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To hail a taxi cab

Portuguese translation: acenando para um táxi/chamando um táxi

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English term or phrase:	To hail a taxi cab
Portuguese translation:	acenando para um táxi/chamando um táxi
Entered by:	Veronikka

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20:55 Aug 10, 2011

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English term or phrase: To hail a taxi cab

One hand is my pocket and the other is hailing a taxi cab!

Veronikka

acenando para um táxi/chamando um táxi

Explanation:
sugestão

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Note added at 5 mins (2011-08-10 21:00:55 GMT)
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no caso, "acenar/chamar"

Selected response from:

Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 17:08

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4 +6

acenando para um táxi/chamando um táxi

Adriana Maciel

chamar um táxi

ghostwriter-BR

sinalizando/ dando sinal para um taxi parar

Claudio Mazotti

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

to hail a taxi cab

acenando para um táxi/chamando um táxi

Adriana Maciel
Brazil
Local time: 17:08
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 35

5 mins confidence:

to hail a taxi cab chamar um táxi

Explanation:
É isso.

ghostwriter-BR
Local time: 17:08
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

5 mins confidence:

to hail a taxi cab sinalizando/ dando sinal para um taxi parar

Explanation:
uma sugestão:

hail a cab and hail a taxi:
to signal to a taxi that you want to be picked up. See if you can hail a cab. I don't want to walk home in the rain.
www.idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hail a cab

Claudio Mazotti
Brazil
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

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