pedra no sapato

Portuguese
FWOTD – 20 January 2013

Etymology

Literally, “stone in the shoe”.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ nu saˈpa.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾa no saˈpa.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾɐ nu sɐˈpa.tu/ [ˈpɛ.ðɾɐ nu sɐˈpa.tu]

Noun

pedra no sapato f (plural pedras no sapato)

  1. 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?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pedra,‎ no,‎ sapato.

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