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minus-squareAeonFelis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoI don’t speak the language, but my guess is that the Portuguese equivalent of “beating a dead horse” uses a dog instead?
minus-squaremstrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoin pt-br: chutando cachorro morto literal translation: beating a dead dog in pt-pt: bater no ceguinho literal translation: beating the little blind person Yup you guessed it right.
minus-squareDie Martin Die@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoIsn’t “cachorro” actually “puppy” (as in, specifically young dogs)? So “beating a dead puppy”? (My native language is Spanish, but maybe it has another meaning in Portuguese; too lazy to search the interwebz)
minus-squaremstrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 days agoAFAIK it is a puppy if you’re in Continental Portugal, and an adult dog if you’re in Madeira or Brazil.
minus-squareDie Martin Die@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoAh, I see. Thanks. (Sorry for the late reply, and to OP for reviving a months old post)
minus-squaremstrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-216 days agoNo worries at all! We Portuguese have a saying: better late than never. Abraço
I don’t speak the language, but my guess is that the Portuguese equivalent of “beating a dead horse” uses a dog instead?
in pt-br: chutando cachorro morto
literal translation: beating a dead dog
in pt-pt: bater no ceguinho
literal translation: beating the little blind person
Yup you guessed it right.
JFC
Isn’t “cachorro” actually “puppy” (as in, specifically young dogs)?
So “beating a dead puppy”?
(My native language is Spanish, but maybe it has another meaning in Portuguese; too lazy to search the interwebz)
AFAIK it is a puppy if you’re in Continental Portugal, and an adult dog if you’re in Madeira or Brazil.
Ah, I see. Thanks. (Sorry for the late reply, and to OP for reviving a months old post)
No worries at all! We Portuguese have a saying: better late than never.
Abraço