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redução de colo

Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

acerbação

English translation:

become painful

Added to glossary by Colin Mansell
Jul 6, 2013 13:41
10 yrs ago
Portuguese term

acerbação

Portuguese to English Medical Medical: Pharmaceuticals
A doctor is talking about the process of `acerbação` of his patients.
Proposed translations (English)
3 become painful
3 +2 acrimony

Discussion

Maria do Rosário Quadros Jul 6, 2013:
You should probably give us some more details about the issue the doctor is talking about; I think that depending on the context, you could use Teresa’s suggestion or mine.

Proposed translations

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become painful

A minha sugestão, espero que ajude.
Acerbar is "tornar acerbo, doloroso".

Acerbo - acerbo |é|
adj.
1. Azedo e irritante ao paladar; não maduro.
2. [Figurado] Áspero e rigoroso.
3. Excessivamente molesto.
Reference:

http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/default.aspx?pal=acerbo

http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/default.aspx?pal=acerbo

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "In this context, this is the most appropriate phrase, although this was only obvious with hindsight, which was about lung disease. Thank you very much."
+2
51 mins

acrimony

My suggestion...
Peer comment(s):
agree Maria do Rosário Quadros : ´Penso que também pode ser, dependendo do assunto da conversa...
29 mins
Obrigada, Rosário... Não é claro e como vejo muito a BBC já ouvi médicos queixarem-se da má-criação e da agressividade de certos doentes...
agree Claudio Mazotti
4 hrs
Obrigada, Claudio!
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