Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
"a necessidade o havia ensinado algo"
English translation:
Necessity is the mother of invention
Portuguese term
"a necessidade o havia ensinado algo"
Apr 20, 2021 13:13: Marian Vieyra Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
Necessity is the mother of invention
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Adrian MM.
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Thanks, Adrian.
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Mark Robertson
: "Necessity being the mother of invention" might be better.
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Thanks, Mark. Agree, the gerund would be a better fit.
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Lara Barnett
: This is a great idea, but until we see more context (surrounding text), we are not to know how well it will fit into the context.
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Thanks, Lara.
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Julia Caldana
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Thanks, Julia.
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Bett
: agree
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Thanks, Bett.
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because necessity had taught him something
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Katarina Peters
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Thanks, Katarina.
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Leonardo Faria
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Obrigada, Leonardo.
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Lara Barnett
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Thanks, Lara.
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Verginia Ophof
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Thank you, Verginia.
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Liane Lazoski
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Thansk, Liane.
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poverty/urgency/urge gave him a lesson
Needs must when the devil drives
His needs have taught him something.
Poderia ser também "his needs ended up teaching him something". (suas necessidades acabaram lhe ensinando/acabaram por lhe ensinar algo)
Isso, é claro, dependendo do estilo/nível de formalidade do livro em questão.
Discussion
1. prerequisite,
2. a condition or set of circumstances that inevitably requires a certain result,
3. the state of something being obligatory or unavoidable,
4. urgent requirement,
5. poverty or want,
6. compulsion through laws of nature; fate,
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