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letting herself go a bit

Portuguese translation: ter menos cuidado consigo, desmazelar-se um pouco

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English term or phrase: letting herself go a bit
Portuguese translation:ter menos cuidado consigo, desmazelar-se um pouco
Entered by: Alexandre Reis

15:48 Nov 20, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: letting herself go a bit
After turning 40 and giving birth to her third child last year, Julia Roberts could be forgiven for letting herself go a bit.

Despite stepping out of the limelight in recent years to raise her family, Roberts still has her Hollywood figure if these shots are anything to go by.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1049561/Still-P...
Alexandre Reis
Brazil
Local time: 03:05
ter menos cuidado consigo, desmazelar-se um pouco
Explanation:
Sug.
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 07:05
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3ter menos cuidado consigo, desmazelar-se um pouco
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
4 +1relaxar um pouco com sua aparência
Marlene Curtis
5"ficou um pouco desleixada"
airmailrpl
5relaxar um pouco
Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
4deixando de se cuidar/não esta se cuidando/esta ficando relaxada
Erik Bry


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ter menos cuidado consigo, desmazelar-se um pouco


Explanation:
Sug.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 07:05
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonor Machado
3 mins
  -> Obrigada, Leonor!
agree  Rui Sousa
6 mins
  -> Obrigada, Rui!
agree  coolbrowne
13 mins
  -> Obrigada!
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
letting herself go a bit
deixando de se cuidar/não esta se cuidando/esta ficando relaxada


Explanation:
HTH :)

Erik Bry
Local time: 00:05
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
relaxar um pouco com sua aparência


Explanation:
Diria assim ...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 02:05
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 199

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Silvia Aquino
16 mins
  -> Obrigada Silvia!
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
"ficou um pouco desleixada"


Explanation:
letting herself go a bit => "ficou um pouco desleixada"

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 03:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 78
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
relaxar um pouco


Explanation:
De acordo com o texto e o contexto ela não está preocupada com como os outros a vêm e ela não está sendo necessariamente desleixada.

Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
Brazil
Local time: 03:05
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 58
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