Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
bring you up short
Portuguese translation:
desconsertar/surpreender você
Added to glossary by
Izabel Santos
Aug 21, 2005 18:42
18 yrs ago
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English term
Brazil
LAW, Industrial Machinery, IT - 22yrs
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, French to Portuguese
bring you up short
English to Portuguese
Bus/Financial
Human Resources
Social Assistance
When you’re doing an educational session or a training, and someone asks you a question that’s incredibly complex, it can really bring you up short.
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
Proposed translations
+4
2 hrs
Sormane Fitzgerald
United States
United States
Native in English
&
Portuguese
Works in field
United States
Fully bilingual; pharm/med, among others
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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20
Selected
desconsertar/surpreender você
Nesse caso significa que pega voce de surpresa..eh aquela sensacao de que voce nao estah esperando a coisa acontecer e BUM...e voce ateh diz...nossa/wow, nao esperava por essa...eh este o sentido da expressao.
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Note added at 3 hrs 18 mins (2005-08-21 22:01:10 GMT)
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Outra opcao seria...
deixar voce sem acao
A ideia da expressao eh transmitir o ato de voce parar mesmo o que estah fazendo de tao surpreso que ficou.
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Note added at 3 hrs 18 mins (2005-08-21 22:01:10 GMT)
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Outra opcao seria...
deixar voce sem acao
A ideia da expressao eh transmitir o ato de voce parar mesmo o que estah fazendo de tao surpreso que ficou.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Grata!!"
36 mins
Adalberto Brito
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
Over 40 years of professional experience
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
você não pode dar uma resposta insatisfatória
based on experience
42 mins
Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Brazil
my motto:professionalism and dedication.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
76
pode fazê-lo calar-se/ ficar quieto/ perder o rumo
that´s it...
2 days 21 hrs
Elizabeth Castaldini
Native in Portuguese
Full-fledged
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
pegar desprevenido
It's about an idiom, and it seems that the meaning includes the fact that the trainer does not have enough information to give the asker/student. In Brazil we "Essa pergunta me pegou desprevenido."
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