Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
sorte do caraças
English translation:
incredible luck
Added to glossary by
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Feb 15, 2014 21:19
10 yrs ago
Portuguese term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
sorte do caraças
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Fiction Novel
Context:
"Tuviste uma sorte do caraças! Si tivesses chegado uns minutinhos mais tarde, já não encontravas nada."
A guy is talking to someone, who seems to be passing over into another dimension or has died, telling him that he's lucky he had a room available for him.
Muito Obrigada,
Barbara
"Tuviste uma sorte do caraças! Si tivesses chegado uns minutinhos mais tarde, já não encontravas nada."
A guy is talking to someone, who seems to be passing over into another dimension or has died, telling him that he's lucky he had a room available for him.
Muito Obrigada,
Barbara
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | You were incredibly lucky! |
Mario Freitas
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| 5 +5 | [You were] bloody lucky |
Catarina Lopes
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| 4 | lucky as heck/lucky as hell |
rir
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| 4 | you lucky bastard/you jammy sod |
Nick Taylor
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| 3 | lucky fish |
connie leite
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Change log
Feb 17, 2014 18:41: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
16 mins
Mario Freitas
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
12
Selected
You were incredibly lucky!
Sug
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2014-02-17 00:45:25 GMT)
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I guess it's UK English, since everyone agrees with "blloody". If it's Us English, however, "incredibly lucky" is more appropriate.
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2014-02-17 00:45:25 GMT)
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I guess it's UK English, since everyone agrees with "blloody". If it's Us English, however, "incredibly lucky" is more appropriate.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+5
22 mins
Catarina Lopes
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Works in field
Portugal
Details matter.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
11
[You were] bloody lucky
'Bloody lucky' maintains the coloquial register of 'sorte do caraças'.
The source texts has several grammatical issues.
The source texts has several grammatical issues.
Peer comment(s):
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Verginia Ophof
58 mins
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Thank you, Verginia :)
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| agree |
Claudio Mazotti
1 hr
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Obrigada, Claudio :)
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| agree |
Paulinho Fonseca
2 hrs
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Obrigada, Paulinho :)
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| agree |
Diana Coada (X)
11 hrs
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Obrigada, Diana :)
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| agree |
Gilmar Fernandes
15 hrs
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Obrigada, Gilmar :)
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1 hr
connie leite
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Specializes in field
English/Portuguese/English
Native in: English , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
lucky fish
another suggestion
2 hrs
lucky as heck/lucky as hell
outras sugestoes
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/heck
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120122200714AA...
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/heck
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120122200714AA...
3 hrs
Nick Taylor
Native in English
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
119
you lucky bastard/you jammy sod
you lucky bastard/you jammy sod
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Note added at 3 hrs (2014-02-16 00:34:09 GMT)
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jammy cunt
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Note added at 3 hrs (2014-02-16 00:34:09 GMT)
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jammy cunt
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