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Ela é minha menina. (en → pt)

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Ela é minha menina. (en → pt)

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Ela é minha menina.

en: She is my girl.

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Explorer
Portugal

Re: Ela é minha menina. (en → pt)

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Watch out. That menina may refer to your daughter or your girlfriend, but never to your wife. It's the same in English, right?

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gmads
Mexico

Re: Ela é minha menina. (en → pt)

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Explorer wrote: Tue Dec 06, 2022 9:25 am

Watch out. That menina may refer to your daughter or your girlfriend, but never to your wife. It's the same in English, right?

I think that in English it is more common to use "girl" for girlfriend; it sounds a bit off, at least to me, when trying to use it to mean "daughter." There's the expression "daddy's girl," and even though I think I've heard it in some movies (just like "daddy's little princess), I don't think I'd use it, given its connotation.

I'd say it is best to just keep it as straightforward as possible: wife, daughter and girl :D

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