pank

English translation: tough, shitty, hard

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Portuguese term or phrase:punk
English translation:tough, shitty, hard
Entered by: Simona de Logu

16:46 Dec 16, 2019
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / slang (Brazil)
Portuguese term or phrase: pank
This is Brazilian Portuguese.
This is from an employee complaint to HR and they are quoting a colleague. There is no punctuation or further context.
Any idea what is meant with "pank"?
Thanks


"ba irmãozinho pensa em dia pank fudido com esses homens aqui se safou andrézinho te deu uma de bom te deu um atestadinho bem de boa estou fudido e mal pago caminhando com esses locos aí  andando com este xxx"
Simona de Logu
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:12
shitty
Explanation:
I would maybe translate the combination of "punk" and "fudido" here as something like "a really shitty day"

or a "rough day" if you want to avoid matching profanities,,
Selected response from:

Jack Martin
Brazil
Local time: 04:12
Grading comment
Thank you! This is the most fitting answer.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3tough
Matheus Chaud
3 +3shitty
Jack Martin
4 +1troublish
Mario Freitas
4Tough/Hard
Olavo Nogueira
Summary of reference entries provided
PANK
Charles R. Castleberry

  

Answers


9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
tough


Explanation:

Probably should be "punk" instead.
We say that a day was "punk" (in Portuguese) to mean it was a really tough day.

Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 04:12
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luiz Fernando Santos Perina
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Luiz Fernando!

agree  Liane Lazoski
6 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Liane!

agree  Dayana Hashim
19 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Dayana!
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
troublish


Explanation:
Sugestão

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 04:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luiz Fernando Santos Perina
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Luiz Fernando!
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Tough/Hard


Explanation:
Probably it is misspelled. "Um dia punk", in informal language means a hard day, a tough day.

Olavo Nogueira
Brazil
Native speaker of: Portuguese
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
shitty


Explanation:
I would maybe translate the combination of "punk" and "fudido" here as something like "a really shitty day"

or a "rough day" if you want to avoid matching profanities,,

Example sentence(s):
  • I had a really shitty day

    https://theeverygirl.com/30-ways-to-make-yourself-feel-better-after-a-shitty-day/
Jack Martin
Brazil
Local time: 04:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you! This is the most fitting answer.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adam Dickinson
7 hrs
  -> thanks, Adam

agree  Dayana Hashim
18 hrs
  -> thanks, Dayana

agree  Matheus Chaud: You're right, that makes total sense :)
20 hrs
  -> thanks, Matheus!
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Reference comments


48 mins
Reference: PANK

Reference information:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrealoubier/2017/02/07/the-ri...

Charles R. Castleberry
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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