Portuguese term
United Kingdom
Elegant precision - published writer
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English, Portuguese to English
nossos aposentos
This appears in a blessing/address made by a bishop at the end of a meeting. The address is tailored to that specific meeting. Does 'nossos aposentos' here have some specific, religious meaning (and is there an equivalent in EN)? Or is it simply a flowery way of saying 'our home'? Country is Mozambique.
"Abençoe a cada um de nós e nos conduza protegidos para os nossos aposentos e para aqueles que estão fora deles."
Many thanks.
| 4 +6 | our homes |
Kevin Albuquerque
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| 4 +3 | our premises |
Mario Freitas
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| 4 +2 | our dwellings |
Nick Taylor
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| 4 | our lodgings / rooms |
Felipe Tomasi
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| 4 | our living quarters |
Bett
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| 3 | our hearths and heartlands |
Adrian MM.
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Mark Robertson
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Brazil
Gaming and Tech specialist
Native in: Portuguese 
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, and 8 more.
our homes
| Thanks Kevin - and how do you read the bit about 'para aqueles que estão fora deles'? sorry if that's another question, but the phrasing is unclear to me - those who are not in their homes? |
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Kathleen Goldsmith-Killing
: It can also mean "our rooms"
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Yeah, but in this case it seems like it's the end of the meeting, so they are heading home :)
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Mark Robertson
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Nick Taylor
57 mins
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Danilo Santana
1 hr
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Viviam Oliveira
4 hrs
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Ramom Nério
27 days
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Portuguese to English, English to Portug
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese
our dwellings
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Mark Robertson
: or abodes?
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Cheers Mark. Yes, that works too!
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Ana Rita Santiago
: maybe our lodgings, if the ones being blessed are staying temporarily somewhere other than their homes.
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Good point! Thanks :-)
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Brazil
Finance/Crypto/Legal • 15yr exp.
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, French to Portuguese
our lodgings / rooms
Brazil
32 years engineering/law/contracts
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
our premises
https://www.google.com.br/search?q="our premises"&client=fir...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2021-04-13 20:55:41 GMT)
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Please note if these people are going to a hotel after the meeting, they are not going home. I insist "aposentos" does not necessarily refer to home, otherwise the author woud have used "para casa" or "para seus lares" or something like that. In Portuguese, it's not common at all to use "aposentos" to refere to one's home.
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Clauwolf
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Obrigado, Claus!
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Claudia Piersanti
: Sim!
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Obrigado, Cláudia!
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Felipe Tomasi
: Com base na explicação da consulente na discussão, a alternativa do Mario passa ser a melhor.
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Obrigado, Felipe!
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Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
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Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
our hearths and heartlands
Hearth is used symbolically to mean a home entry 2 OED plus in many SlavonIc languages.
Hearth and home is a term of art but wouldn't fit office premises too well.
But standing here among the people of Punxsutawney and basking in the warmth of their hearths and hearts, I couldn't imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter.
our living quarters
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Note added at 7 days (2021-04-20 19:55:44 GMT)
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it could also be just "quarters" as used in the military, similar to "quartel".
Reference comments
Translations by lawyers for lawyers
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, English
Aposento
Grande Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa, Tomo I, pág. 559.
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