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English: Bagged an eight pointer

Portuguese translation: matei un veado com hastes de oito pontas







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English term or phrase:Bagged an eight pointer
Portuguese translation:matei un veado com hastes de oito pontas
Entered by:Erik Bry
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / Hunting
English term or phrase: Bagged an eight pointer
Fresh tracks. Held a gun much since the Gulf (os)
War, XXX?

No, sir.
I’m not much of a hunter.

I went out with XXX a month ago.
Bagged an eight pointer.

Yeah, he told me about that.
Except I heard it was a six.

He was just pissed because he
went home empty handed.
Elisabete Cunha
Portugal
matei un veado de galhada de oito pontas
Explanation:
a deer

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Note added at 11 mins (2007-11-13 02:28:48 GMT)
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um veado
também, pode ser COM oito pontas

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Note added at 15 mins (2007-11-13 02:32:21 GMT)
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ou com uma galhada
Selected response from:

Erik Bry
United States
Note from asker to answerer
Apesar de efectivamente não se usar "galhada" em Pt-Pt, a ideia estava correcta e erikbry respondeu primeiro, daí a minha escolha.

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5matei un veado de galhada de oito pontas
Erik Bry
5cacei um veado com hastes de oito pontasLuz de Almeida


  

Answers

6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
bagged an eight pointer matei un veado de galhada de oito pontas

Explanation:
a deer

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Note added at 11 mins (2007-11-13 02:28:48 GMT)
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um veado
também, pode ser COM oito pontas

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Note added at 15 mins (2007-11-13 02:32:21 GMT)
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ou com uma galhada

Erik Bry
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Apesar de efectivamente não se usar "galhada" em Pt-Pt, a ideia estava correcta e erikbry respondeu primeiro, daí a minha escolha.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree airmailrpl: matei un veado com uma galhada de oito pontas
2 hrs

agree Humberto Ribas
4 hrs

agree Henrique Serra: matei UM veado com uma galhada de oito pontas
4 hrs

agree Gina Teixeira
6 hrs

agree Pedro Paredinha
1 day22 hrs
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2 days8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bagged an eight pointer cacei um veado com hastes de oito pontas

Explanation:
EM Pt-PT não se usa galhada mas sim haste.

Luz de Almeida
Portugal
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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