Curiously Named Pharmacy

Published on May 5th, 2006

Posted by John C Dvorak in General

A candidate for the Engrish.com site. Spotted in Sao Paulo.

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# 1 Fábio C. Martins said, on May 5th, 2006 at 11:43 am

It can means tired, wealthy or satiated in portuguese, not what you’re thinking.

# 2 pedro said, on May 5th, 2006 at 1:08 pm

actually, it means satisfied & fed up

# 3 MisterRustic said, on May 5th, 2006 at 1:25 pm

They can’t sell Beano there or they’d put themselves out of business.

# 4 Mr. Fornicated Fusion said, on May 5th, 2006 at 2:24 pm

To all our Portuguese friends, thank you for your interpretation.

To all English readers, ha ha ha. That is one way to be satisfied.

# 5 Joao said, on May 6th, 2006 at 2:48 am

Well, actually…

I´m Portuguese, but these posts are, i´m sure, from brazilian origin.
BTW Portugal is to Brazil, like England is to USA.

Farto means specifically plenty. It can be used as an adjective like that.
So it can mean, depending of context, satisfied, fed up, etc…
Like, “I had plenty of…food, trouble, money…”.

But, speaking of funny english translation, your hi-end Kona video cards always give me a laugh…
(someone tell this post why…)

# 6 Duffy said, on May 6th, 2006 at 3:51 am

Does Farto sell Bean-o?

# 7 pedro said, on May 6th, 2006 at 5:00 am

This is what’s so hilarious about languages. Although in portuguese the work you’re looking for is cona, Kona is a native hawaiian name, as well as the name of one of its islands.

Now, if you get into dialects or nuances inside a language, that’s even better. Speaking of cona, let’s make a competition to see who can say at least three different uses of the word concha in spanish. You’ll win a photo of site admin throwing the origami violently to the ground when it ran out of batteries waiting for it to boot.

# 8 James, age 14 said, on May 6th, 2006 at 12:22 pm

I knew you would all blog on this!! You have a dirty mind!

# 9 pedro said, on May 7th, 2006 at 1:00 pm

What I’m a little confused about is that the guy on the bike is actually going in the direction the arrow is pointing

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