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163 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Portuguese > English

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

artistas foliões

Context:

Vejam se me conseguem arranjar alguns escritos sobre os saltimbancos, esses artistas...

Keywords:

...foliões que andam de localidade em localidade a mostrar os seus malabrismos.

 

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162 months ago

  See profile wrote:

jolly artists

163 months ago

Maria de Fátima Bizarro  See profile wrote:

merrymakers

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163 months ago

Maria de Fátima Bizarro  See profile wrote:

artists giving free rein to their fantasy

163 months ago

airmailrpl  See profile wrote:

acrobatic clowns..circus performers..performing gymnasts

My comment:

artistas foliões => acrobatic clowns..circus performers..performing gymnasts

My references:

folião
adj. s. m.
1. Que ou o que dança folias.
2. Bobo, farsante; brincalhão.
3. [Ictiologia] Peixe dos Açores.

saltimbanco
s. m.
1. Acrobata ou ginasta que faz os seus exercícios nas praças públicas.
2. [Figurado] Farsante, charlatão.

163 months ago

airmailrpl  See profile wrote:

playful or farsical tumblers

My comment:

Priberam

See if you can get me some articles on [....]
who roam around from place to place showing off their sleights of hand

Not everything can be given.

E a verdade é que saltimbancos não exibem malabarismos. Isso e coisa de mago....
folião
adj. s. m.
1. Que ou o que dança folias.
2. Bobo, farsante; brincalhão.
3. [Ictiologia] Peixe dos Açores.