English translation of "cantina pelintra" - "a grungy eatery"

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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:	cantina pelintra
Context:	Foram eles que levaram Isabel, pela primeira vez, ao Pierrot, uma cantina pelintra para...
Keywords:	...estudantes do Quartier Latin, onde se podia almoçar e jantar por tostão e meio,...

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163 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

a grungy eatery

My comment:

uma cantina pelintra => a grungy eatery

The Key to Redevelopment « Rhode Island Insider
rhodeislandavene.com/2011/09/12/the-key-to-redevelopment-2/
12 Sep 2011 – ... is what has become of the location it abandoned at Michigan & Eastern Avenue. It's become a grungy eatery that mostly sells lottery tickets.

My references:

cantina
s. f.
1. Lugar onde se vendem comidas e bebidas, em quartéis, acampamentos, oficinas, escolas, etc.
2. Estabelecimento que prepara refeições a uma colectividade.

pelintra
s. 2 g.
1. Pessoa pobre ou mal vestida, mas que quer dar nas vistas.
2. Pessoa trapalhona.
adj. 2 g.
3. Reles; ordinário; mesquinho.
4. [Brasil] Bem trajado.

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