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mari_18cf
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"Tangled"
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Hey,
Let me ask you; you are in a relationship, or single.
Here in Brazil there is one status that is in the middle. It �s like you are not dating and not single, you are hooking up with someone.
We say that the person is "tangled, wrapped". But I am quite sure it doesnt make sense in English.
Could you help me find some informal word to mean what I want? |
1 Jun 2013
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Jayho
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Hi Mari
Maybe this will help:
Cheers
Jayho |
1 Jun 2013
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ueslteacher
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romanticallly involved? seeing someone?
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1 Jun 2013
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MoodyMoody
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I can �t think of an adjective to describe what you mean, but a noun phrase that is very popular in the USA is "friends with benefits," There �s no interest in a long-term relationship, just a friend who will have sex with you. It �s an odd concept to me, but then I �m a middle-aged fogey.
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1 Jun 2013
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Maria Linz
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Hey, Mari, what do you mean? Is that "ficar com algu�m"? There is no translation for that.
What Moody Moody said "friends with benefits" should be "amizade colorida" (that you don �t hear much nowadays). |
1 Jun 2013
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mari_18cf
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Tipo, enrolado Maria. Friends with benefits eu sei. :) |
1 Jun 2013
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Liligirl
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Mari,
What region is this expression from ? I �m from Rio and never heard "enrolando Maria"
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2 Jun 2013
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mari_18cf
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Not enrolando Maria, haha.
Maria is the girl who commented above me :) |
2 Jun 2013
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douglas
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I would guess enrolando to mean something like "involved" |
3 Jun 2013
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