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Carcaças sem miolo

English translation: empty husk

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Portuguese term or phrase:Carcaças sem miolo
English translation:empty husk
Entered by: Tania Pires

14:38 Jul 28, 2022
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Psychology / Consumer Society
Portuguese term or phrase: Carcaças sem miolo
"Ao esvaziarmo-nos dos nossos conteúdos reduzimo-nos a uma espécie de carcaças sem miolo."

I'm looking for an expression that conveys that we're no longer attached to things. It's just the outside with no feelings whatsoever.

Thanks in advance for your help!
Tania Pires
Portugal
Local time: 08:04
empty husk
Explanation:
empty husk
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Nick Taylor
Local time: 08:04
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1hollow shells
Marisa Averbuch
3 +1Hollow shell
Guilherme Zeitune
4empty husk
Nick Taylor
3empty shells
Felipe Andre
3bodies without souls
Barbara Cochran, MFA


Discussion entries: 2





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Hollow shell


Explanation:
Casca vazia.

Guilherme Zeitune
Brazil
Local time: 04:04
Native speaker of: Portuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Guilherme!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Clauwolf
6 hrs
  -> Obrigado Clauwolf!
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
empty shells


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Felipe Andre
Brazil
Local time: 04:04
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Felipe!

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hollow shells


Explanation:
sugestão

Poderia ser "hollow carcasses" também, se quiser manter a literalidade de carcaças.

Marisa Averbuch
Brazil
Local time: 04:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada, Marisa! Estou mesmo à procura de uma resposta que não seja à letra, não precisa ser carcaça desde que o significado seja o mesmo.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paulo Melo: Já diz o poema de T. S. Eliot, "We are the hollow men."
2 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
empty husk


Explanation:
empty husk

Nick Taylor
Local time: 08:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Nick!

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
bodies without souls


Explanation:
As if you have gradually undergone/suffered through the process of soul murder, for whatever reason or reasons. Nothing is left but flat affect or apathy, in relation to just about everything and everybody.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 03:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Barbara!

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