English translation of "pausa molengona" - "languid pause"

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164 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:	pausa molengona
Context:	Fez uma pausa breve, molengona e prosseguiu:

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163 months ago

wrote:

idle break

164 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

languid pause

My comment:

pausa molengona => languid pause

My references:

lan·guid/ˈlaNGgwid/
Adjective:

(of a person, manner, or gesture) Displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed.
(of an occasion or period of time) Lazy and peaceful.

Synonyms:
languorous - weak - listless - slack - dull - feeble

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164 months ago

MariaManzano wrote:

sluggish pause

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

164 months ago

wrote:

brief and sluggish together? Hmm

164 months ago

MariaManzano wrote:

half-hearted pause

My comment:

Molengona is the augmentive of mole.
Não é mole não traduzir literatura do português

There is no way to tell what is meant because we can't see enough of the text

My references:

molengão
adj. s. m.
Que ou o indivíduo que é muito molenga.

molenga
adj. 2 g. s. 2 g.
1. Que ou o que é muito mole, indolente, preguiçoso.
2. Que ou o que revela fraqueza, falta de determinação. = FRACALHÃO

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