Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
com a cabeça um pouco doente
English translation:
has a bit of a headache.. has a slight headache
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airmailrpl
May 9, 2007 05:50
17 yrs ago
Portuguese term
com a cabeça um pouco doente
Portuguese to English
Science
Medical: Health Care
Adverbs
estava com a cabeça um pouco doente
Sorry, there is no additional context - but I want this to be as close to a literal translation as possible while still being intelligible in English. Challenging! Thanks :)
Sorry, there is no additional context - but I want this to be as close to a literal translation as possible while still being intelligible in English. Challenging! Thanks :)
Proposed translations
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
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English
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
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with a bit of a headache.. with a slight headache
Headache - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA headache is a condition of pain in the head; sometimes neck or upper back pain may also be interpreted as a headache. It ranks amongst the most common ...
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headache
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Magda Marques
: if it's not "crazy" that you want, so I think this is the best option.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I'm sticking with this one, though in English I don't think one can be WITH a headache as one can in Portuguese. Anyway, this seems closest to the author's intent so thanks!"
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
United States
Native in English
Specializes in field
United States
Each translation a gem!
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
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155
with a slight head cold / coming down with something
I hear this expression colloquially, and I always understand it to mean that the person is coming down with a cold. I don't think it means they have a headache - but maybe they could have an allergy.
This is a tough one!
As you undoubtedly know, "sick in the head" means 'crazy'. It is also a popular song. Examples:
**Indeed, its appears that all of Washington is sick in the head.It is said that the consciusness of the people is reflected in their political body.** ...
blog.mises.org/archives/003682.asp -
**Celebrity News - Moss hits out at 'sick in the head' paparazzi
You are sick in the head.'** "And she was really surprised that I had stopped. ... Kate Moss in the News ...
www.actressarchives.com/news.php?id=4525
**Further proof the SP supporters are sick in the head**. COMMENTS. Showing posts 1 - 9 of 9. Mr Magillicutty. Seattle, WA. Reply » ...
www.topix.net/forum/news/scott-peterson/TN26PV47RNAVJ4MAA
Also:
**Sick in the Head. Stay Free! asked our readers and contributors to tell us about their psychosomatic complaints.** Here's what they said. ...
www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/21/psychosomatic_illness....
This is a tough one!
As you undoubtedly know, "sick in the head" means 'crazy'. It is also a popular song. Examples:
**Indeed, its appears that all of Washington is sick in the head.It is said that the consciusness of the people is reflected in their political body.** ...
blog.mises.org/archives/003682.asp -
**Celebrity News - Moss hits out at 'sick in the head' paparazzi
You are sick in the head.'** "And she was really surprised that I had stopped. ... Kate Moss in the News ...
www.actressarchives.com/news.php?id=4525
**Further proof the SP supporters are sick in the head**. COMMENTS. Showing posts 1 - 9 of 9. Mr Magillicutty. Seattle, WA. Reply » ...
www.topix.net/forum/news/scott-peterson/TN26PV47RNAVJ4MAA
Also:
**Sick in the Head. Stay Free! asked our readers and contributors to tell us about their psychosomatic complaints.** Here's what they said. ...
www.stayfreemagazine.org/archives/21/psychosomatic_illness....
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Daniel Martz
Native in Portuguese
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English
Broad legal translation experience
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
(I, He/She) was a little sick in the head...
Lots of examples in google! google it!
Hope this helps!
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well, I guess not that many examples in gloogle, but that's an option 4 you.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-09 07:46:14 GMT)
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"the domain is "medical:health care"...."
My wife is a psychoanalyst, she works with people who "estão com a cabeça meio doente..."
Hope this helps!
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Note added at 7 mins (2007-05-09 05:57:21 GMT)
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well, I guess not that many examples in gloogle, but that's an option 4 you.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-09 07:46:14 GMT)
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"the domain is "medical:health care"...."
My wife is a psychoanalyst, she works with people who "estão com a cabeça meio doente..."
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swisstell
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Susy Ordaz
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: Your English answer is perfect for the Portuguese equivalents that you cite. But the domain is "medical:health care" - so I understood it in the literal sense.
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Entendi a expressão "cabeça doente" como significando "meio maluco da cabeça", "não está batendo bem", "com problemas mentais"... e não com "dor de cabeça", mas posso estar enganado...
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cristina estanislau
: of the head - maybe better
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