Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Takes its toll
Portuguese translation:
deixa sequelas
Added to glossary by
Cristina Serra
Aug 6, 2007 11:13
16 yrs ago
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Native in: French 
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Takes its toll
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Quotation from a hotel cleaner:
…But the job takes its toll on the body. “I have a lot of pain in my neck, but I struggle through it.
When I vacuum under beds I sometimes get pain in the shoulders and back,” she says as
she runs her hands over her neck and shoulders.
…But the job takes its toll on the body. “I have a lot of pain in my neck, but I struggle through it.
When I vacuum under beds I sometimes get pain in the shoulders and back,” she says as
she runs her hands over her neck and shoulders.
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
| 4 +4 | deixa sequelas |
Cristina Santos
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| 4 | cobra o seu quinhão |
Roberto Cavalcanti
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Change log
Aug 6, 2007 12:17: Fabio Descalzi changed "Language pair" from "Portuguese to French" to "English to Portuguese"
Proposed translations
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Cristina Santos
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Portuguese
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese
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deixa sequelas
… o trabalho deixa sequelas / é desgastante / cansativo / difícil / maçador
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Note added at 6 mins (2007-08-06 11:20:22 GMT)
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take its/their/a toll
If something takes its/their/a toll, it causes suffering, deaths or damage:
The problems of the past few months have taken their toll on her health and there are shadows beneath her eyes.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Note added at 6 mins (2007-08-06 11:20:22 GMT)
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take its/their/a toll
If something takes its/their/a toll, it causes suffering, deaths or damage:
The problems of the past few months have taken their toll on her health and there are shadows beneath her eyes.
(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
Note from asker:
| Sim sim , enganei-me, É inglês > português |
Peer comment(s):
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cristina estanislau
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Obrigada Cristina
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Maria Oliveira
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Obrigada Maria
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Gina Teixeira
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Obrigada Gina
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Luz de Almeida
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Obrigada Luz
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Muito obrigada!"
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Roberto Cavalcanti
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Engineer, translator on tech/ business
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
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20
cobra o seu quinhão
cobra o seu pedágio
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