Topic: Portuguese

"Ela olhou direto nos olhos do capitão."

Translation:She looked straight into the eyes of the captain.

July 28, 2013

15 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Oinophilos
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    they should accept "She looked the captain straight in the eye."

    January 16, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/zvukosav

      I think you're right Oinophilos - both should be accepted "in the eye" as well as "in the eyes"!

      April 16, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/BobSK1
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      "She looked straight into the captain's eyes." The current convoluted translation is bad English.

      May 27, 2019
      https://www.duolingo.com/BaconTastesGood

        What is the 'nos' doing in this sentence? I can't figure out its meaning.

        July 28, 2013
        https://www.duolingo.com/jonathan.j5

          "nos" in this case is "n" + "os" and translates as "into the" not "us"

          July 28, 2013
          https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
          Mod

            And n = em. Em + os (in the).

            July 29, 2013
            https://www.duolingo.com/BaconTastesGood

              thanks!

              July 28, 2013
              https://www.duolingo.com/pnehls
              Plus

                easy way to tell the difference is nós= we, nos= in the

                August 15, 2013
                https://www.duolingo.com/anachron

                  Except when nos = us :)

                  January 13, 2014
                  https://www.duolingo.com/saschambaer

                    They should just make that nòs or so. I mean, portuguese already has so many diacritics, one more can't hurt.

                    February 20, 2014
                    https://www.duolingo.com/pnehls
                    Plus

                      indeed, not sure when i wrote this, but the "nós nos + verb + nos (in the)" situation has probably caused a few heads to explode.

                      January 13, 2014
                      https://www.duolingo.com/Paulenrique
                      Mod

                        =)

                        February 20, 2014
                        https://www.duolingo.com/SilentAnnie

                          Thanks

                          December 22, 2013
                          https://www.duolingo.com/MarkosGoulet

                            Good ol' homophones, eh? :P

                            October 24, 2013
                            https://www.duolingo.com/Oinophilos
                            Plus

                              To be more precise, to look someone "straight in the eye" (an invariable idiom) is normally followed by "and said" or the like, to emphasize that the speaker wants to appear serious, courageous, and honest. Looking "straight into someone's eyes" or "directly into somenone's eyes" (plural is necessary here), could be for other reasons, such as to assess whether someone is telling the truth or because one is smitten by the gaze of the other (or wants the other to be smitten by his or her gaze).

                              May 29, 2019
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