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effortless task

[/ˈɛfərtləs tæsk/]
noun phrasepl: effortless tasks
tarefa fácil / tarefa sem esforço
1. A job or activity that is easy to accomplish and requires little or no physical or mental effort
For an experienced programmer, debugging that code was an effortless task.
Para um programador experiente, depurar aquele código foi uma tarefa fácil.
2. Something that is accomplished with apparent ease and grace, without strain
She made the difficult dance routine look like an effortless task.
Ela fez a coreografia difícil parecer uma tarefa sem esforço.
NYC Slang
a cake walk / a piece of cake / no sweat
Synonyms
easy tasksimple taskbreezepiece of cakechild's playwalk in the parktarefa simplescoisa fácilbrincadeira de criança
Antonyms
difficult taskchallenging taskarduous taskuphill battletarefa difíciltarefa árdua

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
tarefa fácil / coisa fácil
Most common usage in Brazilian Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro
moleza / coisa de moleza
Colloquial slang for something very easy
São Paulo
tarefa sem esforço / fácil demais
Standard usage
Portugal
tarefa fácil / trabalho fácil
Standard European Portuguese usage

Related Idioms & Phrases

a piece of cake
a walk in the park
a breeze
child's play
como tirar leite de pedra (opposite idiom - very difficult in Portuguese)
abrir e fechar de olhos (to do something in a blink in Portuguese)
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