Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

...girls in pearls.

Portuguese translation:

...moças aristocratas/de classe abastada

Added to glossary by Marlene Curtis
Apr 5, 2009 19:05
15 yrs ago
English term
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Apr 5, 2009 19:05: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

Apr 10, 2009 12:02: Marlene Curtis Created KOG entry

Discussion

Beth Guimaraes (asker) Apr 6, 2009:
Não, "sundry-tracked" man, elas estão + para Daslu mesmo...

Bentevi Apr 6, 2009:
Oi, Beth. Estou com uma sugestão pronta, aguardando mais contexto pra saber se essas meninas estão mais para a Daslu ou para a Daspu:). I'm really not one-track minded, you know that, right?
Lumen (X) Apr 5, 2009:
Um pouquinho mais de contexto ajudaria....

Proposed translations

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...moças aristocratas/de classe abastada

The famous 6 Mitfords were girls in pearls...

Girls in pearls: the legendary MitfordsFearless, funny and extreme, six sisters were the talk of pre-war upper-class society. The infamous Mitfords - Diana the fascist, Decca the communist, Unity the Nazi, Debo the duchess, Nancy the novelist and rural Pam - remain objects of fascination for biographers and historians. In the latest exclusive essay from the London Review of Books, India Knight considers the two latest additions to the Mitford canon, and wonders at the casual cruelty of these grotesque and very English eccentrics

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/dec/20/londonreviewofbo...

Mitford family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Mitford family is an aristocratic English family that traces its origins in Northumberland back to the time of the Norman Conquest. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitford_sisters
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
9 mins

essas garotas eram verdadeiras pérolas.

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27 mins

Dondoquinhas, filhinhas de papai

Se o diminutivo não agredir o contexto... Mas, em caso de texto literário, algo como bonecas de luxo.
Peer comment(s):

agree Marcelo Lino
17 hrs
Grata, Marcelo.
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3 hrs

....meninas cheias de pudor - meninas recatadas.

Sug.


Diria assim
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20 hrs

..."princesinhas"/garotas de garbo e elegância/de requinte/sofisticadas...

As pérolas já foram símbolo de "distinção, garbo e elegância". Pensei em "garotas de luxo", "bonecas de luxo", mas aí poder ter uma certa ambiguidade.

Guys in Ties, Girls in Pearls:)


Who are some of our favorite GIRLS IN PEARLS? We adore our LADY DIANAS, ...
www.articlesbase.com/women's-issues-articles/the-411-o... - 51k

These “GIRLS IN PEARLS” are portrayed as the virtuous offspring of the ARISTOCRATIC CLASS. Here we see the daughter of a duke metaphorically “clothed in ...
afroml.blogspot.com/2007/04/clothed-in-white-samite.html

Como diz a minha mãe, do alto de sua finesse, garbo e elegância típicos de uma alta executiva de multinacional: "filha, manda esse cara enfiar...
niente.blogspot.com

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