Translations 502, Idioms: “bundle up, broken heart, blind as a bat, kick the habit. Definitions, translations into Spanish and Portuguese.
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Translations 502, Idioms: “bundle up, broken heart, blind as a bat, kick the habit. Definitions, translations into Spanish and Portuguese.
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Following are four common idioms used in English followed by a succinct definition and translations into Spanish and Portuguese.
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1) bundle up
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wrap oneself up
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Translations
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Spanish
abrigarse muy bien [wrap oneself up very well, cover oneself very well]
arroparse [bundle up, roll oneself up]
enrollarse [roll up, wrap oneself up, bundle up]
(México, informal) hacerse taco [makes oneself into a tortilla]
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Portuguese
vestir-se com roupas quentes [dress oneself with hot clothing]
agasalhar [shelter, protect, cover]
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2) broken heart
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Definition
It describes when a person is grief-stricken or emotionally sad
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Translations
Spanish
corazón deshecho [destroyed / broken down / grieved heart]
corazón partido [split heart]
pesadumbre [sadness, broken heart, heartbreak, wistfulness]
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Portuguese
cora??o partido [split heart]
amor desiludido [disenchanted / deceived / cheated heart]
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3) blind as a bat
Definition
Totally unaware of something
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Translations
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Spanish
más ciego que un topo [blinder than a mole]
ciego como un topo [as blind as a mole]
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Portuguese
cego como um morcego [blind as a bat]
muito cego [very blind]
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kick the habit
definition
overcome an addiction, quite often the addiction of drugs
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Translations
Spanish
librarse del mal hábito [release oneself from a bad habit]
dejar de ser adicto [quit being an adic]
dejar de un mal hábito [quit a bad habit]
librarse uno mismo de la adicción a un narcótico [release oneself from a drug
vencer el hábito [conquer / overcome the habit]
vencer el mal hábito [conquer / overcome the bad habit]
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Portuguese
perder o hábito [lose the habit]
parar o hábito [stopo the habit]
largar o hábito [drop the habit]
deixar o hábito [leave / quit the habit]
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Sources
English Portuguese Best Dictionary app
Word Magic Complete and Unabridged English-Spanish Dictionary 8.8.0 app