English translation of "vagueava tristonhamente" - "a penal code wistfully lingered"

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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:	vagueava tristonhamente
Context:	Por cima da mesa, além de uma chávena vazia e de um maço de cigarros, vagueava...
Keywords:	...tristonhamente um código penal.

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162 months ago

wrote:

he did moody take a look

163 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

a penal code wistfully lingered

My comment:

vagueava tristonhamente um código penal. => a penal code wistfully lingered

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163 months ago

wrote:

vaguear again.....

163 months ago

wrote:

I thought only people or odors or sounds could linger. How can an object linger?? Remember the other question here about vaguear? It applies to this one too. The word is misused here in Portuguese as vaguear means to move about without a defined "heading"...

163 months ago

airmailrpl wrote:

blame it on the author - he/she is the one who wants a penal code "vagueando" on top of a table!!

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