Nov 15, 2012 17:24
11 yrs ago
Portuguese term

enfronhada numa enevoada melancolia

Portuguese to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Historical Novel
The reaction of a Portuguese woman writer who had a long correspondence with Edgar Allan Poe, and who went all the way to New York City from Lisbon to spend time with him, after she receives news of his death.

Contexto:

Isabel ficou profundamente abalada com a noticia. Nos dias que se seguiram, quase não saiu do quarto, **enfronhada numa enevoada melancolia."

Muita Obrigada,

Barbara

Proposed translations

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enshrouded in a mist of sadness

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Peer comment(s):

agree Marlene Curtis
16 mins
Thank you, Marlene ! :)
agree Verginia Ophof
38 mins
Thank you, Verginia! :)
agree Edward Nelson
1 hr
Thank you, Edward
agree Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
1 hr
Thank you, Luciano
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12 mins

wrapped up in a misty melancholy

sugg.
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35 mins

enveloped in a melancholic shroud

enveloped in a melancholic shroud
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45 mins

wrapped in a veil of melancholy

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2 hrs

wrapped in a melancholy haze

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19 Oct 2010 – Fatigue, as it often does, had wrapped her in a melancholy haze. She was lying in bed, quietly watching the rainbow of light on her wall. “Mama ...
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4 hrs

shrouded in a fog of melancholy

Suitably dark at any rate.
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5 hrs

enveloped in a hazy melancholy

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Example sentence:

For days after the sad occurrence, she was enveloped in a hazy melancholy.

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