English translation of "num gluglu" - "in a gurgle..with a gurgle"

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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:	num gluglu
Context:	Leonardo trou mais uma cigarrilha de uma caixa colorida e, num gluglu, murmurou enquanto a
Keywords:	...acendia, enchendo a sala de fumo.

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164 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

in a gurgle..with a gurgle

My comment:

num gluglu => in a gurgle..with a gurgle

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164 months ago

MariaManzano wrote:

swiftly

My comment:

although onomatopoeic, the essence here refers to how quick he carried out the action. the word 'mais' says that he has smoked more than one, probably one after the other, so I am inclined to go with swiftness...

164 months ago

MariaManzano wrote:

in a (kind of) gurgling or gobbling

164 months ago

MariaManzano wrote:

burbling sound [unless he gobbled like a turkey]

My comment:

More French based words....

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gluglu | s. m.

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gluglu
(origem onomatopaica)
s. m.
1. Voz imitativa da do peru. = GRUGRU
2. Som produzido por um líquido que sai do gargalo estreito de uma garrafa.

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