Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
pull a punch
Portuguese translation:
alivia a crítica
English term
Putting the human in Humanities
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese
Pull a punch
habits and the clinical-ethical tradition that has produced and is honored by those habits
make any such blaming unlikely. Nonetheless, Farmer relates story after story in which
misery has been made at home, made by neighbors, made by kin, made in cultures grown
tolerant of cruelty. Thus is pulled a punch in this book that pulls no other, and thus is
made a tension Farmer cannot himself gracefully resolve."
Esse trecho é parte de um artigo acadêmico, mas acho que não é necessária formalidade nessa parte especificamente.
| 4 | alivia a crítica |
Martin Riordan
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| 4 +1 | refrear/conter as palavras |
Manuel Leite
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| 4 | evita um conflito |
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
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Apr 5, 2012 22:51: Martin Riordan Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Brazil
Brazilian lawyer - 40+ years in Brazil
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British, UK, Irish, US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand) 
, Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, Mozambican, Angolan, European/Portugal) 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English, and 1 more.
alivia a crítica
Ou seja, o autor não culpa os pobres pela sua pobreza ou os doentes pelas suas doenças, mas podemos entender que em outras situações contadas no livro, ele critica os culpados pelos problemas criados.
Portugal
Allow me to bridge the gap
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
refrear/conter as palavras
pull a punch:
It's a boxing term, when you pull a punch you don't hit the other fighter as hard as you can.
It also means to hold back from doing or saying what you really think, not being completely honest so you won't hurt somebody's feelings.
When you don't pull any punches you are frank, honest.
Jason is a brutally honest guy, so if you can't handle the truth then you better not ask for his opinion, he can't pull a punch.
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Margarida Ataide
: Mas também estou de acordo com a Teresa Borges...
2 days 1 hr
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obrigado :-)
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Norway
Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Engineer:Oil&Gas/Electron/Finan/Law/HSEQ
Native in: Norwegian , Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Norwegian to Portuguese, Portuguese to Norwegian, and 19 more.
evita um conflito
...is pulled a punch in this book that pulls no other...
...o livro evita um conflito, o que acaba gerando outros conflitos....
Ref:
— pull punches also pull a punch
: to refrain from using all the force at one's disposal
not pull any punches:
to speak in an honest way without trying to be kind: This man doesn't pull any punches. I wouldn't like to get into an argument with him
Discussion
Pull punches
Verb
1. to criticise smth or smb just for effect or for show
2. to be not fully frank