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some high school

Portuguese translation: some high school


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19:10 Nov 18, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / níveis de educação
English term or phrase: some high school
Eu traduziria como "ensino médio", mas em seguida preciso traduzir "some high school".
daniel_0781
Local time: 00:31
Portuguese translation:some high school
Explanation:
High school in the United states includes years 9-12 of the scholastic development.
In Brazil this corresponds to your three years of technical school.

"some high school" may have several meanings... "some" High School could be saying "I have some (but not all) High School... In other words... example
"I went to school for only 2 years and Dropped out before graduation."

Some high school could also be used to say: "He attends some high school in New York city"... in this case "some" would be indication of a high school who's name is unknown.
Lastly... it could be used to express either a sense of awe.. or disgust...
Example: When hearing what school he attended the girls chided him saying "Wow... that's some high school you go to..."
or after the end of the football season... the winning school could be described with the very same words... but the meaning being positive instead of negative. "Wow!! Now that is some high school!

If this is the answer to the question of "What is your highest level of education?" Then the meaning would be the first example above: "Some High School"; "Some" meaning "less than Graduation" or "I Did not finish High school"
Hope this helps.
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Local time: 00:31
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3segundo grau incompleto
Humberto Ribas
5some high school
Eng-Port
5ensino médio incompletosilvia367325


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
segundo grau incompleto


Explanation:
Ensino edio/segundo grau incompleto

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-11-18 19:15:59 GMT)
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Opa: ensino médio

Humberto Ribas
Brazil
Local time: 01:31
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Beta Cummins
8 mins
  -> obrigado
agree  Marcelo da Luz: É duro a gente se convencer de que agora é "Ensino Médio"...
8 mins
  -> obrigado
agree  Marisa Colb(BR)
1 hr
  -> obrigado
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
ensino médio incompleto


Explanation:
Enem - Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio - Um ensino para a vida ... Saiba como cada Instituição Federal de Ensino Superior (Ifes) e Instituto Federal vai ...
www.enem.inep.gov.br/

silvia367325
Local time: 01:31
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3 days6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
some high school


Explanation:
High school in the United states includes years 9-12 of the scholastic development.
In Brazil this corresponds to your three years of technical school.

"some high school" may have several meanings... "some" High School could be saying "I have some (but not all) High School... In other words... example
"I went to school for only 2 years and Dropped out before graduation."

Some high school could also be used to say: "He attends some high school in New York city"... in this case "some" would be indication of a high school who's name is unknown.
Lastly... it could be used to express either a sense of awe.. or disgust...
Example: When hearing what school he attended the girls chided him saying "Wow... that's some high school you go to..."
or after the end of the football season... the winning school could be described with the very same words... but the meaning being positive instead of negative. "Wow!! Now that is some high school!

If this is the answer to the question of "What is your highest level of education?" Then the meaning would be the first example above: "Some High School"; "Some" meaning "less than Graduation" or "I Did not finish High school"
Hope this helps.

Eng-Port
Local time: 00:31
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Perfect. Just what I needed! Best explanation!
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