Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
morreu de morte matada (PT-BR)
English translation:
he was killed to death
Added to glossary by
Emilie
Mar 14, 2006 07:55
18 yrs ago
Portuguese term
Brazil
Client loyalty is my best recommendation
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, and 2 more.
morte matada
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
eighteenth century. something to convey the meaning and keep the pun meaning the person has been murdered.
Proposed translations
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| 3 +4 | killed to death |
Emilie
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| 5 | "killed death" |
Ivana de Sousa Santos
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| 3 +1 | killed dead |
MJ Barber
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| 4 | done to death |
David Elliff
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| 4 | slain death |
telefpro
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Proposed translations
+4
1 hr
Selected
killed to death
Difícil, mas acredito que KILLED TO DEATH comporta a noção de morte matada.
Boa sorte!
Boa sorte!
Peer comment(s):
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Claudio Mazotti
: nice suggestion...
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Muito obrigada e bom dia!
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AnaCarla
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Obrigada!
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tania nogueira
: good one!
11 hrs
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Obrigada Tania!
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: Unless the text simply means "killed," as opposed to "morte morrida."
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Thanks!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
1 hr
killed dead
killed dead, killed stone dead
both used humourously
Stephen Pollard • Is this the end of the road for New Labour ...If it loses and the limited, shackled proposals are defeated, the idea that further reform is possible will be killed stone dead, and with it any remaining ...
www.stephenpollard.net/001285.html - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
British Humanist AssociationMedieval ideas that were killed stone dead by the rise of science three to four hundred years ago are not merely twitching; they are alive and well in our ...
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TribuneThe starting point for Aitken’s reflections was a piece by me in which he claims I said that socialism was killed stone dead by Kruschchev in 1956 ...
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both used humourously
Stephen Pollard • Is this the end of the road for New Labour ...If it loses and the limited, shackled proposals are defeated, the idea that further reform is possible will be killed stone dead, and with it any remaining ...
www.stephenpollard.net/001285.html - 28k - Cached - Similar pages
British Humanist AssociationMedieval ideas that were killed stone dead by the rise of science three to four hundred years ago are not merely twitching; they are alive and well in our ...
80.253.110.238/site/cms/ contentViewArticle.asp?article=1359 - 48k - Cached - Similar pages
TribuneThe starting point for Aitken’s reflections was a piece by me in which he claims I said that socialism was killed stone dead by Kruschchev in 1956 ...
tribweb.co.uk/ - 20k - Cached - Similar pages
5 hrs
Ivana de Sousa Santos
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
Responsible and dedicated
Native in: Portuguese 
, French
Works in: French to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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"killed death"
Em português (pelo menos em Portugal) costumamos perguntar "morreu de morte matada ou de morte morrida"?, o que significa que foi assassinado (morte matada) ou morreu por outra razão (morte morrida), mas isto utiliza-se na linguagem oral, na gíria, pois obviamente não é português correcto.
Por isso eu diria "killed death" para "morte matada" e, já agora "died death" para "morte morrida", deixando entre aspas e talvez dando uma explicação em nota de rodapé.
Por isso eu diria "killed death" para "morte matada" e, já agora "died death" para "morte morrida", deixando entre aspas e talvez dando uma explicação em nota de rodapé.
5 hrs
David Elliff
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Brazil
Perfection from the technical expert
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, Spanish to English
done to death
This is a very common alliterative expression which seems to fit in this context. Puns don't translate well, unfortunately, so maybe this alliteration would be a reasonable substitute.
8 hrs
slain death
ver neste texto:
Forestalling the dawn, the women came with Mary, and found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre, and heard from the angel: why seek ye among the dead, as though He were a mortal, Him Who liveth in everlasting light? Behold the grave-clothes. Go quickly and proclaim to the world that the Lord is risen and hath slain death. For He is the Son of God Who saveth mankind.
Forestalling the dawn, the women came with Mary, and found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre, and heard from the angel: why seek ye among the dead, as though He were a mortal, Him Who liveth in everlasting light? Behold the grave-clothes. Go quickly and proclaim to the world that the Lord is risen and hath slain death. For He is the Son of God Who saveth mankind.
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