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drive out the chaff

Portuguese translation: separar o joio

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English term or phrase:drive out the chaff
Portuguese translation:separar o joio
Entered by: Carla Selyer

12:42 Nov 10, 2008
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics / text on political situation in Zimbabwe
English term or phrase: drive out the chaff
launching of an operation called 'Gukurahundi' meaning, 'drive out the chaff' - this operation was aimed at driving out dissidents from the Matabeleland area.
Carla Selyer
Local time: 03:01
separar o joio
Explanation:
Da expressão "separar o trigo do joio".
Selected response from:

Isabel Peck
Portugal
Local time: 02:01
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8separar o joio
Isabel Peck
3 +2remover a escória, separar (remover) o joio
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4separar o refugo
Flavio Steffen
4acabar com a brincadeira
rhandler
4expulsar o traste (indivíduo inútil)
Joon Oh


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
separar o joio


Explanation:
Da expressão "separar o trigo do joio".

Isabel Peck
Portugal
Local time: 02:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Artur Jorge Martins
5 mins
agree  Vasco DUARTE-PACHECO (X)
23 mins
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
25 mins
agree  Carlos Quandt
27 mins
agree  Alexandra Gouveia
55 mins
agree  Lúcia Leitão
2 hrs
agree  airmailrpl: -
4 hrs
agree  Luciana Roppa
2 days 4 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
separar o refugo


Explanation:


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Note added at 4 mins (2008-11-10 12:47:10 GMT)
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Chaff é palha que sobra da colheita de cereais e outras plantas alimentícias; ou seja, o que é descartado, refugado.



Flavio Steffen
Brazil
Local time: 22:01
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
remover a escória, separar (remover) o joio


Explanation:
:)

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 03:01
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 139

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carlos Quandt: o termo "remover" talvez esteja mais alinhado com o espírito da operação...
27 mins
  -> Obrigado
agree  airmailrpl: separar (remover) o joio
4 hrs
  -> Obrigado
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
acabar com a brincadeira


Explanation:
Assim o diria, para usar uma expressão bem comum em português. Veja estes exemplos:

Querem acabar com a brincadeira?
Isto é assim.... Muitos users daqui vao para o VideoGamer-pt só spammar, triplas contas, fazer asneiras portanto, eu como mod de lá, aviso: O próximo que ...
www.dragonball-pt.com/querem-acabar-com-a-brincadeira-t-351...

acabar com a brincadeira: blogs, artigos, filmes, pessoas e sites ...
O maior site de indexação, ranking e busca de blogs do Brasil. O seu guia na blogosfera para encontrar os melhores blogs, weblogs, fotologs, ...
http://blogblogs.com.br/tag/acabar com a brincadeira

O Acidental: Vamos lá a acabar com a brincadeira
Vamos lá a acabar com a brincadeira. Eis mais um. É para ser como os outros também, não é, Bruno? Amanhã já cá estás outra vez. ...
http://oacidental.blogspot.com/2005/02/vamos-l-acabar-com-br...

rhandler
Local time: 22:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 68
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14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
expulsar o traste (indivíduo inútil)


Explanation:
sugestão:


to drive out
1 expelir, expulsar, fazer sair. 2 sair ou passear em carro, etc.
(http://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno/ingles/index.php?lingua=...

chaff1
n 1 debulha, moinha, palhiço. 2 alimpa­dura, resíduos dos cereais. 3 fig droga, traste.
(http://michaelis.uol.com.br/moderno/ingles/index.php?lingua=...

Joon Oh
Brazil
Local time: 22:01
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in KoreanKorean, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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