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Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “stone in the shoe”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ nu saˈpa.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾa no saˈpa.to/
Noun
pedra no sapato f (plural pedras no sapato)
- a minor but constant problem; an annoyance
2008, Antonio Pithon Cyrino, Entre a ciência e a experiência: Uma cartografia do autocuidado no diabetes, Editora UNESP, page 120:Eu diria que seria uma pedra no sapato o diabetes, né?- I’d say that it would be an annoyance to have diabetes, wouldn’t it?
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pedra, no, sapato.
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