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To be upside-down on certain securities

Portuguese translation: bens com patrimônio/valor negativo (em relação às obrigações)

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English term or phrase:	To be upside-down on certain securities
Portuguese translation:	bens com patrimônio/valor negativo (em relação às obrigações)
Entered by:	Marlene Curtis

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10:04 Nov 10, 2009

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English term or phrase: To be upside-down on certain securities

There are options against certain securities that (this person) is upside-down on.

Denis Paolillo KudoZ activity Questions: 197 (none open) (8 closed without grading) Answers: 20 Brazil
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bens com patrimônio/valor negativo (em relação às obrigações)

Explanation:
negative: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
in the negative sob forma de uma resposta negativa; negative equity patrimônio negativo; negative feedback realimentação negativa; negative income tax ...
www.answers.com/topic/negative

No contexto de empréstimos de imobilizados dizemos "negativo equity", que significa "patrimônio negativo" isto é, o valor do empréstimo é mais alto que o valor do imóvel. Creio ser esta a idéia no seu contexto.

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Correção:

negativE equity

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Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 22:45

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Valeu, Marlene, na mosca
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +3

ficar confuso (desorientado) em relação a certos investimentos (aplicações, títulos)

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun

bens com patrimônio/valor negativo (em relação às obrigações)

Marlene Curtis

existem opções de aquisição de certos títulos, q levam a pessoa a ver as coisas de forma diferente

Leonor Machado

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Upside-down on...

Teresa Borges

Discussion entries: 1

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18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

to be upside-down on certain securities ficar confuso (desorientado) em relação a certos investimentos (aplicações, títulos)

Explanation:
upside down

• adverb & adjective 1 with the upper part where the lower part should be. 2 in or into total disorder.

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 04:45
Works in field
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Norwegian,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

34 mins confidence:

to be upside-down on certain securities existem opções de aquisição de certos títulos, q levam a pessoa a ver as coisas de forma diferente

Explanation:

Leonor Machado
Local time: 03:45
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

3 hrs confidence:

to be upside-down on certain securities

bens com patrimônio/valor negativo (em relação às obrigações)

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 22:45
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 47

Grading comment

Valeu, Marlene, na mosca

Reference comments

29 mins peer agreement (net): +1

Reference: Upside-down on...

Reference information:
Apesar de se referir a seguro automóvel, creio que esclarece o conceito...

An upside down car loans online is when a car balance is worth more than the value of the loan that is on it. Another way of putting it is that the car itself is not worth the amount of the loan.

Reference: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_being_upside_down_on_you...

Teresa Borges
Belgium
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Note to reference poster

Asker: É exatamente esse o contexto. O bem é vale menos que as obrigações.

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Nov 11, 2009 - Changes made by Marlene Curtis:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term

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