Glossary entry

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
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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

Discussion

airmailrpl Dec 13, 2017:
Cabala Significado de Cabala - O que é, Conceito e Definição
https://www.significados.com.br/cabala/
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Cabala – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre
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 ...
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airmailrpl Dec 13, 2017:
cabal Definition of cabal
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
Nick Taylor Dec 13, 2017:
Is there a cabal or not???? Maybe, maybe not....rework it to keep "cabal" in there, it sounds cool and sinister ha ha!
Richard Purdom Dec 12, 2017:
Oops, bang to rights, contracted 's
T o b i a s Dec 12, 2017:
Possessive s? Possessive? Shurely shum mishtake.
Richard Purdom Dec 12, 2017:
Douglas so you're happy with possessive 's then?

Happy crimbo to you and your clan :)
Douglas Bissell (asker) Dec 12, 2017:
@Richard, Apart from the words 'poor', 'girl', 'victim' and 'sting', possibly even 'operation', 'and' or quite likely the verb 'been', and the indefinite article 'an', I WHOLLY agree with what you said. Um grande ABRAÇO and a happy Xmas

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):

agree T o b i a s
15 hrs
Cheers Tobias
agree Lais Leite
16 hrs
Thanks padua
agree Gilmar Fernandes
19 hrs
Cheers Gilmar
agree Oliver Simões : well-organised/organized https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/65630/well-organ...
1 day 1 hr
well-organised, quite so Oliveira - thank you
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Nick"
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plot/scheme

Talvez plot aqui.
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11 mins

intrigue, conspiracy

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collusion/scam/sting operation

take your pick!
Poor girl's been the victim of an elaborate sting operation
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