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Portuguese translation: tanto quantotão desesperadamente quanto/tão avidamente quanto

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English term or phrase:	as badly as
Portuguese translation:	tanto quantotão desesperadamente quanto/tão avidamente quanto
Entered by:	Humberto Ribas

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20:30 Jan 3, 2008

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English term or phrase: as badly as

. One really has to be enterprising to gain a leg up on your counterparts in the industry who want to make money just as badly as you do

Teresa Felix de Sousa KudoZ activity Questions: 7784 (12 open) (1 without valid answers) (32 closed without grading) Answers: 892
Local time: 13:58

tanto quanto

Explanation:
de modo tão intenso quanto

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Note added at 3 mins (2008-01-03 20:33:50 GMT)
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o mesmo tanto quanto. tão intensamente quanto

Selected response from:

Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Local time: 13:58

Grading comment

Tks a ton you all
T.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

tanto quanto

Humberto Ribas

4 +6

tão avidamente OU tão ansiosamente quanto (você)

Marlene Curtis

4 +2

tanto quanto, do mesmo modo (da mesma forma) como você

Claudio Mazotti

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3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

tanto quanto

Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Local time: 13:58
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 40

Grading comment

Tks a ton you all
T.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Claudio Mazotti: qdo postei, ainda nao tinha entrado nada...rs

3 mins

-> Opa, cuidado com o duplo sentido, rs, rs, rs e mais rs.

agree

rhandler

17 mins

-> obrigado

agree

Cristina Santos

33 mins

-> obrigado, Cristina, apesar de achar que a resposta da Marlene é melhor.

agree

Freitas e Silva

36 mins

-> obrigado, apesar de achar que a resposta da Marlene é melhor.

agree

Paula Vaz-Carreiro: Maybe the best way to express this intensifier is to say: que querem enriquecer TÃO DESESPERADAMENTE COMO tu. (to want something badly is to want it desperately))

1 hr

-> obrigado, Paula, apesar de achar que a resposta da Marlene é melhor, e achar que 'desesperadamente' traduz 'badly' melhor ainda

agree

Nuno Machado

18 days

-> obrigado

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

tanto quanto, do mesmo modo (da mesma forma) como você

Explanation:
...

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 20

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

tão avidamente OU tão ansiosamente quanto (você)

Explanation:
...deseja ganhar dinheiro tão avidamente quanto você

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Note added at 5 mins (2008-01-03 20:35:34 GMT)
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Badly neste contexto significa muito, com muita ansiedade.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 12:58
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 388

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Non-PRO (2): rhandler, Freitas e Silva

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Jan 4, 2008 - Changes made by Humberto Ribas:
Edited KOG entry	Teresa Felix de Sousa's old entry - "as badly as" => "tanto quantotão desesperadamente quanto/tão avidamente qto"

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