Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Please bake more bread
Portuguese translation:
A Senhora poderia, por gentileza, fazer mais pão doce?
Added to glossary by
airmailrpl
Nov 30, 2001 08:34
22 yrs ago
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English term
Aubree
Please bake more bread
Non-PRO
English to Portuguese
Bus/Financial
A friend from work's mother bakes Portuguese Sweet Bread, and she said that if I can figure out how to ask for bread in Portuguese, she'll bring more!
Proposed translations
(Portuguese)
Proposed translations
+1
15 hrs
airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in English
&
Portuguese
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
9465
Selected
A Senhora poderia, por gentileza, fazer mais pão doce?
A Senhora poderia, por gentileza, fazer mais pão doce?
Since she is probably a 'proper' Portuguese woman it would be better to substitute 'A Senhora' for 'você'
Since she is probably a 'proper' Portuguese woman it would be better to substitute 'A Senhora' for 'você'
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
-1
9 mins
A senhora poderia fazer o favor de assar mais pão?
Enjoy your bread,
Márcio
Márcio
Peer comment(s):
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Mafalda d'Orey de Faria
: Pão não se assa, mas coze!
1 day 3 hrs
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Talvez em Portugal. No Brasil, qualquer coisa que vá ao forno é assada.
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+2
12 mins
Roberto Cavalcanti
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Engineer, translator on tech/ business
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
7462
Por favor faça mais pão
That's what you have to say
Poohr
Fahvoor
Fahssah
Mahss
Paun
Poohr
Fahvoor
Fahssah
Mahss
Paun
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Deolinda Neves (X)
: Yummy!Yummy! I love sweet bread too.
1 hr
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Thks Sweet Deolinda
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| agree |
Tania Marques-Cardoso
: I'd just say 'pão doce' instead of 'pão'.
11 hrs
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Thks Tânia
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+1
2 hrs
Gino Amaral
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Brazilian Portuguese, loud and clear!
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
404
Você poderia, por gentileza, fazer mais pão doce?
Since you're talking about Sweet Bread, just go to the core!
Good luck!
Good luck!
1 day 3 hrs
Mafalda d'Orey de Faria
Portugal
Portugal
Native in Portuguese
Portugal
Very accurate, I never miss deadlines.
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
472
Por favor coza mais pão/
em Portugal coze-se o pão, ou faz-se pãp!
6 days
Cristina Knutzon
United States
United States
United States
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, Spanish to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
10
bread = pao, pao doce = sweet roll
If it is US English the proper translation for pao-doce is sweet roll. Sweet bread is not wrong, but doesn't sound right.
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