jogador de pau

English translation: stickfighter

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Portuguese term or phrase:jogador de pau
English translation:stickfighter
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

16:06 Apr 9, 2021
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / In A 19th Century Novel
Portuguese term or phrase: jogador de pau
Context (referring to a game played in the 19th-century):

—Casada com algum famoso ébrio o jogador de pau, valentão de aguadeiros, distinto cavalheiro, que passa os anos letivos encarcerado nas cadeias de Coimbra...

The only thing I have been able to think of is "stick ball". Is that correct?

Muita Obrigada,

Barbara
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 15:59
Portuguese Stickfighting
Explanation:
https://www.atlaslisboa.com/jogo-do-pau-stickfighting

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Note added at 26 minutos (2021-04-09 16:33:35 GMT)
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Stickfighter
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Emiliano Pantoja
Spain
Local time: 20:59
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1Portuguese Stickfighting
Emiliano Pantoja
4Quarterstaff sparring (Bōjutsu)
Nick Taylor


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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Portuguese Stickfighting


Explanation:
https://www.atlaslisboa.com/jogo-do-pau-stickfighting

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Note added at 26 minutos (2021-04-09 16:33:35 GMT)
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Stickfighter

Emiliano Pantoja
Spain
Local time: 20:59
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks so much. And what a pertinent link!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marian Vieyra: Interesting link.
1 day 16 hrs
  -> Obrigado
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Quarterstaff sparring (Bōjutsu)


Explanation:
Quarterstaff sparring (Bōjutsu)

Nick Taylor
Local time: 19:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 98
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