Hoje está gato, o Muanza não me deixou ficar.

English translation: Something was up today and Muanza wouldn't let me stay.

22:17 Oct 21, 2021
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Portuguese term or phrase: Hoje está gato, o Muanza não me deixou ficar.
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Tradução para inglês.
Português de Portugal
Sabrina Sattnin
Local time: 05:29
English translation:Something was up today and Muanza wouldn't let me stay.
Explanation:
'Aqui há gato' - means there's something suspicious or not right.
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Lawrence Bradby
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Local time: 09:29
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3Something was up today and Muanza wouldn't let me stay.
Lawrence Bradby
1I smell a rat
Nick Taylor


  

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I smell a rat


Explanation:
I smell a rat

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Note added at 8 hrs (2021-10-22 07:08:46 GMT)
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https://www.facebook.com/959043130821729/posts/9595870207673...

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Note added at 8 hrs (2021-10-22 07:09:32 GMT)
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So maybe it means "down" or "sad" huh?

Nick Taylor
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3 days 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Something was up today and Muanza wouldn't let me stay.


Explanation:
'Aqui há gato' - means there's something suspicious or not right.


    Reference: http://dicionario.priberam.org/gato
Lawrence Bradby
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