English translation of "te afadigas" - "toil under the sun"

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170 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Portuguese > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	te afadigas
Context:	Desfruta a vida com a mulher amada em todos os teus dias de vaidade que Deus te concedeu..
Keywords:	...debaixo o sol. Porque esta é tua porcão na vida e no trabalho que te afadigas debaixo do sol...Part of a poem.

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170 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

you become tired..you tire yourself..your tire..

My comment:

te afadigas -> you become tired..you tire yourself..your tire..

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170 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

correction: te afadigas -> you become tired..you tire yourself..you tire..

170 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

tire yourself

My comment:

fádiga is Fatigue in Portuguese. afadigar is to tire oneself

As this is your lot in life and in the work where you tire yourself with the sun overhead

170 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

you slave away in the sun

170 months ago

Sandra Flor (Freelance Translator) wrote:

toil under the sun

My comment:

hard work under the sun
toil under the sun
take under the sun
"taketh" under the sun (arch.)
You've many expressions such these in the reference link provided.
I hope it helps!

My references:

http://bible.cc/ecclesiastes/1-3.htm

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