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217 months ago

Teresa (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

English > Portuguese

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

dry joker

Context:

He was a famous dry joker

 

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217 months ago

Isabel Ruivo  See profile wrote:

Ele já era conhecido pelo seu humor negro

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217 months ago

Isabel Ruivo  See profile wrote:

irônico, gozador, debochado, sarcástico

My comment:

Dependendo do seu contexto maior e do estilo, aí estão quatro opções para sua escolha. Veja estes dois exemplos, em inglês:

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, by Walter Scott (chapter4)
“Well,” said Butler, who was, like many of his profession, something of a humorist and dry joker, “if that be the case, Mr. Saddletree, I think we have ...
http://www.ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/scott/walter/heart/chapter4.html

A new reading of "Ethan Brand": the failed quest - Nathaniel ...
... giving the stage agent "great fame as a dry joker," calling Giles a lawyer "in courtesy," and imparting to the doctor "native gifts of healing, ...
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2455/is_n1_v31/ai_15356356/pg_3