pensar na morte da bezerra
Portuguese
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editLiterally, “to think about the heifer’s death”. Akin to Spanish pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo and Romanian se gândi la nemurirea sufletului.
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editpensar na morte da bezerra (first-person singular present penso na morte da bezerra, first-person singular preterite pensei na morte da bezerra, past participle pensado na morte da bezerra)
- (informal, idiomatic) to be lost in thought (preoccupied with one’s thoughts rather than paying attention to reality)
- 1999, Miguel Torga, Diário - Vols. I a IV, Dom Quixote, page 318:
- — Como se a geração passada tivesse gasto a vida a pensar na morte da bezerra!
- — As if the past generation had spent their lives being lost in thought!
- Synonym: alhear
- 1999, Miguel Torga, Diário - Vols. I a IV, Dom Quixote, page 318: