Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
ran up in a ragged bunch
Portuguese translation:
surgiram num amontoado confuso
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luzia fortes
Aug 12, 2005 23:49
18 yrs ago
English term
ran up in a ragged bunch
English to Portuguese
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"Walking home from the supermarket, he was taking a short cut along the Botanic Gardens when Henry and his chums ran up in a ragged bunch".
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | surgiram num amontoado confuso |
luzia fortes
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| 4 | erigiram num grupo andrajoso |
Marta Marques
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luzia fortes
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Works in: English to Portuguese, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
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surgiram num amontoado confuso
é uma tradução livre, mas não creio que a literal funcione. Transmite a ideia do volume criado por um grupo desorganizado de pessoas
run up - To make or become greater or larger: ran up huge bills; run up the price of the company's stock.
run up - To make or become greater or larger: ran up huge bills; run up the price of the company's stock.
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Alexandra Gouveia
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Obrigada, Alexandra!
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Claudio Mazotti
: ótima sugestão, Luiza... desculpe pelo equívoco, li o comentário da Alessandra na caixa acima e me confundi...rs
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Obrigada, Klausin, mas o meu nome é Luzia :0)
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Comment: "Obrigada!"
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erigiram num grupo andrajoso
acho que o adjectivo "andrajoso" se adqua, pois não conhecendo bem a história nem as respectivas personagens, a palavra "clums" que surge na frase revela que eles eram uns grosseiros e desajeitados.
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