DeadNinja@lemmy.world to Clever Comebacks@feddit.uk · 7 months agoJust being nice..lemmy.worldimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down140
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minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoI don’t speak the language, but my guess is that the Portuguese equivalent of “beating a dead horse” uses a dog instead?
minus-squaremstrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 months agoin pt-br: chutando cachorro morto literal translation: beating a dead dog in pt-pt: bater no ceguinho literal translation: beating the little blind person Yup you guessed it right.
minus-squareDie Martin Dielinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoIsn’t “cachorro” actually “puppy” (as in, specifically young dogs)? So “beating a dead puppy”? (My native language is Spanish, but maybe it has another meaning in Portuguese; too lazy to search the interwebz)
minus-squaremstrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoAFAIK it is a puppy if you’re in Continental Portugal, and an adult dog if you’re in Madeira or Brazil.
I don’t speak the language, but my guess is that the Portuguese equivalent of “beating a dead horse” uses a dog instead?
in pt-br: chutando cachorro morto
literal translation: beating a dead dog
in pt-pt: bater no ceguinho
literal translation: beating the little blind person
Yup you guessed it right.
Isn’t “cachorro” actually “puppy” (as in, specifically young dogs)?
So “beating a dead puppy”?
(My native language is Spanish, but maybe it has another meaning in Portuguese; too lazy to search the interwebz)
AFAIK it is a puppy if you’re in Continental Portugal, and an adult dog if you’re in Madeira or Brazil.
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