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small town politics

Portuguese translation: politiquices (de aldeia)

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English term or phrase:small town politics
Portuguese translation:politiquices (de aldeia)
Entered by: Luis Goncalves

22:06 Jan 13, 2024
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Law (general)
English term or phrase: small town politics
The trial turned out to be quite stressful, with a particularly challenging and ornery opposing attorney and a lot of small-town politics
Luis Goncalves
Portugal
Local time: 11:20
politiquices (de aldeia)
Explanation:
https://www.google.com/search?q="politiquices de aldeia"&oq=...
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Ana Vozone
Local time: 11:20
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3politicagem [típica] de cidade pequena
Yuri Toledo
4 +1política provincial
Nick Taylor
3 +2politiquices (de aldeia)
Ana Vozone
3 +1política de vilarejo
Oliver Simões
4política de campanário
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Summary of reference entries provided
small-town politics
Oliver Simões

Discussion entries: 1





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
politicagem [típica] de cidade pequena


Explanation:
Sugiro "politicagem" em virtude do contexto. A palavra "típica" está em colchetes porque é opcional (eu usaria).


    https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/politicagem
    https://www.dicio.com.br/politicagem/
Yuri Toledo
Brazil
Local time: 07:20
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tainá Ferreira
49 mins
  -> Muito obrigado!
agree  Thiago Silva
1 day 14 hrs
agree  Miguel Pereira
2 days 4 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
política provincial


Explanation:
política provincial

Nick Taylor
Local time: 11:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thiago Silva: Ou ainda, política provinciana :)
1 day 13 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
politiquices (de aldeia)


Explanation:
https://www.google.com/search?q="politiquices de aldeia"&oq=...

Example sentence(s):
  • A forma como critica, neste livro em particular, as politiquices de aldeia e a religião
  • neutro e alheio às politiquices de aldeia – foi assim que a Gazeta surgiu
Ana Vozone
Local time: 11:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 393

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
10 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Teresa!
agree  expressisverbis
2 days 10 hrs
  -> Obrigada, Sandra!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
small-town politics
política de vilarejo


Explanation:
É um termo raro, porém encontrável.

vilarejo: a. 1. Ref. a ou próprio de aldeia, povoado ou vila (calma vilareja)
sm. 2. Pequeno povoado ou aldeia; VILAR; VILARINHO; LUGAREJO
(In: Aulete Digital)

Sugiro ler a referência que acabei de publicar para ter uma ideia melhor da "small-town politics".

Example Sentence

"E a gente ainda não tem vergonha de aprisioná-la em nossa pequena e insignificante política de vilarejo?" https://pt.globalvoices.org/2007/10/14/mais-reacoes-ao-nobel...

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 03:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 96

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Donatello Wilhelm
14 mins
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
política de campanário


Explanation:
Seria a minha sugestão em PT(pt), ver:

https://www.google.com/search?q="política de campanário" sit...



Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 11:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 930
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Reference comments


1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: small-town politics

Reference information:
small-town: (adj.) relating to or characteristic of a small town, especially as considered to be unsophisticated or petty. -- In: Oxford Languages Dictionary and Google.

What are some important aspects of small-town politics?
(Based on a discussion thread on Quora).

"... small town politics doesn’t always break down on traditional left-right or partisan lines. Some of those I have locked horns with the most in politics in my small city are people who have the same party ID I do, but who see local issues very differently. Neighborhoods vs. city as a whole is a common fault line at the local level. Personalities and family connections are big, too." (James P. Melcher)

"the likleyhood of you as a local politician will meet, and know on a personal level, your voters and the people who voted fo another candidate when you're out buying groceries, or when you're at the pub, restaurant or wherever, is near certain. You can't really escape from the people whom you represent.

... a small town will likely be heavily dependent on one or maybe two large employers or a single sector of multiple businesses employing a large portion of the populace. It's a fine line to walk trying to keep the large business going strong, diversifying the local economy and keeping the large busniesses from dictating the terms." (Samual Henriksson)

"... It’s much easier to be a big fish in a small pond. (...) It’s hard for outsiders to be accepted by small town politics. The town has likely developed a subculture that is unique and hard to penetrate. (Francis Chen)

"They all revolve around the fact of the smallness of everything concerned. (...) The larger world is only distantly sensed and/or interacted with. More often then (sic) not with no special attempts made at open-mindedness or objectivity. This last (sic) especially when small town political sensibilities come into play, in voting on political issues affecting larger regions & urban areas." (John Penturn)

Source: https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-important-aspects-of-sma...

Oliver Simões
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 96

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Donatello Wilhelm
23 mins
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