Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
contracurva
English translation:
antithesis
Added to glossary by
Elvira Alves Barry
Oct 27, 2008 11:51
15 yrs ago
Portuguese term
contracurva
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Art History
Bom dia.
Não sei o contexto vai ajudar mas aqui está:
"E, no desolado e cúmplice segundo poema, a expressão da pessoa comprometida com a angústia do seu tempo, a contracurva do anti-herói: “uma criança como outra qualquer/uma criança como outra nenhuma"
Não sei o contexto vai ajudar mas aqui está:
"E, no desolado e cúmplice segundo poema, a expressão da pessoa comprometida com a angústia do seu tempo, a contracurva do anti-herói: “uma criança como outra qualquer/uma criança como outra nenhuma"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +4 | antithesis |
Elvira Alves Barry
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| 4 +1 | the opposite |
Clarice Guelfi (X)
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| 4 +1 | countercurve |
Marlene Curtis
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| 3 | contrary |
Jessie LN
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| 3 | counterpoint |
Catarina Aleixo
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| 3 | counterpart |
Lucio C P Soluchinsky
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Change log
Oct 28, 2008 17:10: Elvira Alves Barry Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+4
1 hr
Selected
antithesis
My suggestion
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, all."
3 mins
contrary
Alguma coisa que vai na direcção oposta (figurativo)
+1
5 mins
the opposite
Pelo contexto é o que se pode concluir é que contracurva seria o oposto do anti-herói. Espero que tenha entendido bem.
Um abraço
Um abraço
21 mins
Catarina Aleixo
Portugal
Portugal
Native in English
Works in field
Portugal
News and creative translation
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
counterpoint
I think this fits the very "artsy" nature of this particular sentence.
...the counterpoint to the anti-hero...
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Note added at 21 mins (2008-10-27 12:13:31 GMT)
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Counterpoint:
2.
a. A contrasting but parallel element, item, or theme.
b. Use of contrasting elements in a work of art.
tr.v. coun·ter·point·ed, coun·ter·point·ing, coun·ter·points
1. Music To write or arrange (music) in counterpoint.
2. To set in contrast: "The complex, clotted computer talk sadly counterpoints the simplistic nature of the characters" Rhoda Koenig.
...the counterpoint to the anti-hero...
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Note added at 21 mins (2008-10-27 12:13:31 GMT)
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Counterpoint:
2.
a. A contrasting but parallel element, item, or theme.
b. Use of contrasting elements in a work of art.
tr.v. coun·ter·point·ed, coun·ter·point·ing, coun·ter·points
1. Music To write or arrange (music) in counterpoint.
2. To set in contrast: "The complex, clotted computer talk sadly counterpoints the simplistic nature of the characters" Rhoda Koenig.
+1
31 mins
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
&
English
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
195
countercurve
Curva em reverso, inversão do processo
See
http://books.google.com/books?id=pyylwqkVIUoC&pg=PA179&lpg=P...
See
http://books.google.com/books?id=pyylwqkVIUoC&pg=PA179&lpg=P...
2 hrs
Lucio C P Soluchinsky
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
Brazil
To better approximate people
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
counterpart
Como trata-se the pessoa...
(n.)
A person who closely resembles another.
(n.)
A person who closely resembles another.
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