English translation of "uma tarde sóbria e desmaiada" - "a lukewarm, dull afternoon"

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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:	uma tarde sóbria e desmaiada
Context:	Isabel aproveitou uma tarde sóbria e desmaiada para se deslocar a Alfama...

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163 months ago

wrote:

a lukewarm, dull afternoon

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164 months ago

wrote:

a quiet and restful afternoon

164 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

a sober and swooning afternoon

My comment:

uma tarde sóbria e desmaiada => a sober and swooning afternoon

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

164 months ago

wrote:

desmaiada can't be swooning. It would have to be swooned....also, sóbrio is not somber. That is a false friend. Um terno sóbrio is a lowkey suit, not a somber one....:)

164 months ago

wrote:

low key, sorry.

164 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

Thank you kindly for your opinion.

164 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

dull and gloomy afternoon

My comment:

Priberam: sóbrio:
2. [Belas-Artes, Literatura] Em que não há multiplicidade de imagens, de ornatos, de formas aparatosas.
desmaiar-
desmaiar - Conjugar
v. tr.
1. Fazer descorar; fazer perder a cor a.
2. [Figurado] Menoscabar.
v. intr.
3. Perder os sentidos.
4. Esmorecer; desalentar-se.

One just has to write using the Portuguese as a suggestion.