Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
"entre aspas"
English translation:
so to speak
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Aug 28, 2009 13:33
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Portuguese term
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
"entre aspas"
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Olá,
alguém saberia a tradução da expressão "entre aspas" para o inglês?
O contexto é uma entrevista informal; em um determinado momento o entrevistador diz: "a pessoa, entre aspas, que se acha doente, que eu não me acho doente, nunca me achei um doente...". A linguagem da pessoa é bastante coloquial.
Obrigada
alguém saberia a tradução da expressão "entre aspas" para o inglês?
O contexto é uma entrevista informal; em um determinado momento o entrevistador diz: "a pessoa, entre aspas, que se acha doente, que eu não me acho doente, nunca me achei um doente...". A linguagem da pessoa é bastante coloquial.
Obrigada
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so to speak
Proposta.
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Fernando Domeniconi
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Grato. Minha idéia foi colocar, lado a lado, definições das duas expressões, para que a "asker" pudesse ver mais facilmente qual ela acha que melhor se adapta ao contexto. Não foi nada contra a sua resposta, de forma nenhuma. Desculpe algum mal entendido.
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Comment: "Thanks ever so much."
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Richard Jenkins
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Works in field
Brazil
Translator and Editor
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English
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"or so they say/said"
Definitely not a literal translation.
Best of luck :)
Best of luck :)
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Lars Palmer
Brazil
Brazil
Specializes in field
Brazil
25 years working with Language
Native in: Swedish (Variants: Stockholm, Rikssvenska)
Works in: Portuguese to Swedish, English to Swedish
(Nothing said, only gesture)
Very commonly, especially in Brazil, you use the "entre aspas" gesture, ironically many times, rather than say anything, which is basically the point really. I.e., you never really said anything or mentioned the person´s name.
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Fernando Domeniconi
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
United States
Chemical Engineer. Fast, reliable work
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Portuguese
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quote unquote
Somente outra sugestão, mais literal:
quote unquote: so called; so to speak; as it were: If you're a liberal, quote unquote, they're suspicious of you.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/quote unquote
Uma discussão interessante aqui:
What is the proper usage of "quote unquote," as in "Bob told me he's quote unquote semi-retired?" I would imagine it's "...quote semi-retired unquote," although I almost never hear it used that way. The first usage seems a lot more popular.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/quote.html
quote unquote: so called; so to speak; as it were: If you're a liberal, quote unquote, they're suspicious of you.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/quote unquote
Uma discussão interessante aqui:
What is the proper usage of "quote unquote," as in "Bob told me he's quote unquote semi-retired?" I would imagine it's "...quote semi-retired unquote," although I almost never hear it used that way. The first usage seems a lot more popular.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue/quote.html
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
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Obrigado, Bartat!
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David Drysdale (X)
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Thank you, David!
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"supposedly"
:) Mais uma sugestão...
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Marlene Curtis
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Obrigada Carla!
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in some ways, or literally inbrackets
word used to express the possibility of having another answer or solution to the case.
laterally mean in brackets.
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Note added at 54 mins (2009-08-28 14:27:50 GMT)
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a pessoa, entre aspas, que se acha doente, que eu não me acho doente, nunca me achei um doente.
If any one fills sick, by saying so, ´couse I dont, never felt like one...
laterally mean in brackets.
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Note added at 54 mins (2009-08-28 14:27:50 GMT)
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a pessoa, entre aspas, que se acha doente, que eu não me acho doente, nunca me achei um doente.
If any one fills sick, by saying so, ´couse I dont, never felt like one...
Example sentence:
Ele é o melhor do grupo, entre aspas. (Há outros bons no grupo)
Hoje foi um bom dia, entre aspas (se não fosse pela multa de trânsito)
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let us say/if you will
I think either of these would fit in this context.
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in quotation marks/in quotes
Usual accompanied by appropriate gestures.
Discussion
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/quote, unquote