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English: broad brush strokes

Portuguese translation: grandes pinceladas







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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:broad brush strokes
Portuguese translation:grandes pinceladas
Entered by:Marcella Selwyn
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English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Portuguese PT
English term or phrase: broad brush strokes
I'll give you my best shot, in broad brush strokes, to give you a taste of things to come.
Marcella Selwyn
New Zealand
grandes pinceladas
Explanation:
metaforicamente...
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Jorge Freire
Portugal
Note from asker to answerer
Thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3grandes pinceladas
Jorge Freire
5em linhas bem geraisVidomar
4em rápidas pinceladasreginalobo
4idéia geral
Lumen


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
grandes pinceladas

Explanation:
metaforicamente...

Jorge Freire
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 11
Note from asker to answerer
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree rhandler: Claro! Veja o Google: 137 Portuguese pages for "grandes pinceladas".
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Ralph! E também pela indicação.
agree Roberto Cavalcanti
8 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Roberto!
agree Marco Schaumloeffel
8 hrs
  -> Obrigado, Marco!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
em linhas bem gerais

Explanation:
If you want to be fully understood, I think it´s better not to use the metaphor of the brush strokes. This is not a metaphor commonly used in Portuguese.

Vidomar
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
idéia geral

Explanation:
I'll give you my best shot, in broad brush strokes, to give you a taste of things to come.

Vou dar a você uma idéia bem geral do que deve esperar.

Sem mais contexto, é o que me parece.

Lumen
Brazil
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 15
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
em rápidas pinceladas

Explanation:
se quiser manter mais próxima ao original

outras opções:

em poucas palavras, em linhas gerais, resumindo ....

reginalobo
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Voters for reclassification as PRO / non-PRONon-PRO (2): Lumen, Marco Schaumloeffel


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