Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
delicadeza
English translation:
delicacy
Added to glossary by
Marlene Curtis
Oct 27, 2008 13:50
15 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
delicadeza
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Art History
“... a gente adivinha na delicadeza desses quadros a mão translúcida e vacilante que arrisca — a vida? — o sonho, ao colocar um triângulo, um quadrado, num ponto de equilíbrio inesperado”
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | delicacy |
Marlene Curtis
|
| 4 +1 | delicacy |
Isabel Peck
|
| 5 | suaveness |
judy brennan
|
| 4 | niceness / tenderness |
rhandler
|
| 4 | subtlety |
Gilmar Fernandes
|
| 4 | finesse |
Lucio C P Soluchinsky
|
Change log
Oct 28, 2008 16:57: Marlene Curtis changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/58406">Pedrina -'s</a> old entry - "delicadeza"" to ""delicacy""
Proposed translations
+5
6 mins
Marlene Curtis
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
&
English
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
Related KudoZ points
:
135
Selected
delicacy
Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical - Google Books Result by Michael Bryan, Robert Edmund Graves, Walter ... - 1886 - Painters
He lived as late as 1652, the date of a painting by him of ' Mary Magdalene. ... in which the point and the graver are handled with great delicacy. BLICKE. ...
books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ
He lived as late as 1652, the date of a painting by him of ' Mary Magdalene. ... in which the point and the graver are handled with great delicacy. BLICKE. ...
books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Delicacy it is! Thank you!"
3 mins
niceness / tenderness
Qualquer das duas opções irá bem!
4 mins
Gilmar Fernandes
United States
United States
Native in Portuguese
&
English
United States
25 + yrs. Business experience PORT- ENG
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
91
subtlety
From MICHAELIS:
de.li.ca.de.za
[delikad'ezə] sf 1 delicacy. 2 politeness, courtesy, attentiveness. 3 weakness, fragility, frailty. 4 fineness, slightness. 5 sublety, sensitivity. 6 niceness, tenderness. 7 precision, perfection. 8 susceptibility.
In my humble opinion, SUBTLETY fits better here in this Art context.
de.li.ca.de.za
[delikad'ezə] sf 1 delicacy. 2 politeness, courtesy, attentiveness. 3 weakness, fragility, frailty. 4 fineness, slightness. 5 sublety, sensitivity. 6 niceness, tenderness. 7 precision, perfection. 8 susceptibility.
In my humble opinion, SUBTLETY fits better here in this Art context.
+1
6 mins
Isabel Peck
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Specializes in field
Portugal
15 yrs - engineering to art criticism
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
20
delicacy
Julgo ser mais neste sentido de "delicacy", "daintiness".
7 mins
Lucio C P Soluchinsky
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
To better approximate people
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
8
finesse
...
16 mins
suaveness
suaveness
Example sentence:
suaveness
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