riffed

Portuguese translation: folheamos

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English term or phrase:riffed
Portuguese translation:folheamos
Entered by: Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa

20:34 Mar 24, 2007
English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Management / Project Management
English term or phrase: riffed
We riffed for a few minutes, back and forth, and came up with a new list of things to consider.
Teresa Cristina Felix de Sousa
Brazil
Local time: 02:23
folheamos
Explanation:
To riffle – folhear rapidamente (papéis, documentos)

To riffle (through) – to turn over papers or pages of a book quickly and without reading them all

Nós folheamos os papéis por alguns minutos...
ou
Nós demos uma vista de olhos (olhada) nos papéis...


Se a palavra não for “riffled” eu retirarei a minha resposta.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-03-24 21:44:59 GMT)
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A Luiza tem razão é sinónimo:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/riffed
Verb 1. riff - look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
leaf, riffle, thumb, flick, flip
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Cristina Santos
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:23
Grading comment
Muito grata
T.
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folheamos


Explanation:
To riffle – folhear rapidamente (papéis, documentos)

To riffle (through) – to turn over papers or pages of a book quickly and without reading them all

Nós folheamos os papéis por alguns minutos...
ou
Nós demos uma vista de olhos (olhada) nos papéis...


Se a palavra não for “riffled” eu retirarei a minha resposta.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-03-24 21:44:59 GMT)
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A Luiza tem razão é sinónimo:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/riffed
Verb 1. riff - look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
leaf, riffle, thumb, flick, flip

Cristina Santos
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:23
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Muito grata
T.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Luiza Modesto: Riff é sinônimo de riffle de acordo com o Wordweb e o dicionário de Princeton.. Tb acho que seja isto. http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=riff
2 mins
  -> Obrigada Luiza. Sinceramente eu nunca tinha visto “riff”, sempre vi escrito como “riffle”, será inglês americano?

agree  Henrique Serra
1 hr
  -> Obrigada Henrique
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