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Portuguese translation: Não fazemos a mínima ideia

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English term or phrase:	beats us
Portuguese translation:	Não fazemos a mínima ideia
Entered by:	Vasco Mota Pereira

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18:23 Aug 31, 2005

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IT (Information Technology)

English term or phrase: beats us

The first draft of this column we were able to bang out in no time; after all, it consisted entirely of this: Beats us.
But after discussing how valuable an answer like that would be to our customers, and after realizing that this is the month when we’re supposed to write up our performance reviews, we decided maybe we’d look into this a little further

Vera Rodrigues KudoZ activity Questions: 538 (none open) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 81
Local time: 10:56

Não fazemos a mínima ideia

Explanation:
É uma espécie de "sei lá".

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Vasco Mota Pereira
Portugal
Local time: 14:56

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Thanks a lot.
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Summary of answers provided

5 +5

Não fazemos a mínima ideia

Vasco Mota Pereira

Muita areia para a nossa camionete

RKurylski

um verdadeiro quebra-cabeça

Clauwolf

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8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Não fazemos a mínima ideia

Explanation:
É uma espécie de "sei lá".

Vasco Mota Pereira
Portugal
Local time: 14:56
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks a lot.

11 mins confidence:

um verdadeiro quebra-cabeça

Explanation:
:)

Clauwolf
Local time: 10:56
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 238

4 hrs confidence:

Muita areia para a nossa camionete

Explanation:
Se para o PT (Portugal) esta, penso, é a melhor. Porque temos uma expressão idiomática dos dois lados.
a resposta do meu colega: é mais We haven't got the faintest/ slightest idea: não fazemos a mínima (não é necessário acrescentar ideia

RKurylski
Local time: 15:56
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese

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