Oct 29, 2009 14:17
14 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
a bordunas
Portuguese to English
Bus/Financial
Other
...se não andarem na linha serão tratados a bordunas...
Sem mais contexto
Sem mais contexto
Proposed translations
5 mins
Lucas Peixoto
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Effective solutions, reliable service.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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8
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if you don't walk in line, you will [get club beating] [be treated with club beating]
That's it.
borduna = club
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Note added at 8 mins (2009-10-29 14:25:08 GMT)
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or even: get beaten by clubs
borduna = club
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Note added at 8 mins (2009-10-29 14:25:08 GMT)
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or even: get beaten by clubs
Note from asker:
| get beaten with clubs thanks! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "thanks"
6 mins
Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Passionate, reliable
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Dutch to Portuguese, and 8 more.
Related KudoZ points
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83
with maces
É o que posso sugerir comparando a definição de borduna http://aulete.uol.com.br/site.php?mdl=aulete_digital&op=load... e mace http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mace.
24 mins
Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Marketing, technical, scientific, Ph.D.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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46
clobbered
Espero que o ataque com bordunas não seja literal...
if you are out of line you'll get clobbered / whacked / beaten
clobber
vb (tr) Slang
1. to beat or batter
2. to defeat utterly
3. to criticize severely
whack
verb
strike, hit, beat, box, belt (informal), deck (slang), bang, rap, slap, bash (informal), sock (slang), chin (slang), smack, thrash, thump, buffet, clout (informal), slug, cuff, swipe, clobber (slang), wallop (informal), thwack, lambast(e), lay one on (slang) Someone whacked him on the head with a baseball bat.
beaten
abused, battered, maltreated, ill-treated, mistreated, misused, downtrodden; assaulted, thumped, whacked, hit, thrashed, pummeled, smacked, drubbed; informal walloped, belted, bashed, clobbered, knocked ...
if you are out of line you'll get clobbered / whacked / beaten
clobber
vb (tr) Slang
1. to beat or batter
2. to defeat utterly
3. to criticize severely
whack
verb
strike, hit, beat, box, belt (informal), deck (slang), bang, rap, slap, bash (informal), sock (slang), chin (slang), smack, thrash, thump, buffet, clout (informal), slug, cuff, swipe, clobber (slang), wallop (informal), thwack, lambast(e), lay one on (slang) Someone whacked him on the head with a baseball bat.
beaten
abused, battered, maltreated, ill-treated, mistreated, misused, downtrodden; assaulted, thumped, whacked, hit, thrashed, pummeled, smacked, drubbed; informal walloped, belted, bashed, clobbered, knocked ...
1 hr
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Belize
Native in English
Specializes in field
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
walk the line or you will get the rod
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Discussion
mas como o Asker disse "sem mais contexto", imagino que o sentido figurado seja transmitido pelo restante do texto dele...