Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
olhar sofrido
English translation:
sorrowful/pained gaze
Portuguese term
Portugal
EN Translator
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
, Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
olhar sofrido
Ela e (name) trocam um olhar sofrido.'
Thanks in advance for your help!
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United States
Frankly Speaking: Quality & Multilingual
Native in: English (Variants: US South, US)
Works in: Georgian to English, Portuguese to English, Galician to English, and 3 more.
sorrowful/pained gaze
| Thanks Frank! |
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Nick Taylor
: I like soulful!
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Bett
: good
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Obrigado! :)
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Portugal
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida 
30+ years translating EU documents
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 1 more.
sorrowed look
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Margarida Martins Costelha
: Preferia 'sorrowful', Teresa
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Concordo!
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Lara Barnett
: As Margarida says, "sorrowful" would be the appropriate form here.
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Thanks, Lara!
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United Kingdom
WorldWideWords
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
pained expression
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Note added at 14 mins (2016-09-22 08:14:40 GMT)
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Hi Tania, yes you can exchange a pained look, but you wear a pained expression!
| Marian, 'trocar' means that they exchanged this look. They exchanged a pained look? Thanks! |
Will do!
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, and 1 more.
(look at each other), with pain in their eyes
| obrigada Ana! |
Portugal
https://theportuguesetranslator.site/
Native in: English , Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 2 more.
they gazed at each other soulfully / they exchanged a soulful look
| Obrigada Rakel! |
Brazil
Experienced EN-PT Translator _ 5ys+ exp
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
sorrowful look
Eles [Ela e (name)] trocam um olhar sofrido
They exchange a sorrowful look
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Note added at 5 horas (2016-09-22 13:39:04 GMT)
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"sorrowful glance" é outra alternativa que ainda não vi aqui
exchange pained glances
https://books.google.com.br/books?id=xW7FCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT353&l...
https://books.google.com.br/books?id=3cIfDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT228&l...
or
"exchange pained looks"
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