Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jun 5, 2003 22:09
21 yrs ago
English term
Brazil
Fully committed to excellence
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: French to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, and 1 more.
rugged
English to Portuguese
Medical
sugest�es para "rugged", if you please! :-)
In the 1950s, California medical physicist Hardin Jones' studies suggested that a person's biological age is programmed by disease experience early in life; that favorable experiences early in life have a greater impact than does being a RUGGED survivor of a hostile environment
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 4 +1 | endurecido |
tavares
|
| 5 +5 | ...robusto, vigoroso sobrevivente... |
José Serodio
|
| 5 | maltratado |
Gino Amaral
|
| 4 +1 | rude |
P Forgas
|
Proposed translations
+1
23 mins
Selected
endurecido
ou desgastado.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Endurecido ficou perfeito no contexto, obrigada!
(O sentido, aqui, era bem aquele de: "o que não
me mata me fortalece", asserção que justamente está
sendo questionada pelo autor do texto).
Obrigada também por todas as demais valiosas e oportunas colaborações. Salute a tutti quanti! :-)"
10 mins
Gino Amaral
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Brazilian Portuguese – loud and clear!
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
404
maltratado
Ou coisa que o valha...
HTH.
HTH.
+1
10 mins
rude
áspero, desigual; rude; austero; inflexível; escabroso; robusto
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
betoaguiar
: neste caso diria robusto, à lavrador, caveman, tosco mas robusto
40 mins
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| neutral |
airmailrpl
: vigoroso
15 hrs
|
+5
2 hrs
José Serodio
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
Never compromise on Quality .
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
89
...robusto, vigoroso sobrevivente...
(nos Estados Unidos «rugged» tem este significado)
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Roberto Cavalcanti
21 mins
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| agree |
rhandler
50 mins
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| agree |
ANDERSON ARCANJO
56 mins
|
| agree |
airmailrpl
: vigoroso
14 hrs
|
| agree |
Kathleen Goldsmith-Killing
: resistente
18 hrs
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