secondhand account

[/ˈsekəndˌhænd əˈkaʊnt/]

nounpl: secondhand accounts

relato de segunda mão

1. information or a description of an event received from someone who did not witness it directly

The journalist refused to publish the secondhand account without verifying the facts first.

A jornalista recusou-se a publicar o relato de segunda mão sem verificar os fatos primeiro.

2. a report or narrative that is not from an original source or eyewitness

We only have a secondhand account of what happened at the meeting.

Temos apenas um relato de segunda mão do que aconteceu na reunião.

NYC Slang

word of mouth / hearsay

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

relato de segunda mão

most common usage across Brazil

São Paulo

relato indireto / informação de terceiros

alternative phrasing commonly used in business contexts

Portugal

relato em segunda mão / testemunho indireto

Portuguese European variant

hear something through the grapevine

take something with a grain of salt

ouvir dizer

contar de orelha em orelha

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