hookswinging

Portuguese translation: balanceio-por-ganchos / suspensão por ganchos

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English term or phrase:hookswinging
Portuguese translation:balanceio-por-ganchos / suspensão por ganchos
Entered by: Always Learning

19:46 Dec 3, 2015
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History
English term or phrase: hookswinging
Hookswinging = a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
Qual o equivalente em PT do Brasil, please?
Always Learning
balanceio-por-ganchos
Explanation:
Sugestão.

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Note added at 11 minutos (2015-12-03 19:58:01 GMT)
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https://www.academia.edu/6980096/Reflexões_sobre_crueldade_e...

"...coloniais a respeito do ritual de balanceio-por-ganchos [hook-swinging]..."

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Note added at 17 minutos (2015-12-03 20:04:22 GMT)
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00856408708723090...

"Hook-swinging, or swinging on hooks was practised in many parts of India in the nineteenth centur..."

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Note added at 5 horas (2015-12-04 01:35:23 GMT)
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hook-swinging

"...a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back."

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Note added at 6 horas (2015-12-04 01:48:22 GMT)
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Parece haver mais uma alternativa de tradução:
"suspensão por ganchos"

https://www.google.com.br/search?num=30&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=...
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Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 06:42
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balanceio-por-ganchos


Explanation:
Sugestão.

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Note added at 11 minutos (2015-12-03 19:58:01 GMT)
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https://www.academia.edu/6980096/Reflexões_sobre_crueldade_e...

"...coloniais a respeito do ritual de balanceio-por-ganchos [hook-swinging]..."

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Note added at 17 minutos (2015-12-03 20:04:22 GMT)
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00856408708723090...

"Hook-swinging, or swinging on hooks was practised in many parts of India in the nineteenth centur..."

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Note added at 5 horas (2015-12-04 01:35:23 GMT)
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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hook-swinging

"...a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back."

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Note added at 6 horas (2015-12-04 01:48:22 GMT)
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Parece haver mais uma alternativa de tradução:
"suspensão por ganchos"

https://www.google.com.br/search?num=30&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=...

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 06:42
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Danik 2014: Que referência interessante, Matheus!
19 mins
  -> É cada coisa que a gente vê, não?! Agradeço o "agree", Dani!

agree  Margarida Ataide
12 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Margarida!
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