English translation of "num silêncio sibilino" - "a long and sibylline silence"

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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:	num silêncio sibilino
Context:	Outra vezes, porém, quedava-se num silêncio longo e sibilino...Edgar Allan Poe

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163 months ago

wrote:

in an enigmatic silence

163 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

a long and sibylline silence

My comment:

num silêncio longo e sibilino => a long and sibylline silence

My references:

sibylline - definition of sibylline by the Free Online Dictionary ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/sibylline
sib·yl·line (s b -l n , -l n ) also si·byl·ic or si·byl·lic (s -b l k). adj. 1. Coming from, characteristic of, or relating to a sibyl. 2. Prophetic; oracular.

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163 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

in a long sibyline silence

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163 months ago

wrote:

two lls in English.

163 months ago

wrote:

I know Jane, I pressed the submit key too quickly before I was aware of the missing l

163 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

sibylline

My comment:

Same as English

sibilino
adj.
1. Relativo a sibila.
2. Profetizado por sibila.
3. Ininteligível.
4. Enigmático.
5. Difícil de compreender.
Same as English