Get a Portuguese Tutor
to elbow
"Acerta com o cotovelo num jogo transmitido na televisão e nunca mais terás de voltar a fazê-lo."
"Throw an elbow in a nationally televised game you'll never have to do it again."
"Não pude ir na entrevista de emprego, a pinta no cotovelo"...
"I couldn't go to that job interview, there was a spot on my elbow."
"O cotovelo bateu no músculo do meu braço, senhor."
(IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE) "Your elbow went into my arm muscle, mister.
"Quando ele estava perto dos 13, o meu irmão Jem partiu o braço dele no cotovelo.
"When he was nearly 13, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.