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be prying

[/bi ˈpraɪɪŋ/]
verb phrase
estar metendo o nariz, estar bisbilhotando
1. To be inquisitive or nosy; to inquire impertinently into other people's affairs
Stop being prying into my personal business.
Pare de meter o nariz nos meus assuntos pessoais.
2. To be engaged in the act of looking or searching curiously through something
She was being prying through the old boxes in the attic.
Ela estava bisbilhotando as caixas antigas no sótão.
NYC Slang
being nosy, being in everyone's business
Synonyms
be nosybe inquisitivebe curiousbe snoopingbe meddling
Antonyms
be discreetbe respectfulmind one's own businessbe indifferent

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
estar bisbilhotando, estar metendo o nariz
Most common usage in casual Brazilian Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro
estar bisbilhotando
Colloquial term frequently used in Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo
estar metendo o nariz, estar fuçando
Common expressions in São Paulo dialect
Portugal
estar a bisbilhotar, estar a mexericar
European Portuguese uses slightly different constructions

Related Idioms & Phrases

poke one's nose into
stick one's oar in
be a busybody
have big ears
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