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mau olhado

English translation: evil-eye

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Portuguese term or phrase:mau olhado
English translation:evil-eye
Entered by: M. Ángeles López Rodríguez

02:06 Aug 23, 2006
Portuguese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Folklore
Portuguese term or phrase: mau olhado
is there an equivalent to this expression? mau olhado in Portuguese refers to a bad energy sent whrn someone analyse somehing of ours and feels envy or angry because we have or don't when they wish they were like us.
Thanks a lot!
Ana
evil-eye
Explanation:
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looking with envy, jelousy or bad design
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M. Ángeles López Rodríguez
Local time: 14:55
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5 +9evil-eye
M. Ángeles López Rodríguez


  

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evil-eye


Explanation:
www.dictionary.reference.com
looking with envy, jelousy or bad design

M. Ángeles López Rodríguez
Local time: 14:55
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Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lumen (X)
21 mins
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agree  Neil Stewart: evil eye (no hyphen)
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agree  Susy Ordaz
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agree  Henrique Magalhaes
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agree  Paula Góes
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agree  oxygen4u: :)
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agree  Flavia Martins dos Santos: agree
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agree  AlessandraK (X): Agree with Neil, no hyphe, the evil eye. :)
13 hrs
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agree  José Henrique Lamensdorf
2 days 13 hrs
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