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periferia

English translation: outskirts

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Portuguese term or phrase:periferia
English translation:outskirts
Entered by: laurash2610

00:14 Apr 14, 2010
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
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Portuguese term or phrase: periferia
como se fosse gíria. a frase é "A loja tá dentro da periferia, na favela, não precisa ir ao shopping"
laurash2610
Brazil
Local time: 09:21
periphery
Explanation:
A line that forms the boundary of an area

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Note added at 4 mins (2010-04-14 00:18:32 GMT)
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ah, outskirts também caberia, significa subúrbio
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Renato Gonzalez
Brazil
Local time: 09:21
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6outskirt
Leniel Maccaferri
2 +4outskirts/at the edge of the city limits
Marcelo González
4periphery
Renato Gonzalez
4suburb
Lorena H Borges
4neighbourhood / neigborhood
solange trad


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
periphery


Explanation:
A line that forms the boundary of an area

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Note added at 4 mins (2010-04-14 00:18:32 GMT)
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ah, outskirts também caberia, significa subúrbio

Renato Gonzalez
Brazil
Local time: 09:21
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +4
outskirts/at the edge of the city limits


Explanation:
This is my take, assuming the mall/shopping center might be far away...

Marcelo González
United States
Local time: 02:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Drysdale (X): Yep . . I believe it is plural . .
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, David!
agree  Edward Nelson: No doubt it's plural.
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Edward :-)
agree  Verginia Ophof: witin the city limits
14 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Marianna Tucci
4 days
  -> Thanks, Marianna :-)
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
outskirt


Explanation:
outskirt

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-04-14 03:44:59 GMT)
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Babylon English-Portuguese
outskirt['aʊtskɜrt /-skɜːt]
s. periferia, subúrbio, cercanias

Merriam-Webster Collegiate® Dictionary
out·skirt
Pronunciation: 'au̇t-ˌskərt
Function: noun
Date: 1596

: a part remote from the center : BORDER ― usually used in plural <on the outskirts of town>

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 09:21
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Renato Gonzalez: é isso mesmo, velho!
1 min
agree  Paula Graca
25 mins
agree  Marlene Curtis: OutskirtS
54 mins
neutral  Marcelo González: You wrote your suggestion without an "s" not once but TWICE, so I can't help but wonder if you think it's correct. If not, you might want to post a note to this effect.
3 hrs
neutral  Sonia Maria Parise: agree with Marcelo
5 hrs
agree  Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
6 hrs
agree  Claudio Mazotti: outskirts
6 hrs
agree  Carla Lopes
8 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
suburb


Explanation:
One more option

Lorena H Borges
Brazil
Local time: 09:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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1 day 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
neighbourhood / neigborhood


Explanation:
The context given indicates that the phrase is being said by someone who lives in the "periferia". Therefore, in English it does not make sense to say "outskirts" or "periphery" or "slums" or whatever. The following make more sense, when you consider that the person saying the phrase lives there:

"A loja tá dentro da periferia, na favela, não precisa ir ao shopping"
"The shop is in the neighbourhood itself, in the favela/shantytown (might not need to translate, depending on what text is for) you don't need to go to the mall."

solange trad
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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