pensar na morte da bezerra
Portuguese
FWOTD – 29 November 2013
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally: to think about the heifer’s death. Akin to Spanish pensar en la inmortalidad del cangrejo.
Pronunciation
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /pẽ.ˈsa(ɾ) na ˈmɔɾ.t͡ʃi da be.ˈze.ʁɐ/
Verb
- (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!
- — Como se a geração passada tivesse gasto a vida a pensar na morte da bezerra!
- 1999, Miguel Torga, Diário - Vols. I a IV, Dom Quixote, page 318:
Conjugation
See pensar.
Synonyms
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