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sambava todos os dias seus trinta e poucos anos.

Portuguese translation: every day she used to dance away her thirty-odd years to samba

21:29 Nov 22, 2009
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: sambava todos os dias seus trinta e poucos anos.
"Negra como uma pérola, sambava todos os dias seus trinta e poucos anos. Uma beleza persistente."
Felipe Barbosa
Portugal
Local time: 05:33
Portuguese translation:every day she used to dance away her thirty-odd years to samba
Explanation:
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Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 05:33
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4every day she used to dance away her thirty-odd years to samba
Katarina Peters
5she sambaed every day of her thirty-plus years
airmailrpl
4She used to shake OR she shook her thirty-plus year old body on the samba everyday
Marlene Curtis
2she danced the samba everyday and was just over thirty (years old)
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral


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she danced the samba everyday and was just over thirty (years old)


Explanation:
diria assim

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
She used to shake OR she shook her thirty-plus year old body on the samba everyday


Explanation:
The tense of the verb depends on the context.

Orlando Sentinel - "Dancing With the Stars": Frenchman has the ...
Mar 23, 2009 ... Lil' Kim shook her body with all her determination on the samba. Goodman said she must have "a bionic bootie." Did the "Bionic Woman" have a ...
blogs.orlandosentinel.com/.../dancing-with-the-stars-1.htm



Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 05:33
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
every day she used to dance away her thirty-odd years to samba


Explanation:
my version

Katarina Peters
Canada
Local time: 05:33
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Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 88
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agree  Carla Lopes
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agree  Adriana Maciel
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
she sambaed every day of her thirty-plus years


Explanation:
sambava todos os dias seus trinta e poucos anos. =>
she sambaed every day of her thirty-plus years


sambaed - definition of sambaed by the Free Online Dictionary ...
Music in duple meter for performing this dance. intr.v. sam·baed, sam·ba·ing, sam·bas. To perform this dance. [Portuguese, possibly of African origin.] ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/sambaed

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Sambaed Definition | Definition of Sambaed at Dictionary.com
/ˈsæm bə, ˈsɑm-/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [sam-buh, sahm-] Show IPA noun, plural -bas, verb, -baed, -ba⋅ing. Use Sambaed in a Sentence ...
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 06:33
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