pedra no sapato

Portuguese

FWOTD – 20 January 2013

Etymology

Literally, “stone in the shoe”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ nu saˈpa.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ nu saˈpa.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾa no saˈpa.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ nu sɐˈpa.tu/ [ˈpɛ.ðɾɐ nu sɐˈpa.tu]

Noun

pedra no sapato f (plural pedras no sapato)

1. a minor but constant problem; an annoyance
   • 2008, Antonio Pithon Cyrino, Entre a ciência e a experiência: Uma cartografia do autocuidado no diabetes‎^[1], Editora UNESP, page 120:

     Eu diria que seria uma pedra no sapato o diabetes, né?

     I’d say that it would be an annoyance to have diabetes, wouldn’t it?

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pedra,‎ no,‎ sapato.

Synonyms

• incômodo

See also

• kivi kengässä