Gawking and pining

Portuguese translation: tirou a cabeça das nuvens

20:53 Feb 7, 2023

English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Gawking and pining

Hello, I need help with this sentence:

"Have you ever really looked at her, dude? Have you ever stopped gawking and pining for long enough to see her?"

I mean, I know what it means but I'm finding it hard to translate. I'd like to find something that sounds natural for native Portuguese speakers (of Brazil).

Can you guys help me? If you need context, it's about two guys talking about a girl they are in love with.

Thank you (:

Guilherme Magalhães KudoZ activity Questions: 1 (none open) Answers: 3 Brazil
Local time: 03:56

Portuguese translation:tirou a cabeça das nuvens

Explanation:
Entendo que as palavras podem ser substituídas por essa expressão, no sentido de focar no que está realmente vendo.

Selected response from:

Rodrigo Pagani
Brazil
Local time: 03:56

Grading comment

Perfeito, acho que é o que mais combinou. Obrigado (:
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

tirou a cabeça das nuvens

Rodrigo Pagani

secando e ansiando (cobiçando)

airmailrpl

Encarar e lamentar

Beta Cummins

ficar olhando feito um bobo apaixonado

Paulo Melo

babar e ficar na sofrença

Ariane Lesnyak

para de pasmar e bobar

Nick Taylor

fitar/secar e choramingar

Bruna Mattos

parou de se embasbacar e devanear

Jinnye Melo

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11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

stopped gawking and pining

tirou a cabeça das nuvens

Explanation:
Entendo que as palavras podem ser substituídas por essa expressão, no sentido de focar no que está realmente vendo.

https://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/estar%20com%20a%20cabe%C3%A7a%20nas%20nuvens/

Rodrigo Pagani
Brazil
Local time: 03:56
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Perfeito, acho que é o que mais combinou. Obrigado (:

1 hr confidence:

gawking and pining babar e ficar na sofrença

Explanation:
I think “babar” has a stronger and/or more pejorative connotation than “olhar” or “encarar” in this case, since it‘s a man looking at a woman, probably without her knowing. “Sofrença” is actually an old word, but it‘s being used recently as an informal register, by younger people, and it‘s related to some kind of anguish, the suffering of unrequited and unspoken love; it‘s mostly used when the speaker is making fun or mocking the person who‘s suffering. I believe both fit well in this context.

https://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br/sofren%C3%A7a/
https://www.aulete.com.br/babar

Ariane Lesnyak
Brazil
Local time: 03:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

2 hrs confidence:

gawking and pining para de pasmar e bobar

Explanation:
para de pasmar e bobar

Nick Taylor
Local time: 07:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 127

2 hrs confidence:

gawking and pining fitar/secar e choramingar

Explanation:
Se o contexto permitir uma escolha mais informal, sugiro "secar". Se for um contexto mais formal, sugiro "fitar". Tem que ver se o personagem está encarando a menina como um bocó ou de um modo mais incisivo, flertando. Isso pode influenciar na tradução.

Bruna Mattos
Brazil
Local time: 03:56
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

2 hrs confidence:

gawking and pining secando e ansiando (cobiçando)

Explanation:
gawking and pining => secando e ansiando (cobiçando)

O que é ficar secando alguém?
Paquerar, flertar. Olhar fixamente para alguém com interesse.

Secando - Dicionário inFormal
https://www.dicionarioinformal.com.br › secando
Search for: O que é ficar secando alguém?

ansiando
Sentir un deseo intenso por algo; desear algo con ansia.
ansiar - Wikcionario, el diccionario libre
https://es.wiktionary.org › wiki › ansiar

O que significa a palavra cobiçando?
Desejar de forma imoderada possuir algo que, geralmente, pertence a outrem; desejar com cobiça.

cobiçando - Dicionário Online Priberam de Português
https://dicionario.priberam.org › cobiçando
Search for: O que significa a palavra cobiçando?

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 03:56
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 227

3 hrs confidence:

Encarar e lamentar

Explanation:
"...Você alguma vez parou de encarar e se lamentar o suficiente para enxergá-la?".

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https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=pining#:~:text=T...

Beta Cummins
United States
Local time: 02:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 35

13 hrs confidence:

ficar olhando feito um bobo apaixonado

Explanation:
ficar olhando feito um bobo apaixonado

Paulo Melo
Brazil
Local time: 03:56
Native speaker of: Portuguese

5 days confidence:

parou de se embasbacar e devanear

Explanation:
Espero ter ajudado com minha proposta.

Jinnye Melo
Brazil
Local time: 03:56
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

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