Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
cabala
English translation:
I am the victim of a very well organised cabal
Added to glossary by
Douglas Bissell
Dec 12, 2017 16:39
6 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
cabala
Portuguese to English
Social Sciences
Slang
"A minha presença já está a afetar a instituição e tenho de sair. Esta é uma cabala muito bem feita", afirma Paula Brito e Costa ao Expresso.
I'm surprised the word is not here, but it may be a pure Pt/Pt term,
Frame / stitch up etc were some ideas
I'm surprised the word is not here, but it may be a pure Pt/Pt term,
Frame / stitch up etc were some ideas
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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I am the victim of a very well organised cabal
I am the victim/i have been singled out of/by a very well organised cabal
Peer comment(s):
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T o b i a s
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Cheers Tobias
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agree |
Lais Leite
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Thanks padua
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agree |
Gilmar Fernandes
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Cheers Gilmar
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Oliver Simões
: well-organised/organized
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65630/well-organ...
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well-organised, quite so Oliveira - thank you
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Comment: "Thanks Nick"
2 mins
plot/scheme
Talvez plot aqui.
11 mins
intrigue, conspiracy
2 hrs
collusion/scam/sting operation
take your pick!
Poor girl's been the victim of an elaborate sting operation
Poor girl's been the victim of an elaborate sting operation
Discussion
https://www.significados.com.br/cabala/
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https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabala
Kabbalah (em hebraico: קַבָּלָה, literalmente "receber/tradição"; também romanizada como Cabala, Qabbālâ, etc.; transliterações diferentes agora tendem a denotar tradições alternativas) é um método esotérico, disciplina e escola de pensamento que se originou no judaísmo. Um cabalista tradicional no judaísmo é ...
História · Origem e Evolução · Críticas · Dualidade Cabalísti
1 : the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government); also : a group engaged in such schemes
2 : club, group
a cabal of artists
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cabal
Happy crimbo to you and your clan :)