Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
conversar sobre pequenos nadas
English translation:
to make small talk
Portuguese term
United States
BA in Transl., MA in ESL, 15 yrs of exp.
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese, and 2 more.
pequenos nadas
Trivial things? Small nothings? See https://www.google.com/search?q="small nothings"
L2: EN-US
Register: idiomatic
Non-PRO (1): philgoddard
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Proposed translations
United States
Environmental Translator | Port. > Eng.
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: Portuguese to English
"to make small talk"
Small talk is defined as "polite conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters, especially as engaged in on social occasions."
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philgoddard
5 mins
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Clauwolf
22 mins
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Katarina Peters
1 hr
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José Patrício
: How to Make Small Talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C1zOPtNhko
2 hrs
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Ana Flávia Ribeiro
3 hrs
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Verginia Ophof
1 day 2 hrs
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Charles R. Castleberry
: Excellent! or to chit chat
1 day 3 hrs
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Mark Robertson
1 day 15 hrs
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Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
...about things of no consquence
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
trifles and trivialities
Otherwise, trifle means a pudding, the outstanding Madeiran variety of which literally sticks in my mind, rather than throat and the recipe for which might be used to beef up well-known footballers from the island.
How are the words Trivialities and Trifles related? Trivialities and Trifles are synonymous, and they have mutual synonyms.
The easiest, quickest trifle recipe: made with Madeira cake and strawberries. Topped with custard and cream, these individual pots make a good weekend pudding.
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
about insignificant matters
Brazil
Portuguese localization specialist
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
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