.

lout
n
1 homem desajeitado, grosseiro, desengonçado.
Peer comment(s):

agree Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
3 hrs
Obrigado, Luciano!
agree TechLawDC : Boor is quite good. Beats all the other 5 answers by far. I also like "graceless boor" (254 Google hits, including hits re Pres. Trump), or "mannerless boor" (341 Google hits).
1 day 2 hrs
Thank you, TechLawDC!
agree Paulinho Fonseca
1 day 12 hrs
Obrigado, Paulinho!
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11 mins

uncouth/crass

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+2
1 hr

He's an uncivilized/ill-bred person/man/individual.

A man whose manners and behavior in relation to others are uncivilized and low-class. A person with ill-bred manners.
Peer comment(s):

agree Isadora Vital
13 hrs
Obrigada, Isadora.
agree Paulinho Fonseca : 'ill-bred'
1 day 14 hrs
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1 hr

He is rough around the edges.

Expressão muito usada por aqui. Conserva o tom coloquial de 'pedrão'.
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4 hrs

he is a rude man/an oaf

My opinion.
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+1
7 hrs

He's an unpolished brute.

Mais uma sugestão.
Example sentence:

Lando was uncomfortable with speaking like an unpolished brute, so he had crafted Tamtel into a man of very few words.

pronounced the captain " a nasty man," " an unpolished brute," and various other as enviable cognominations

Peer comment(s):

agree Paulinho Fonseca
1 day 8 hrs
Obrigada, Paulinho!
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