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bordeline wet

Portuguese translation: motor molhado no limite máximo permitido


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English term or phrase:bordeline wet
Portuguese translation:motor molhado no limite máximo permitido
Entered by: Artur Jorge Martins
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23:47 Apr 29, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Electronics / Elect Eng
English term or phrase: bordeline wet
This option is offered to the customer if the motor is borderline
wet and the customer needs this motor the next morning.
Ann Lee
Local time: 15:33
motor molhado no limite máximo permitido
Explanation:
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Artur Jorge Martins
Portugal
Local time: 19:33
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7motor molhado no limite máximo permitido
Artur Jorge Martins
5motor molhado pouco acima do limite minimo
airmailrpl


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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
motor molhado no limite máximo permitido


Explanation:
Sugestão.

Artur Jorge Martins
Portugal
Local time: 19:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 30
Grading comment
obrigada

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luiz Vasconcelos: Boa
1 hr
  -> Obrigado, Luiz!
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
4 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Salvador!
agree  Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral: em Pt na fasquia
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado, António!
agree  Teresa Borges
6 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Teresa!
agree  Maria José Tavares
7 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Maria José!
agree  Ligia Dias Costa
8 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Lígia!
agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
11 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Isabel!
agree  imatahan
2 days20 hrs
  -> Obrigado, imatahan!
disagree  airmailrpl: motor molhado é "wet" este motor está somente um pouco molhado - veja "reference" abaixo
10 days
  -> Vai precisamente ao encontro da minha sugestão, pois não afirmo que o motor está completamente molhado, mas sim até ao limite máximo permitido, que tanto pode ser 5%, 25%, ou 50%...
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1 day8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
motor molhado pouco acima do limite minimo


Explanation:
motor molhado pouco acima do limite minimo

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Note added at 10 days (2009-05-10 14:07:24 GMT) Post-grading
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bor.der.line
adj 1 fronteiriço. 2 incerto, no meio de. 3 limítrofe, beirando o limite estabelecido.


A very good explanation of "Borderline wet" in this reference:

Vagueness in Context - Google Books Result
by Stewart Shapiro - 2006 - Philosophy - 226 pages
Suppose, for example, that some rocks are borderline wet, and the statement that they are wet is on the conversational record in a given context (and so the ...
books.google.com.br/books?isbn=0199280398..

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Changes made by editors
May 10, 2009 - Changes made by Artur Jorge Martins:
Created KOG entryKudoZ term => KOG term
Apr 29, 2009:
Kudoz queueIn queue => Public


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