Talk:Desenrascanço/Archive 1

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Desenrascanço in the discoveries era

The thing of the portuguese kept in Dutch boats for emergencies its true - we learn it in school. Muriel 15:58, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

eheh. This made me laugh! what can I say... could this be like the Saudade sentiment (exclusive to the Portuguese/Brazilian)? Sometimes I use desenrascanço for emergencies. eheh. We use to say «desenrascate!!!» Pedro

This week I used Desenrascanço and it worked! «Eu tive que me desenrascar porque tava bem enrascado com umas cenas que não vêm ao acaso!».

Desenrascanso is an attitude not simply a word.Pedro 05:02, 13 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Vfd archive

This article was listed on VfD. The consensus was to keep. Here is the archived debate:

====Desenrascanso==== Desenrascanço

• Gets no google hits except Wikipedia derivatives. Made up? DJ Clayworth 15:40, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • Perhaps the word is a portugese one? The page is seriously POV though.If we keep we need to NPOV it. This is not a vote either way.theresa knott 15:53, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
    • You are right dear Theresa, thats the most wonderful of the Portuguese virtues, the one who keeps saving us for the last 900 years! Muriel
  • Despite the true definition and the tender way in which is expressed, delete, not encyclopaediac. Muriel 15:57, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. It needs cleanup. VfD is not cleanup. Optim 16:05, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • It is a real portugese word for "crisis management". Delete because it is not in use in English. (I did not find it in any of the dictionaries I checked.) However if keep, move to Wiktionary (after thorough NPOV). Rossami 16:06, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
    • If I understand well, it's not just a word. Also, Agora is not used in English but no-one ever voted to deleted it AFAIK. Would you? Optim 16:11, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
      • Agora is in use in English. Evidence - it was listed in the very first dictionary I checked. From evidence available to me, Desenrascanso is just a word. Rossami
  • I suggest merge with Culture of Portugal Muriel 16:08, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
    • Well, I would suggest to start a Culture of Portugal article with this info, i.e. move it there. :) Optim 16:14, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • The correct spelling returns several other hits on Google, actually. Fredrik 16:21, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep: valid topic, move to clean up list. The link w/ Dutch sailors is interesting, I wonder if it can be substantiated. Wile E. Heresiarch 17:24, 7 Mar 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. Could use some work.Doovinator 21:28, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)