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Q: Translating Portuguese to English ( Answered,   1 Comment )
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Subject: Translating Portuguese to English
Category: Relationships and Society > Romance
Asked by: aditijain-ga
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Posted: 17 Nov 2004 11:36 PST
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Question ID: 430267
I want to translate 'meu docinho de coco' in Portuguese to English
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Subject: Re: Translating Portuguese to English
Answered By: justaskscott-ga on 17 Nov 2004 12:22 PST
 
Hi aditijain-ga,

A literal translation is "my coconut sweet."  (Disclaimer: I do not
speak or read Portuguese, but have had experience on Google Answers in
translating non-English words and phrases.)

"The Attack of the Killer B.....s!," by Bruce Gilman [scroll about 2/3
down the page to "Pelados em Santos"/"Naked in Santos", first verse]
Brazzil Magazine
http://www.brazzil.com/pages/musmar96.htm

As you can see in that song, it has a figurative meaning -- something
like referring to one's "sweetie."  Another page compares it to the
expression in English, "honey pie."

"White Album (Beatles), Traduzido por Márcio Ribeiro (Creedance)"
[scroll about 2/3 down the page to "Honey Pie"/"Torta de Mel",
footnote]
Whiplash.Net
http://whiplash.net/traducoeslist.mv?registro=176

- justaskscott


Search terms used, in various combinations, on Google:

"meu docinho de coco"
"docinho de coco"
"meu docinho"
docinho
doce
my
coconut
sweet
candy

[I found English words that correspond to the Portuguese words through
tools in the Google Directory's Portuguese category:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Dictionaries/World_Languages/P/Portuguese/?il=1
]
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Subject: Re: Translating Portuguese to English
From: pinkfreud-ga on 17 Nov 2004 12:36 PST
 
This glossary of cooking terms says that a docinho is comparable to a brioche cake:

http://www.geocities.com/multilingual6/foodcuisine.html

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