"quando minguar a lua, não comeces coisa alguma" meaning in Portuguese

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "when the moon wanes don't start anything"
      },
      "expansion": "“when the moon wanes don't start anything”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "when the moon wanes don't start anything"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “when the moon wanes don't start anything”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "quando minguar a lua, não comeces cousa algua"
      },
      "expansion": "quando minguar a lua, não comeces cousa algua",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “when the moon wanes don't start anything”. From a previous rhyming phonetic, quando minguar a lua, não comeces cousa algua.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
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      },
      "expansion": "quando minguar a lua, não comeces coisa alguma",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "proverb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "ref": "1651, Antonio Delicado, Officina de Domingos Lopes Rosa, Adagios portuguezes reduzidos a lugares communs, page 13",
          "roman": "When the Moon wanes:don't start anything.",
          "text": "Quando minguar a Lua:naõ comeces cousa alguã.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "When the Moon wanes, don't start anything.",
          "ref": "1780, Francisco Rolland, Typografia Rollandiana, Adagios, proverbios, rifãos, e anexins da lingua portugueza, page 144",
          "text": "Quando mingoar a Lua, naõ comeces couſa alguma.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "When the Moon wanes / Don't start anything.",
          "roman": "Quando minguar a lua / Não comeces cousa alguma.",
          "text": "1867, Teophilo de Braga, Impressa da Universidade de Coimbra, Cancioneiro Popular, page 189",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the waning moon is not the best period for the seeding of most crops or for cutting wood"
      ],
      "id": "en-quando_minguar_a_lua,_não_comeces_coisa_alguma-pt-proverb-DpJdS796",
      "links": [
        [
          "agriculture",
          "agriculture"
        ],
        [
          "waning moon",
          "waning moon"
        ]
      ],
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        "(agriculture) the waning moon is not the best period for the seeding of most crops or for cutting wood"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "quando minguar a lua, não comeces cousa algua"
        },
        {
          "word": "quando a lua minguar, nada deves começar"
        },
        {
          "word": "Quando a lua minguar, nada hás de semear"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "quando minguar a lua, não comeces coisa alguma"
}

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        "1": "when the moon wanes don't start anything"
      },
      "expansion": "“when the moon wanes don't start anything”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "when the moon wanes don't start anything"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “when the moon wanes don't start anything”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "quando minguar a lua, não comeces cousa algua"
      },
      "expansion": "quando minguar a lua, não comeces cousa algua",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “when the moon wanes don't start anything”. From a previous rhyming phonetic, quando minguar a lua, não comeces cousa algua.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pt",
        "2": "proverb"
      },
      "expansion": "quando minguar a lua, não comeces coisa alguma",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "proverb",
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        {
          "ref": "1651, Antonio Delicado, Officina de Domingos Lopes Rosa, Adagios portuguezes reduzidos a lugares communs, page 13",
          "roman": "When the Moon wanes:don't start anything.",
          "text": "Quando minguar a Lua:naõ comeces cousa alguã.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "When the Moon wanes, don't start anything.",
          "ref": "1780, Francisco Rolland, Typografia Rollandiana, Adagios, proverbios, rifãos, e anexins da lingua portugueza, page 144",
          "text": "Quando mingoar a Lua, naõ comeces couſa alguma.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "When the Moon wanes / Don't start anything.",
          "roman": "Quando minguar a lua / Não comeces cousa alguma.",
          "text": "1867, Teophilo de Braga, Impressa da Universidade de Coimbra, Cancioneiro Popular, page 189",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "the waning moon is not the best period for the seeding of most crops or for cutting wood"
      ],
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        [
          "agriculture",
          "agriculture"
        ],
        [
          "waning moon",
          "waning moon"
        ]
      ],
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        "(agriculture) the waning moon is not the best period for the seeding of most crops or for cutting wood"
      ],
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        "agriculture",
        "business",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      ],
      "word": "quando minguar a lua, não comeces cousa algua"
    },
    {
      "word": "quando a lua minguar, nada deves começar"
    },
    {
      "word": "Quando a lua minguar, nada hás de semear"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quando minguar a lua, não comeces coisa alguma"
}