Hehe, I love it. Sloth is a synonym for Lazyness in English
too, and they're so freaking cute... :)
I wouldn't say it was an exact synonym. Though the
dictionary definitions are similar, sloth has a more
negative connotation than laziness; the fourth deadly sin is
called "sloth" rather than "laziness".
'Preguiça', the name in Portuguese, is also the
name of that deadly sin. But then I would quote
Brazilian writter Mário Quintana:
"A preguiça é a mãe do progresso. Se o homem não
tivesse preguiça de caminhar, não teria inventado
a roda." [book: Na Volta da Esquina]
My translation: "Sloth is the mother of progress. If
not for the sloth of walking, mankind wouldn't have
invented the wheel".
Best,
Maurício
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