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Portuguese translation: obrigado

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English term or phrase:	thank you
Portuguese translation:	obrigado
Entered by:	Henrique Serra

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13:22 Apr 4, 2005

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English term or phrase: thank you

Hi all,

I need to say "thank you" on behalf of a group. I know the word "obrigado" is used when the thanker is a man, "obrigada" if she's a woman. When the thankers are of both genders, is there a special term?

Obrigada ;-)
Elena

xxxElena Sgarbo

obrigado

Explanation:
If thankers are of both genders, use the masculine form.

E.g., "O NOSSO muito obrigado, em nome de toda a equipe".

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Note added at 7 mins (2005-04-04 13:30:26 GMT)
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Another example:

Nós, médicos e médicas do Hospital XXX, queremos dizer MUITO OBRIGADO pela calorosa recepção de nossas idéias.

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Note added at 8 mins (2005-04-04 13:31:42 GMT)
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ou, mais corretamente, recepção A nossas idéias.

Selected response from:

Henrique Serra
Local time: 13:19

Grading comment

Obrigada, Henrique!! And thanks a lot Tomás for your clarification -very handy. Agradecida to everyone else who answered/gave an opinion :-))
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Summary of answers provided

5 +10

obrigado

Henrique Serra

5 +2

obrigado / obrigada

José Antonio Azevedo

4 +1

Agradecemos a atenção.

Luiza Modesto

gratos

Tomás Rosa Bueno

muito obrigados

Clauwolf

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

obrigado / obrigada

Explanation:
Tudo vai depender do sexo da pessoa que está falando em nome do grupo.

José Antonio Azevedo
Brazil
Local time: 13:19
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

5 mins confidence:

thank you (gender question) muito obrigados

Explanation:
:)
mulher (obrigada, muito obrigada), homens ou homens e mulheres (obrigados,
muito obrigados) e somente mulheres (obrigadas, muito obrigadas). ...
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Clauwolf
Local time: 13:19
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 50

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

thank you (gender question)

obrigado

Henrique Serra
Local time: 13:19
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Obrigada, Henrique!! And thanks a lot Tomás for your clarification -very handy. Agradecida to everyone else who answered/gave an opinion :-))

5 mins confidence:

gratos

Explanation:
Hi, Eelena,

in Portuguese, the rule is to use the masculine as the "neutral" gender. So whene the thankers are of two genders, they would use "obrigados". However, "obrigados" simply does not sound "right", so people usually go around this and use another word, such as "gratos" or "agradecidos".

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Note added at 9 mins (2005-04-04 13:32:04 GMT)
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Sorry for the double \"ee\".

Tomás Rosa Bueno
Argentina
Local time: 13:19
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

Spanish

50 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Agradecemos a atenção.

Explanation:
If you want to be more formal...

Luiza Modesto
Brazil
Local time: 13:19
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

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