After two hours on the road, Tom made a comfort stop. - English example sentence

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patgfisher September 2, 2015 September 2, 2015 at 11:04:19 PM UTC

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"comfort stop" means a short pause in a journey to allow passengers to go to the toilet.

ToinhoAlam September 2, 2015 September 2, 2015 at 11:49:27 PM UTC

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Wow, there is no such term in portuguese... It is rather funny.

patgfisher September 3, 2015, edited September 3, 2015 September 3, 2015 at 11:03:08 PM UTC, edited September 3, 2015 at 11:12:16 PM UTC

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> there is no such term in portuguese... It is rather funny.

That's interesting. "comfort stop" is a euphemistic term and "toilet stop" or "toilet break" could also be used.

[Edit: I've just added another example of a euphemism for going to the toilet: #4489081]

ToinhoAlam September 3, 2015, edited September 3, 2015 September 3, 2015 at 11:30:45 PM UTC, edited September 3, 2015 at 11:34:39 PM UTC

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Well, I used 'aliviar', which is euphemism for urinate, it makes more sense in a travel. I hope comfort stop doesn't necessarily imply the number 2.

patgfisher September 4, 2015 September 4, 2015 at 12:40:17 AM UTC

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> I hope comfort stop doesn't necessarily imply the number 2.

It does not imply it, but could include it. "comfort stop" just means to relieve onself, not necessarily only urination.

ToinhoAlam September 4, 2015, edited September 18, 2015 September 4, 2015 at 1:29:53 AM UTC, edited September 18, 2015 at 3:10:19 AM UTC

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> It does not imply it, but could include it. "comfort stop" just means to relieve onself, not necessarily only urination.

So this is all ok, because 'aliviar-se' means exactly to relieve oneself (like alleviate) and might not necessarily only imply urination. It is just used more with this meaning. The semantic divergence is little.