Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Queimar a largada
English translation:
Jump the gun
Added to glossary by
RoBelinky
Apr 8, 2011 20:58
13 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Queimar a largada
Portuguese to English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Racing
When athletes start racing before the official start
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +9 | Jump the gun |
lailalc
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| 4 +3 | false start |
Colin Bowles
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| 4 | falsa partida |
Marta Caldeira
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Change log
Apr 8, 2011 21:28: RoBelinky changed "Language pair" from "English to Portuguese" to "Portuguese to English"
Proposed translations
+9
41 mins
Selected
Jump the gun
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/jump the gun
We all had to start the race again because Jane jumped the gun
We all had to start the race again because Jane jumped the gun
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
9 mins
falsa partida
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Note added at 10 mins (2011-04-08 21:08:37 GMT)
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Note from asker:
| Me desculpe, Marta, eu havia posto o language pair errado - eu gostaria de saber qual é o termo em inglês. Obrigada. |
+3
42 mins
Colin Bowles
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
Brazil
Timely engineering and IT translations
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English
false start
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
coolbrowne
: This is the standard term ("jump the gun" being an also-ran)
1 hr
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| agree |
T o b i a s
3 hrs
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| agree |
Nick Taylor
10 hrs
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