to die, to kick the bucket
O cachorro do vizinho, coitado, levou o farelo ontem.
The neighbour's dog, poor thing, kicked the bucket yesterday.
Paraense slang for dying. Farelo is bran — the leftover crumbs of milled grain — and levar o farelo is to be carried off with the chaff.
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