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163 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:

numa voz roufenha e fusca

Context:

Edgar falava-lhe, numa voz roufenha e fusca, das circunstâncias em que escrevera tão...

Keywords:

...desconcertantes composições e do significado que lhes atribuía...Edgar Allan Poe

 

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163 months ago

  See profile wrote:

in a hoarse and gloomy voice

163 months ago

airmailrpl  See profile wrote:

rough and dull..hollow

My comment:

roufenha e fusca => roufenha e fosca => rough and dull..hollow

My references:

roufenho |â ou ê|
adj.
1. Fanhoso, anasalado, que fala pelo nariz.
2. Que tem um som áspero e cavo.
roufenhar - Conjugar
v. intr.
Ter voz roufenha.

Roufenho - Dicionário Online de Português
www.dicio.com.br/roufenho/ -
Significado de Roufenho no Dicionário Online de Português. O que é roufenho: adj. Diz-se daquele que fala pelo nariz; fanhoso, anasalado, rouquenho. Rouco.

163 months ago

airmailrpl  See profile wrote:

in a hoarse and melancholy voice

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