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English: forgiving enough

Portuguese translation: tolerante o bastante



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English term or phrase:forgiving enough
Portuguese translation:tolerante o bastante
Entered by:Sidnei Arruda
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English term or phrase: forgiving enough
Notice how the side core sketch was created. Seemingly, 4 side cores are required. However, this geometry is forgiving enough, allowing you to create two side cores instead of four. Less tooling is desirable whenever possible.
Sidnei Arruda
Brazil
(é) tolerante o bastante (para permitir)
Explanation:

(...) que você crie duas (...)

É outra opção, cheerS!

FORGIVING --> 1. Ready to forgive; patient and tolerant.

Thesaurus: sparing, tolerant, humane, compassionate, indulgent, lenient, mild, merciful, soft-hearted, clement, forbearing, magnanimous; Antonym: censorious.

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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2004-12-01 01:59:44 GMT)
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for·giv·ing (f…r-g¹v“¹ng, fôr-) adj. 1. Inclined or able to forgive. 2. Providing a margin for error or shortcomings. --for·giv“ing·ly adv. --for·giv“ing·ness n. {American Heritage}
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Maria Lopes
Brazil
Note from asker to answerer
Obrigado a todos.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6bastante flexível
José Antonio Azevedo
5 +2(é) tolerante o bastante (para permitir)
Maria Lopes
5 +1(bem) maleavel/flexivel (o bastante)
Eduardo Queiroz


  

Answers

2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
bastante flexível

Explanation:
Não é uma tradução literal, mas em minha opinião define com perfeição a idéia da frase.

José Antonio Azevedo
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Deolindo: Bastante natural!
3 hrs
  -> Obrigado.

agree airmailrpl: -
5 hrs
  -> Obrigado.

agree James Cook: tolerante o suficiente
10 hrs
  -> Obrigado.

agree Aurelio Beroth: bastante flexível
11 hrs
  -> Obrigado.

agree Carla Araújo
15 hrs
  -> Obrigado.

agree Maria Lopes
21 hrs
  -> Obrigado.
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
(bem) maleavel/flexivel (o bastante)

Explanation:
ideas :)

Eduardo Queiroz
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Maria Lopes
21 hrs
  -> Obrigado , Maria
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
(é) tolerante o bastante (para permitir)

Explanation:

(...) que você crie duas (...)

É outra opção, cheerS!

FORGIVING --> 1. Ready to forgive; patient and tolerant.

Thesaurus: sparing, tolerant, humane, compassionate, indulgent, lenient, mild, merciful, soft-hearted, clement, forbearing, magnanimous; Antonym: censorious.

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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2004-12-01 01:59:44 GMT)
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for·giv·ing (f…r-g¹v“¹ng, fôr-) adj. 1. Inclined or able to forgive. 2. Providing a margin for error or shortcomings. --for·giv“ing·ly adv. --for·giv“ing·ness n. {American Heritage}


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Maria Lopes
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
Obrigado a todos.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Sonia Heidemann
9 hrs
  -> obrigada Sónia!

agree Marcelo Fogaccia: tolerante!! Essa é a palavra que estava buscando, mas não encontrei. Perfeita!
19 hrs
  -> Thanks Marcelo, também fiquei remoendo com isso na cabeça, até que encontrei alguns sinônimos em inglês, dentre os quais estava "tolerant", eureka! :-)
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