Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

anda em todas as bocas

English translation:

everyone knows about it/it's the talk of the town

Added to glossary by Geoffrey Chan
Feb 13, 2014 21:30
10 yrs ago
Portuguese term

anda em todas as bocas

Portuguese to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters Fiction Novel
Context (taxi driver and his passenger):


"É uma rua famosa pelo que percebo?!"

O motorista soltou uma gargalhada farfalhuda:

"Oh la la, se é...! Vem assinalada em todos os guias turísticos. Anda em todas as bocas."


Muito Obrigada,

Barbara
Change log

Feb 17, 2014 14:38: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry

Feb 17, 2014 19:45: Barbara Cochran, MFA changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/123909">Barbara Cochran, MFA's</a> old entry - "anda em todas as bocas"" to ""everyone knows about it ""

Feb 17, 2014 21:07: Geoffrey Chan changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/123909">Barbara Cochran, MFA's</a> old entry - "anda em todas as bocas"" to ""everyone knows about it/it's the talk of the town ""

Proposed translations

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everybody knows about it / it's the talk of the town

my interpretation in the context of the conversation.

'it's the talk of the town' connotes something that's currently 'hot' so depending on what the rest of the dialogue indicates in the text, it may be too specific.
Peer comment(s):

agree Pablo Julián Davis
1 hr
thanks, Pablo.
agree Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
10 hrs
Thanks, Luciano.
agree Spiridon : yes
11 hrs
Thanks, Spiridon.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
1 hr

It's pretty well-known

Sug
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25 mins

is on everyone's lips

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/on everyone's lips

being talked about by many people

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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/on-eve...
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+1
8 hrs

everyone talks about it

This seems the most natural to me.
Peer comment(s):

agree T o b i a s
2 days 16 hrs
Thanks, Tobias!
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12 hrs

they're all/everybody's (going) on about it

they're all/everybody's (going) on about it
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