Dirty looks

Portuguese translation: olhar atravessado; fazer cara feia; olhar torto

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English term or phrase:give (sb) a dirty look
Portuguese translation:olhar atravessado; fazer cara feia; olhar torto
Entered by: Matheus Chaud

19:55 Oct 28, 2020
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy / School handbook
English term or phrase: Dirty looks
It is a list of actions that you should not do, related to bullying.
I found the definition of dirty looks, but I can't think of a word in Portuguese to translate.

Definition: If someone gives you a dirty look, they look at you in a way which shows that they are angry with you.
Vanessa de Oliveira Duarte Silveira
United States
Local time: 04:56
olhar atravessado
Explanation:

Tem várias formas de traduzir:
- fazer cara feia
- olhar atravessado
- olhar torto

Prefiro "olhar atravessado":
https://dicionariocriativo.com.br/expressoes/inimizade/inimi...
"Olhar atravessado = Olhar com hostilidade, desaprovação"
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Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 06:56
Grading comment
Usei o olhar atravessado, obrigada!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2olhar atravessado
Matheus Chaud
4 +1cara amarrada
Tereza Rae
4Olhares de desaprovação/ olhares feios
Augusto Rochadel
4olhar de cara feia
Claudia Marques
4cara emburrada
Hari Cavalcante
4olhar de quem comeu e não gostou
Geocinara Avila


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
olhar atravessado


Explanation:

Tem várias formas de traduzir:
- fazer cara feia
- olhar atravessado
- olhar torto

Prefiro "olhar atravessado":
https://dicionariocriativo.com.br/expressoes/inimizade/inimi...
"Olhar atravessado = Olhar com hostilidade, desaprovação"

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 06:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 335
Grading comment
Usei o olhar atravessado, obrigada!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Adorei as sugestões, obrigada. Também adorei o "dicionário criativo, não conhecia...


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agree  Tatiana Elizabeth
16 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Tatiana!

agree  Sergio Carré
16 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Sergio!
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dirty looks
Olhares de desaprovação/ olhares feios


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Augusto Rochadel
Brazil
Local time: 06:56
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20
Notes to answerer
Asker: Obrigada!

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
olhar de cara feia


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Normalmente usada quando alguém não está contente com outra pessoa, para mostrar desagrado.

Example sentence(s):
  • Poder da Preta - Ludmilla - VAGALUMEwww.vagalume.com.br › ludmilla › poder-da-preta Não adianta eu passar e você cochichar, me olhar de cara feia. Se contenta,me perdeu, esse é o poder da preta (x 2) Acabei de terminar o namoro mas tô ...
Claudia Marques
Brazil
Local time: 06:56
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
cara amarrada


Explanation:
Todas as outras opções apresentadas até agora são ótimas. É questão de escolha e também uma questão regional. De onde venho, diríamos assim: ‘se uma pessoa te olha de cara amarrada,’...

Tereza Rae
Canada
Local time: 05:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fernando Barros
24 mins
  -> Obrigada, Fernando! 😊
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dirty looks
cara emburrada


Explanation:
Já traduzi essa expressão numa legenda como "cara emburrada"
"Não me olha com essa cara emburrada!"
"Ele me olhou com uma cara emburrada!"
https://www.google.com/search?q="cara emburrada"&tbm=isch&ve...

Hari Cavalcante
Brazil
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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2 days 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dirty looks
olhar de quem comeu e não gostou


Explanation:
mais uma sugestão

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Note added at 2 dias 5 horas (2020-10-31 01:05:04 GMT)
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ou ainda, cara de quem comeu e não gostou

Geocinara Avila
Brazil
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 7
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