Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Comodismo
English translation:
complacency
Added to glossary by
Verginia Ophof
May 2, 2018 12:03
6 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Comodismo
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Philosophy
A doença narcísica igualitarista apenas esconde um comodismo evolutivo e uma soberba impeditiva de admitir níveis acima de si.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | complacency |
Verginia Ophof
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| 4 +3 | self-indulgence |
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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| 4 +1 | indolence/inertia |
Nick Taylor
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| 4 +1 | idleness |
Matheus Chaud
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Change log
May 7, 2018 14:00: Verginia Ophof Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+2
3 hrs
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Belize
Native in English
Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
complacency
suggestion
Example sentence:
smug complacency
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+3
13 mins
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
self-indulgence
Sugg.
While many walk the line with grace and balance, there are also a significant number of narcissists who bathe in the celebrity spotlight in complete self-indulgence.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/tina-swithin/the-narcissism-e...
While many walk the line with grace and balance, there are also a significant number of narcissists who bathe in the celebrity spotlight in complete self-indulgence.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/tina-swithin/the-narcissism-e...
Peer comment(s):
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Helena Grahn
3 mins
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Obrigada, Helena!
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Clauwolf
3 hrs
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Obrigada, Claudio!
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Muriel Vasconcellos
: Hi Teresa, What would you do with "evolutivo"? 'growing'? 'increasing'?
5 hrs
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Thanks, Muriel! Maybe "growing self-indulgence"...
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+1
20 mins
Nick Taylor
Native in English
Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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8
indolence/inertia
indolence
Peer comment(s):
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Oliver Simões
: "... unless we are prodded on a monumental scale by some highly disturbing and conscience-altering event, we the people of the Earth may never abandon our evolutionary indolence and near-sightedness and follow our manifest destiny in the cosmos!"
3 days 17 hrs
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Cool reference - thanks Oliveira
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41 mins
Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
IT Specialist • M.A. in Linguistics
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
idleness
https://www.infopedia.pt/dicionarios/lingua-portuguesa/comod...
comodismo:
atitude de quem evita trabalhos, esforços ou dificuldades
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/idle
idleness:
If you say that someone is idle, you disapprove of them because they are not doing anything and you think they should be.
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