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If only just

Portuguese translation: embora precariamente


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English term or phrase:If only just
Portuguese translation:embora precariamente
Entered by: Cristina Paixão Lopes
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13:21 Nov 24, 2009
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: If only just
By the middle of the winter, in a tacit admission of the strength of resistance in the Netherlands itself, his troops were on the march to the east, to the region of the Franche-Comté, still held, if only just, by the failing Spanish Habsburgs.

Obrigada... :)
Cristina Paixão Lopes
embora precariamente
Explanation:
Em minha opinião, o termo alvo adequa-se à seguinte opção de tradução:

"Em meados do inverno, numa tácita admissão da força da resistência nos próprios Países Baixos, as suas tropas iam marchando para leste, para a região do Franco Condado, ainda detida, embora precariamente , pelos enfraquecidos Habsburgos Espanhóis."
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Antonio Chagas
Local time: 08:32
Grading comment
Muito obrigada
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +9precariamente
Carlos Quandt
4 +4por um fio
Marlene Curtis
4embora precariamenteAntonio Chagas
4se bem que / ainda que apenasJosé Crespo
Summary of reference entries provided
Just Barely
Eng-Port

  

Answers


17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
if only just
por um fio


Explanation:

Creio ser o termo correto.

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 03:32
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 175

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Eng-Port : another way to say this in English would be "Hanging on by a thread"
2 mins
  -> Grata!

agree  Teresa Borges
1 hr

agree  Fernando Okabe Biazibeti
6 hrs

agree  Denis Paolillo
8 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
if only just
precariamente


Explanation:
neste contexto

Carlos Quandt
Brazil
Local time: 06:32
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
3 mins

agree  Maria José Tavares
11 mins

agree  Isabel Maria Almeida
16 mins

agree  Walter Moura
28 mins

agree  Isabelle17
41 mins

agree  Leonor Machado: eu acrescentaria ... apesar de preciariamente ou de forma precária
1 hr

agree  Marcelo da Luz
4 hrs

agree  Antonio Chagas: concordo, desde que o advérbio "embora" seja incluído, ou outra expressão equivalente (ainda que, não obstante, apesar de)
4 hrs

agree  Flavia Martins dos Santos: embora precariamente
5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
if only just
se bem que / ainda que apenas


Explanation:


José Crespo
Local time: 08:32
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
if only just
embora precariamente


Explanation:
Em minha opinião, o termo alvo adequa-se à seguinte opção de tradução:

"Em meados do inverno, numa tácita admissão da força da resistência nos próprios Países Baixos, as suas tropas iam marchando para leste, para a região do Franco Condado, ainda detida, embora precariamente , pelos enfraquecidos Habsburgos Espanhóis."

Antonio Chagas
Local time: 08:32
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Muito obrigada
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Reference comments


13 mins
Reference: Just Barely

Reference information:
In this case the Spanish Habsburgs were "failing" but had not "Failed" yet. They were "Just Barely" holding on... They were just barely still holding their position. Almost defeated but still holding their positions.

Eng-Port
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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