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| DonaFlor | Saturday 06th of January 2007 03:18:57 PM |
| What does it mean? - já para não falar | |
| Mecikoch | Saturday 06th of January 2007 07:44:31 PM |
| - This expression by itself has no equivalent in English, though, if we take it literally, it could approximately mean something like \"but to not talk\", with [i]já[/i] meaning \"otherwise\"/\"on the other hand\". It\'s totally up to the context. | |
| DonaFlor | Saturday 06th of January 2007 09:05:58 PM |
| - I guess it means: \'already not talking about\' and sounds more ironically. | |
| jrcls | Saturday 06th of January 2007 09:27:22 PM |
| - Dunno... what´s the context? It may mean some different things... | |
| DonaFlor | Sunday 07th of January 2007 07:26:09 AM |
| - A cantora deve um milhão de dólares em prestações da hipoteca da mansão de Nova Jérsia, já para não falar nos impostos de 2006 sobre o imóvel, que ainda não pagou. | |
| Mecikoch | Sunday 07th of January 2007 01:15:28 PM |
| - In this case it is not ironic... instead, it has the sense of the English expression \'apart from\'. | |
| Cian_br | Tuesday 16th of January 2007 11:54:40 AM |
| - Yes! \'apart from\' sounds like a good equivalent. Personally, I\'d translate it as \"not to mention\"; which is more or less the same, I guess. | |
