English term
Brazil
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to English, English to Spanish, and 1 more.
...rationing or making do during the war.
Apr 4, 2009 20:28: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Proposed translations
...racionar ou dar um jeito para sobreviver com o que tínhamos durante a guerra
It had to do with rationing or making do during the war.
Tinha algo a ver com (o fato de) termos que racionar ou dar um jeito para sobreviver com o que tínhamos durante a guerra.
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Portugal
Translating is my life
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: Spanish to Portuguese, English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, and 6 more.
... racionalizar ou nos contentarmos/nos virarmos com o que temos durante a guerra
make do
contentar-se com o que tem, arrumar-se
Brazil
On time delivery and first-rate quality
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Spanish to English
racionar ou virar-se com o que se tem/ virar-se como pode
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
...racionar ou nos arranjar com o tínhamos durante a guerra.
To manage to get along with the means available: had to make do on less income
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CORREÇÃO
... RACIONAR OU NOS ARRANJAR/NOS ARRUMAR COM O QUE TÍNHAMOS DURANTE A GUERRA
Electric Engineer/Military
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
..racionar ou arranjando-nos/precavendo-nos com o que dispunhamos durante a guerra.
Diria assim: ...racionando ou arranjando-nos/precavendo-nos com o que dispunhamos durante a guerra.
make do: arranjar-se com / arranjar-se como é possível ( Dic. Exp. Idiomáticas)
Tive de enfrentar o racionamento ou arranjar-me com o que havia
Canada
Accuracy and A1 presentation
Native in: Hungarian , English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Hungarian to English, and 13 more.
...racionando ou apertando o cinto durante a guerra
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