[Lexicog] small - big, cool - hot

[margarita-c]

Dear Fritz,
I had literally translated  "small change" (it did not call my attention that it was a fixed expression). In the sense of "trocado" (BP), we would say "troco" ou "trocos" (it depends on the context).
 
Best regards,
 
Margarita

	-----Mensagem original----- 
	De: Fritz Goerling [mailto:Fritz_Goerling at sil.org] 
	Enviada: seg 12-07-2004 17:02 
	Para: lexicographylist at yahoogroups.com 
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	Assunto: RE: [Lexicog] small - big, cool - hot
	
	
	Thank you, Margarita,
	 
	Here are Brazilian Portuguese equivalents which I just collected from a Brazilian (written in Caps),
	 
	Fritz Goerling


		These are possible translations in European Portuguese:
		
		big baby - bebé grande  - BEBE GRANDE 
		big boy (a grown-up man who behaves like a big boy) - ?  MENINAO 
		big man (in politics) - grande homem  - GRANDE HOMEM 
		big idea - grande ideia  - GRANDE IDEIA 
		big deal (used sarcastically) - grande coisa!  - GRANDE COISA! 
		
		small house - casa pequena  - CASA PEQUENA 
		small business - pequeno negócio  PEQUENO NEGOCIO 
		small minded - cabeçudo, picuinhas, de ideias fixas  - MENTE LIMITADA 
		small change - pequena mudança  - TROCADO 
		small beer (a trivial matter) - ? (We may of course express this idea
		but I can't find a fixed
		expression)  COISA PEQUENA 
		
		cool drink - bebida fresca  - BEBIDA GELADA 
		cool reception - fria recepção  - RECEPCAO FRIA 
		cool idea - grande / boa ideia  - GRANDE / BOA IDEIA 
		
		hot drink - bebida quente  - BEBIDA QUENTE 
		hot day - dia quente  - DIA QUENTE 
		hot pepper - pimenta forte  - PIMENTA  FORTE
		hot reception - recepção calorosa  - RECEPCAO CALOROSA 
		hot favourite - (principal) favorito  - GRANDE FAVOROITO 
		
		
		
		Margarita Correia
		
		
		
		
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