Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
edge past the doorframe
Portuguese translation:
despontar pelo/do batente; surgir no batente
English term
United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
edged past
Pensei em...
1) "(a ponta do cano de uma arma) surgiu (no batente da porta)..."
2) "(o cano de uma arma) despontou (no batente da porta)..."
3) "(o cano de uma arma) atravessou (o batente da porta)..."
O que os colegas opinam? Alguma outra tradução (para PT-Br) que seja mais apropriada?
Jun 9, 2018 10:59: Oliver Simões changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2407412">Oliver Simões's</a> old entry - "edged past"" to ""despontou pelo / no batente; surgiu pelo / no batente""
Jun 9, 2018 10:59: Oliver Simões changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2407412">Oliver Simões's</a> old entry - "edged past"" to ""despontou pelo/do batente; surgiu no batente""
Jun 10, 2018 00:56: Oliver Simões changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2407412">Oliver Simões's</a> old entry - "edge past"" to ""despontar pelo/do batente; surgir no batente""
Proposed translations
France
Health Care, Environment & Humanities
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese
despontou pelo/do batente
Despontar:
3 começar a aparecer, a revelar-se; surgir, nascer, brotar
| Obrigado, Marília, por validar uma das minhas opções e pela referência adicional. Penso que "despontar" traduz bem a ideia do original. |
o cano de uma arma surgiu no batente da porta...
Um cano da arma passou por cima da moldura da porta
Brazil
US-educated, meticulous, consistent
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese
avançou lentamente pelo
"O cano de uma arma avançou lentamente pelo batente da porta..."
Fontes de apoio:
"edge, inch (advance slowly, as if by inches) 'He edged towards the car'"
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=INCH
"edge vtr (move gradually) 'He edged closer to her on the bench'"
http://www.wordreference.com/enpt/edge
avançou/deslizou cautelosamente - furtivamente - de forma furtiva - com cautela
edge
2 with adverbial of direction
Move or cause to move gradually or furtively in a particular direction.
no object ‘she tried to edge away from him’
with object ‘Hazel quietly edged him away from the others’
Synonyms
creep, inch, inch one's way, worm, worm one's way, work, work one's way, pick one's way, nose, nose one's way, ease, ease oneself, ease one's way, advance slowly
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/edge
I think the "furtive" nuance needs to be clearly expressed in Portuguese...
Brazil
Nothing less than high quality.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese
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